Tag: China

When China Goes to the Moon, We Will Need Lunar Defense Systems

Commentary China’s program to put people on the moon is gathering momentum. Still, when they arrive, the United States and its 25 Artemis Accord partner nations may require novel missile defenses on the moon. Recent statements by Chinese space officials show increasing confidence that China can send people to the moon “before 2030.” On April…


IN-DEPTH: War in South China Sea Would Devastate Global Economy, Especially China’s: Experts

China has built a 400-ship navy in what historians say is the swiftest development of sea power since the United States assembled its armada after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor during World War II. But warships are just part of the story. In addition to fielding the world’s largest navy, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…


US Slaps Sanctions on Iranian, Chinese Targets Over Tehran’s Missile, Military Programs

WASHINGTON—The United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday on more than a dozen people and entities in China, Hong Kong, and Iran, including Iran’s defense attache in Beijing, over accusations they helped procure parts and technology for key actors in Iran’s ballistic missile development. Earlier on Tuesday, the official IRNA news agency reported the Iranian regime…


FDA Greenlights Cancer Drug From China Amid Shortage

Cancer drugs are in short supply, and this problem is now gripping American health care. To help, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is greenlighting a cancer drug from China. Some applaud the decision, while others warn that Beijing could use medicines as a weapon against the United States by withholding supplies or selling drugs…


House Lawmakers Form Bipartisan Task Force to Combat China’s Influence in Indo-Pacific

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has announced the formation of a task force to combat China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific. During a press conference at the House Triangle in Washington, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced the creation of the new task force. Westerman…


Republican Infighting Halts Measures to Limit Gas Stove Ban

Conservatives on Capitol Hill say they’ve lost trust in their party’s leadership, and the group is making their discontent heard. We hear from one of them about a potential new set of demands for Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Millions of Americans are now under air quality alerts. How are wildfires in Canada impacting U.S. cities? A…


AI Will Determine Outcome of US-China Cold War, Waltz Says

Ongoing competition between China and the United States for next-generation technologies will define the future of artificial intelligence (AI), according to one U.S. congressman. AI, in turn, will determine the outcome of the New Cold War between the two powers, said Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.). The only way to ensure U.S. victory in the AI…


China Will ‘Militarize’ Tech Stolen from US: Ambassador

China’s communist regime is engaged in the persistent theft of American intellectual property and technologies, according to a leading U.S. diplomat. The regime is stealing critical technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing, which will have crucial military importance in the coming years, said U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns. “[Technology] is in many ways…


Acquiescence to China’s Demands Is a Precursor for Diplomatic Talks

Commentary Seemingly everyone wants the United States and China to “talk” these days, for one reason or another. For starters, the long-time China engagement crowd in the United States wants to continue pursuing the misguided policies that jump-started the Chinese mercantilism and subsequent belligerence that plagues the world in exchange for receiving crumbs from the…


LIVE 2:30 PM ET: Senate Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Hearing on ‘Aligning Transatlantic Approaches on China’

The Senate Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperations holds a hearing on “Aligning Transatlantic Approaches on China” at 2:30 p.m. ET on June 7. …