Lawmakers questioned the feasibility of new vehicle tailpipe emissions proposals from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which the agency predicts will lead to the mass adoption of electric light- and medium-duty vehicles within a decade. The April 18 hearing was held by the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety of the Senate Environment…
Senators Question Feasibility of EPA’s New Vehicle Emissions Standards
April 18, 2023
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GOP Lawmaker Reintroduces Bill to Keep Sensitive US Technology Out of Chinese Military’s Hands
April 14, 2023
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Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) has reintroduced his China Technology Transfer Regulation Act as part of the 118th Congress. The bill seeks to prevent the Chinese military from acquiring sensitive U.S. technology and intellectual property through export controls, according to a press release sent to The Epoch Times. The bill controls United States exports of certain technology…
Chinese Tech Giants Tencent and Douyin New Partnership Possibly Facilitated by the CCP
The announcement of the partnership between Tencent and Douyin, the Chinese counterpart of TikTok, on April 7 sparked immediate concern in the market. As competitors in short and long video hosting services in China, Douyin and Tencent have been in court several times over copyright issues, leading to lengthy litigation. Some believe the Chinese Communist Party…
Japan Tightens Chipmaking Equipment Exports Amid US-China Tech Spat
April 1, 2023
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Japan will impose export restrictions on 23 semiconductor manufacturing equipment, the government said on Friday, amid an ongoing spat between the United States and China over chip technology. The export control measures will take effect in July and cover equipment for cleaning, checkups, and lithography—a key technology in manufacturing advanced semiconductors—according to the Ministry of…
House Advances Bill Calling for Strategy to Defend, Retain Control of Subsea Cables
March 27, 2023
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Among the challenges presented by the decade-long military modernization and expansion of China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) is a “robust space program” potentially targeting more than 9,000 American-owned satellites orbiting the Earth. Space will be a battleground, Pentagon officials have repeatedly warned in Congressional hearings since February regarding President Joe Biden’s $863 billion Fiscal Year 2024…
TikTok a CCP ‘Intelligence Weapon’: Experts Sound Alarm on Threat Ahead of CEO’s Congress Hearing
March 22, 2023
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News Analysis Social media giant TikTok is on a lobbying warpath in the nation’s capital, attempting to sway public opinion ahead of Congressional hearings that will examine the company’s ties to China’s communist regime. TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance spent over five million dollars on lobbying efforts in the United States last year,…
TikTok a CCP ‘Intelligence Weapon’: Experts Sound Alarm on Threat Ahead of CEO’s Congressional Hearing
March 22, 2023
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News Analysis Social media giant TikTok is on a lobbying warpath in the nation’s capital ahead of Congressional hearings on the company’s ties to China’s communist regime. TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, spent more than $5 million on lobbying efforts in the United States last year and could spend even more in 2023 if recent…
McCarthy Urges Senate to Form China Committee
March 21, 2023
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calf.) on March 21 suggested the Democrat-controlled Senate should create its own China-focused committee, not unlike the select China committee that the Republican-controlled House inaugurated this session. “I would hope that the Senate would create a similar committee,” he said. McCarthy made the comments alongside his colleagues Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah…
China Will Wage Full-Scale ‘Unrestricted’ War Against US as Long as CCP in Power: Security Expert
March 21, 2023
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As long as China is ruled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), it will wage full-scale constant war against the United States, according to a cyber security expert. “As long as the CCP is in power, we will have this forever war on a continuum. It’s not a win or lose, it’s gonna be a…
Chinese Research Centres Recruiting British-Trained Tech Talent
March 20, 2023
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Three state-funded Chinese institutes have posted job adverts this year targeting Chinese scientists in Britain in a bid to recruit high tech talent. The institutes, which advertised on the Chinese Embassy website, are looking for candidates for the National Natural Science Foundation’s (NSFC’s) Science Fund Programme for Distinguished Young Scholars (Overseas)—a recruitment and funding scheme similar…
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