Tag: Threat from Communist China

Biden Administration Blacklists 21 China-Based AI Chipmakers

The Biden administration is adding 22 Chinese chipmakers to a trade blacklist, widening its crackdown on China-based semiconductor manufacturers. The Commerce Department added Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp (YMTC) and 21 “major” Chinese entities working in the domain of artificial intelligence chips to the blacklist. YMTC was added to the list over concerns it could divert…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Ashley Yablon: How I Exposed a CCP Tech Giant’s Elaborate Scheme to Evade US Sanctions

This episode will premiere on Thursday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “As I was scrolling through it, I saw a section of the contract that was titled, ‘How we will get around U.S. export laws’ … And I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw that, and I knew that I needed…


US Senators Introduce Bill to Restrict Huawei’s Access to American Banks

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill to ban Chinese tech company Huawei and CCP owned 5G companies from accessing the American banking system to prevent espionage. The bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) with the backing of fellow senators like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, (D-N.Y.),…


PREMIERING 12/15 at 7:30PM ET: Ashley Yablon: How I Exposed a CCP Tech Giant’s Elaborate Scheme to Evade US Sanctions

This episode will premiere on Thursday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “As I was scrolling through it, I saw a section of the contract that was titled, ‘How we will get around U.S. export laws’ … And I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw that, and I knew that I needed…


US Lacks the Capacity to Rival China in the Indo-Pacific Region: Gen. Spalding

The latest Pentagon annual report on China’s military power reveals that the communist regime has outdone the United States in the Indo-Pacific region, according to retired Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding. The Department of Defense’s annual China Military Power Report (pdf), released on Nov. 29, serves as an authoritative assessment of the military power and strategy…


Bipartisan Legislation Seeks to Ban ‘CCP Puppet Company’ TikTok from US

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking to ban social media giant TikTok from operating in the United States. The effort follows extensive testimony from U.S. intelligence leaders that the app poses a threat to national security. Legislation seeking to ban the app was introduced into both houses of Congress on Dec. 13 by Sen….


Utah, Alabama Ban TikTok From Government Devices, Joining Growing Number of US States

Utah and Alabama on Monday joined a growing number of Republican states in banning video-sharing app TikTok from government devices, amid concerns of threats to the states’ cybersecurity. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, issued an executive order (pdf) to prohibit TikTok use on all state-owned electronic devices. “China’s access to data collected by TikTok…


Countering CCP Military Threat, Japan Establishing Defense in Okinawa

Following the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s principle that “A Taiwan emergency is a Japanese emergency,” Japan will  set up an Okinawa Defense Corps to counter Beijing’s military threat. Japan’s Defense Ministry will establish an Okinawa Defense Group in the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) as a new unit at the heart of the defense of…


Democrats Demand Answers from Musk on China-Backed Influence Operations

Three Democrat lawmakers are calling on Twitter chief Elon Musk to divulge information related to the alleged manipulation of the platform by China-backed actors in recent weeks. Numerous Chinese-language accounts on Twitter, many of them either new or dormant, allegedly flooded the platform with spam for several hours in late November to restrict access to…


China May Have Deployed More Long-Range Nuclear Warheads Than US: Congressional Letter

News Analysis China likely has more nuclear warheads equipped to its long-range missiles than the United States, as indicated by the disclosure of a classified briefing made to Congress by the Pentagon’s top nuclear commander. Adm. Charles Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, notified Congress that China’s military had surpassed the United States in at…