Tag: US-China relations

US Ignorant of Investment Fund Portfolio in China: Expert

The United States is unaware of the scope of its investment fund in China that is funding possibly harmful Chinese military and civilian technologies, according to Derek Scissors, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. According to Scissors’s report titled “What to Do About American Investment in China,” almost $800 billion in U.S. investments poured…


Chinese Ships Leave Vietnam Waters With Russian-Run Gas Fields After US-China Talks

An alleged Chinese research ship and its escort, which operated for nearly a month in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, left those waters on Monday night, vessel-tracking experts said, just after high-level U.S.-China talks. Chinese vessel Xiang Yang Hong 10 began sailing in Vietnam’s EEZ on May 7, at times…


US, China Join Indonesia-Led Naval Drills Amid Geopolitical Tensions

The United States and China are participating in a multilateral naval exercise hosted by Indonesia, which commenced on Monday amid strained relations between the two major powers over Taiwan. The Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo is taking place in the Makassar Strait, Indonesia, and will last until Thursday. The United States and China were among the…


US Releases Video Showing Close-Call in Taiwan Strait With Chinese Destroyer

BANGKOK—The United States military released video Monday of what it called an “unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait on the weekend, in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an American destroyer, forcing the U.S. vessel to slow to avoid a collision. The incident occurred Saturday as the American destroyer…


DOJ-Sued John Chen’s Military Background and Deep Ties to CCP’s United Front Department Exposed

John Chen, one of two Chinese agents recently indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), has a military background and a close relationship with the United Front Work Department (UFWD), a secret spy organization under the Chinese communist regime. John Chen—whose Chinese name is Chen Jun—and Lin Feng were arrested by the Federal Bureau…


White House Decries Chinese Military’s ‘Growing Aggressiveness’

The Biden administration is condemning a series of aggressive sea and air intercepts by China’s military, characterizing them as unjustified and unprofessional. A Chinese fighter jet aggressively intercepted a U.S. aircraft over the South China Sea last week. That incident was shortly followed by a similar encounter between U.S. and Chinese warships in the Taiwan…


Intense Competition and Diplomacy: US Security Advisor Says US-China Leaders’ Meeting Still Possible

The Biden administration is still confident a meeting will be secured between the U.S. president and Chinese leadership. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, in an interview with CNN, denied that both China and the U.S. was inevitably headed towards conflict. “I sat in the room with President Biden when he met with President…


Intense Competition and Diplomacy: US Security Adviser Says US–China Leaders’ Meeting Still Possible

The Biden administration is still confident a meeting will be secured between the U.S. president and Chinese leadership. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, in an interview with CNN, denied that China and the United States were inevitably headed toward conflict. “I sat in the room with President Biden when he met with President…


UK Moves Ahead With Indo–Pacific Strategy to Contain CCP Threat

The UK has taken a series of measures to reduce the threat posed to Taiwan by the regime in Beijing and its expansionist ambitions in the Asia–Pacific region, with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) an “epoch-defining and systemic challenge.” On March 13, the British government updated its foreign policy document,…


‘A Symbol of Defiance’: Memory of Tiananmen Square Massacre Kept Alive by Advocates

Then-five-year-old Hu Yang was too young to be part of the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square that would later be violently crushed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) using tanks and guns. But that hasn’t stopped him from trying to keep its memory alive. In front of a local government building in his hometown, the…