In light of the growing influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the Indo-Pacific, it is imperative for the United States to devote as much attention to the defense of its Pacific territories as it does to the defense of its states, said a former National Security Council (NSC) director during an oversight hearing…
US Must Defend Its Pacific Territories Against Chinese Threat: Former NSC Director
May 20, 2023
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US Investors Funding China-Based Companies That Steal American IP
May 19, 2023
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WASHINGTON—U.S. investors are funding China-based companies that steal intellectual property from American companies, experts say. China-based companies that replicate stolen IP in critical technologies like semiconductors are even more likely to be funded by U.S. investors, because they become subsidized by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to Derek Scissors, a senior fellow at the…
China Sees International Ruling on Maritime Disputes as ‘Scrap Paper’: Former Marine Colonel
May 19, 2023
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China sees international ruling on maritime disputes as “scrap paper,” according to Grant Newsham, a retired Marine colonel and senior research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies. He referenced a complaint launched by the Philippines against China in 2013 at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, seeking a judgment on…
Blinken Replacing Biden on Papua New Guinea Visit Amid Push to Counter Beijing
May 19, 2023
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Papua New Guinea (PNG) in lieu of President Joe Biden, whose trip was canceled due to the United States debt limit talks, next week amid efforts to counter China’s rising influence in the Pacific. Biden contacted PNG leader James Marape on May 18 to inform him that…
US Government Countering Transnational Repression With ‘Multi-Faceted Strategy,’ Says Dept of State Official
The U.S. government is targeting transnational repression—a tool authoritarian regimes use to silence dissent overseas— with a “multi-faceted strategy,” a hearing has been told. The strategy, outlined at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) hearing on “Transnational Repression of Freedom of Religion or Belief” on May 10, seeks to counter foreign attempts to…
G7 Summit to Push for Global Supply Chain ‘De-Chinaization,’ Expert Says
May 18, 2023
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The Group of Seven (G7) finance leaders recently pledged to increase global supply chain diversification, with an expert describing the move as “de-Chinaization”. The G7 Finance Ministers’ meeting in Niigata, Japan, ended on May 13, laying the groundwork for the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Hiroshima from May 19 to 21. According to a Reuters report,…
Bipartisan Bill Aims to Block Chinese Purchase of US Farmland
May 18, 2023
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A bipartisan bill introduced on May 17 aims to block the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) affiliates from taking hold of U.S. farmland, adding to the growing bipartisan push in Congress to counter threats from Beijing. Titled “Protecting America’s Agricultural Land from Foreign Harm Act,” the legislation from Reps. Dale Strong (R-Ala.) and Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.)…
US Should Strengthen Relationships With Allies to Counter China: Expert
May 18, 2023
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The United States should further strengthen relationships with its allies and partners to effectively counter China, according to Roy Kamphausen, president of the National Bureau of Asian Research. “We’ve strengthened our relationships with allies and partners, which is really an essential feature. The [Chinese Communist Party] CCP, is threatened by the strengthened US alliances,” Kamphausen…
Shipping Container Filled With Illegal Drugs Found by Mexican Navy Refutes China’s Denials on Fentanyl Trafficking
May 18, 2023
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Mexico found fentanyl in a shipping container from China earlier this month, just several weeks after a Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman said there was no illegal trafficking of the deadly drug between the two nations. On May 5, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed that the Mexican navy had intercepted a container of smuggled…
NIH Cuts Off Funding to Wuhan Lab at Center of COVID Lab Leak Controversy
May 17, 2023
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The National Institute of Health (NIH) has quietly removed the Wuhan lab suspected as a source of COVID-19 from its list of foreign facilities eligible to conduct animal experiments on taxpayer dollars. The name Wuhan Institute of Virology, which was still on the list as recently as April 23, was absent from the page last…
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