Category: US-China relations

Schumer Calls out ‘MAGA Republicans’ for Lack of Unity Before State of the Union Address

February 7, 2023
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Democrats have shown unity in both the House and Senate, said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), calling it “a stark contrast to what’s going on with House Republicans” in a pre-State of the Union address press conference against the backdrop of a debt ceiling fight. “The back-and-forth between Speaker McCarthy and the MAGA Republicans–it…

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Advocate Urges Medical Community to Recognize CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting

February 7, 2023
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A human rights advocate has urged the international medical community to stop buying into the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) propaganda that denies its systemic forced organ harvesting from detained Falun Gong adherents and other prisoners of conscience. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline with meditative exercises and moral teachings. It…

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Warner, Rubio Question Facebook’s Zuckerberg Over China’s Access to User Data

February 7, 2023
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Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter (pdf) to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, questioning him about crucial data Meta’s Facebook platform shared with developers in China in recent years. Warner and Rubio alleged, based on past reporting and company documents, that Facebook has known that…

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Biden Says Spy Balloon Raises Questions About Where US Can Still Work With China

February 7, 2023
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President Joe Biden said China’s decision to fly a high-altitude balloon over the United States raises a question of where we can still work with China and where the two countries will be opposed. U.S. Air Force fighter jets shot the balloon down off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday after it had flown…

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Pompeo Calls out ‘Deeply Dangerous’ Allegation Military Didn’t Tell Trump of Chinese Balloons

February 7, 2023
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Former CIA Director and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that recent public claims there were Chinese spy balloons transiting over the United States under the Trump administration are “deeply dangerous” and demand an explanation. Speaking to Fox News, Pompeo said he never heard of alleged Chinese spy operations while he was in office. Some…

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US Military Releases First Pictures of China Spy Balloon Recovery Efforts

February 7, 2023
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U.S. Northern Command (NORCOM) released the first photos of efforts to recover a Chinese spy balloon on Monday evening, days after it was shot down near the Carolinas. Photos captured by U.S. military personnel show forces attempting to recover debris from the balloon on Sunday evening. A large piece of the balloon itself was seen…

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Congress Needs Answers on US Vulnerability Revealed in Chinese Spy Balloon Incident, Rep. Waltz Says

February 7, 2023
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Pentagon’s own admission on Feb. 6 of an “awareness gap” regarding previous Chinese balloon incursions in U.S. airspace has put a concerning vulnerability under the spotlight, according to Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.). “If the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] have been exploiting a radar gap for so many years, Congress deserves answers on this vulnerability to…

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Congress Needs Answers on Past Incidents of Chinese Spy Balloons, Rep. Waltz Says

February 7, 2023
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Pentagon’s own admission on Feb. 6 of an “awareness gap” regarding previous Chinese balloon incursions in U.S. airspace has drawn concerns from Republican lawmakers. “If the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] have been exploiting a radar gap for so many years, Congress deserves answers on this vulnerability to our greatest adversary can be addressed,” said Rep….

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CCP Threatens US for Shooting Down Spy Balloon Amid Bipartisan Alarm Over China Threat

February 7, 2023
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Amid growing bipartisan uproar over Beijing’s violation of U.S. sovereignty, a Chinese spokesperson issued a veiled threat vowing that Beijing would “resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests” over the Pentagon’s shooting down of a suspected Chinese spy balloon. The spy balloon was first located on Feb. 1 floating over Montana, where it loitered over sensitive…

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Congress Readies Bipartisan Resolution Condemning China for Surveillance Balloon

February 7, 2023
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House lawmakers are reportedly considering rolling out a bipartisan resolution aimed at condemning China over its suspected surveillance balloon that was shot down by the United States on Feb. 3. “We want it to be a bipartisan resolution about China, not about us fighting each other,” Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Foreign…

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