Category: US-China relations

Gordon Chang on Virus Explosion in China, Xi Jinping Losing Control, and CCP Gearing Up for War

Is Omicron the COVID-19 variant spreading in China? Or is it something else? And what does the explosion of the virus—and the associated real death toll in China—mean for Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the author of China’s draconian “zero-COVID” policies? We sit down again with China analyst Gordon Chang to discuss the complicated realities the…


Communist China On Track With Plan to Replace US as Superpower: Michael Pillsbury

The Soviets once warned the United States about China: “China has betrayed us in Moscow. And you are next. They’re going to squeeze you dry, and then they’re going to turn on America.” That’s according to Michael Pillsbury, director for Chinese strategy at the conservative think tank The Hudson Institute, who sounded the warning in…


China’s Role in Illicit Fentanyl Running Rampant on US Streets

News Analysis Fentanyl overdose has become the leading cause of death for young Americans since 2019. U.S. authorities say that China remains the primary source of the precursor chemicals, which are then processed and manufactured into synthetic opioids by Mexican drug cartels to bring into the United States. In response to the rising threat of…


US Warship Sails Through Sensitive Taiwan Strait

WASHINGTON—A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, part of what the U.S. military calls routine activity but which has riled China. In recent years, U.S. warships, and on occasion those from allied nations such as Britain and Canada, have sailed through the strait, drawing the ire of the Chinese communist regime,…


US Senators Warn President Biden Against Providing Australia With Nuclear Subs

Two U.S. Senators have raised major concerns over the trilateral AUKUS deal between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, saying that the supply of U.S. nuclear-powered submarines (SSN) to Australia could weaken America’s submarine fleet. In a letter sent to the Biden Administration on Dec. 21, 2022, Senators’ Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and James…


PREMIERING 1/7 at 7:30PM ET: Gordon Chang on Virus Explosion in China, Xi Jinping Losing Control, and CCP Gearing Up for War

Is Omicron the COVID-19 variant spreading in China? Or is it something else? And what does the explosion of the virus—and the associated real death toll in China—mean for Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the author of China’s draconian “zero-COVID” policies? We sit down again with China analyst Gordon Chang to discuss the complicated realities the…


War With China Over Taiwan Not Inevitable: Biden Security Adviser

The White House’s national security adviser believes that communist China can still be deterred from launching an invasion of Taiwan. Jake Sullivan, who has served as national security adviser for the entirety of the Biden administration, said that tensions between the United States and China’s communist regime could still be solved peaceably, albeit with great…


New House China Committee Has ‘Aggressive Plan’ to Counter CCP: Rep. Gallagher

Leadership for the new Republican-led House Select Committee on China is ready to pursue an aggressive agenda aimed at countering the malign influence of China’s communist regime. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), who is slated to lead the panel, said that he was eager to begin the process, but that the delay in selecting a House…


China Waging Hybrid Unrestricted Warfare to Subvert US: Security Expert

The Chinese regime is engaged in hybrid unrestricted warfare against the United States in a bid to subvert and ultimately defeat it, according to a cyber security expert. ‘Unrestricted means that the Chinese communists follow no rules. And hybrid warfare just means it’s achieving military objectives through nonmilitary means,” Casey Fleming, CEO of intelligence and…


US ‘Throwing Allies Under a Bus’: Australia’s New Ambassador Kevin Rudd

Australia’s incoming ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd urged the nation to stop throwing its allies “under a bus” if it wants to counter China’s economic influence in the Asia-Pacific. Rudd, a former Labor prime minister of Australia who will take up his diplomatic posting in March, said the United States had “one arm…