Category: US-China relations

NASDAQ-100 to Exclude Several China Concept Stocks, Including Baidu

December 19, 2022
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News Analysis Chinese internet companies Baidu (BIDU) and NetEase (NTES) will be removed from the NASDAQ-100 Index (NDX) before the opening bell on Dec. 19, along with five other companies. The NASDAQ-100 Index includes the top 100 non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock market. The index is reconstituted each year in December, removing companies…

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Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wants to Ban Land Sales to Foreign Entitities

December 19, 2022
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Florida’s new Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson wants to restrict the sale of The Sunshine State’s farmland to foreign countries after increasing concerns about what foreign buyers—namely Chinese companies closely affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—are doing with the agricultural land once they purchase it. Food costs and supply are becoming a point of…

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US, German Embassies in China Suspend Visa Services as COVID Infections Soar

December 17, 2022
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U.S. and German embassies in China’s capital of Beijing announced on Dec. 15 the suspension of routine visa services due to the city’s COVID-19 outbreak that is also being seen in other large cities in China, following dozens of countries who have already suspended their visa applications in China. Meanwhile, concerns have been rising that the…

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‘Borrowed Swords’: China’s Military Is Built With US Technology

December 17, 2022
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News Analysis In California, a former U.S. Army pilot sells classified aviation research to China’s communist regime. In Kentucky, leaders of a defense contracting company allegedly conspire to sell technical drawings to China and illicitly introduce Chinese parts into the Pentagon’s supply Chain. In Illinois, a China-based company allegedly bribes workers to steal proprietary communications…

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US Commission Highlights Beijing’s Religious Repressions

December 17, 2022
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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) held a virtual hearing on Dec. 14 to explore the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) religious freedom violations in China and abroad, while highlighting how Beijing advances its repression via technology and amplifies its malign foreign influence via lobbying. Five expert witnesses from human rights organizations offered their…

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US Commission Highlights Beijing’s Religious Repression

December 17, 2022
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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) held a virtual hearing on Dec. 14 to explore the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) religious freedom violations in China and abroad, while highlighting how Beijing advances its repression via technology and amplifies its malign foreign influence via lobbying. Five expert witnesses from human rights organizations offered their…

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Pelosi Supports Adding TikTok Ban for US Government Devices to Funding Bill

December 16, 2022
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is backing Senate-passed legislation that would ban government employees from using the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok on government devices. The Senate unanimously passed the legislation on Dec. 14, which would ban the use of TikTok on all government-owned devices. The Departments of State, Homeland Security, and Defense already have…

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The Prospects for Cross-Strait Relations in 2023 and Beyond by The Global Taiwan Institute

December 16, 2022
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This past year was highly eventful for Taiwan and developments related to Taiwan. From increasingly coercive Chinese military activity directed at Taiwan to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island, these events are highly influential to the Strait and all the stakeholders. “The Prospects for Cross-Strait Relations in 2023 and Beyond” is a…

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Ashley Yablon: How I Exposed a CCP Tech Giant’s Elaborate Scheme to Evade US Sanctions

December 15, 2022
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“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 to do something,” says attorney and whistleblower Ashley Yablon. In 2011, Yablon…

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Exclusive: Second CCP Overseas Police Station Located in Australia

December 15, 2022
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In addition to the one Chinese police station in Sydney that has drawn public concern recently, one more contact point linked to Beijing has been identified in Australia, according to a new report by the international human rights group Safeguard Defenders. The “service centre” is among 48 Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-operated illegal police outputs globally that have…

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