Category: US-China relations

US Should Have Spied on Chinese Health Officials From Pandemic’s Onset: House Democrats

December 15, 2022
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The United States “took too long” to commence espionage efforts against Chinese health officials to learn more about the COVID-19 pandemic from the outset, according to Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee. In a declassified report (pdf) released Dec. 14, committee members credit intelligence agencies with their early warnings of a potential pandemic but…

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Trudeau Says TikTok Being Watched ‘Very Carefully’ as US Moves to Restrict Access

December 15, 2022
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Canada’s communications spy agency is keeping a close tab on the Chinese social media application TikTok, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Dec. 15. “People are obviously watching very carefully, there’s a range of ways that we’re actively keeping Canadians safe,” he said in a scrum on Parliament Hill. “The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) is…

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Biden Administration Blacklists 21 China-Based AI Chip Makers

December 15, 2022
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The Biden administration is adding 22 Chinese chipmakers to a trade blacklist, widening its crackdown on China-based semiconductor manufacturers. The Commerce Department added YMTC and 21 “major” Chinese entities working in the domain of artificial intelligence chips to a trade blacklist, broadening its crackdown on China’s chip industry. YMTC was added to the list over…

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Biden Administration Blacklists 21 China-Based AI Chipmakers

December 15, 2022
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The Biden administration is adding 22 Chinese chipmakers to a trade blacklist, widening its crackdown on China-based semiconductor manufacturers. The Commerce Department added Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp (YMTC) and 21 “major” Chinese entities working in the domain of artificial intelligence chips to the blacklist. YMTC was added to the list over concerns it could divert…

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Chipmaker TSMC Adds Second Fab to Its Arizona Site

December 15, 2022
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News Analysis Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) recently announced the opening of a second chip plant in Arizona and increased its U.S. investment from $12 billion to $40 billion. President Joe Biden traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, on Dec. 6 to join the TSMC event. “American manufacturing is back, folks,” Biden said at the ceremony. “These…

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COVID-19 May Have Been Connected to China’s Bioweapons Program: GOP Report

December 15, 2022
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A new unclassified report (pdf) released by Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee alleges that COVID-19 “may have been tied” to China’s biological weapons research program. Released Dec. 14 by Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and other Republicans on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), the minority report states that “there are indications…

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US Receives ‘Full Access’ to China Accounting Firms for First Time Ever

December 15, 2022
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The United States is receiving full access to inspect and investigate accounting firms in China for the first time, according to the nation’s top auditor. The U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) announced on Dec. 15 that it obtained full access to inspect and investigate firms in China after years of refusals by the…

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US Receives ‘Full Access’ to China Accounting Firms for First Time

December 15, 2022
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The United States is receiving full access to inspect and investigate accounting firms in China for the first time, according to the nation’s top auditor. The U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) said on Dec. 15 that it obtained full access to firms in China after years of refusals by the Chinese Communist Party…

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FBI Arrests Chinese Music Student For Allegedly Threatening Pro-Democracy Activist

December 15, 2022
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A Chinese student was charged with stalking for allegedly threatening and harassing a U.S. permanent resident who posted fliers in support of democracy in China, the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Massachusetts said on Dec. 14. Wu Xiaolei, a Chinese citizen studying at Berklee College of Music, Boston, allegedly threatened a person who…

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PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Ashley Yablon: How I Exposed a CCP Tech Giant’s Elaborate Scheme to Evade US Sanctions

December 15, 2022
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This episode will premiere on Thursday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “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…

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