Category: US-China relations

Gan Jing World: Tech Platform Offers Clean Content Free of Communism

In the spring of 1989, James Qiu was one of the thousands of students on the streets daily in the Chinese metropolis Shanghai, hoping, like his peers nationwide, that their activism could change his country into a freer land equal to the West. Their dreams were shattered that June, when the Chinese Communist Party’s tanks rolled…


China’s Threats Against Taiwan Strengthens Taiwan’s Willingness to Deter Beijing

Communist China’s escalated coercion of Taiwan has, in turn, strengthened the self-governed island’s resolve to resist Beijing’s threats, according to a new report by Australia’s Centre for Defence Research.  The paper, called ‘On Chinese Deterrence Thought and Practice Circa 2022,’ published on Nov. 25, in the Australian Journal of Defence and Strategic Studies, shed light…


Bipartisan Legislation Seeks to Ban ‘CCP Puppet Company’ TikTok from US

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking to ban social media giant TikTok from operating in the United States. The effort follows extensive testimony from U.S. intelligence leaders that the app poses a threat to national security. Legislation seeking to ban the app was introduced into both houses of Congress on Dec. 13 by Sen….


CECC Holds Hearing on ‘Two Decades of Human Rights Abuse and Defense in China’

The Congressional Executive Commission on China will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 13, entitled, “CECC at 20:  Two Decades of Human Rights Abuse and Defense in China,” to hear testimony on China’s current domestic situation and international legal landscape as part of its continual effort to monitor and assess the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…


LIVE NOW: CECC Holds Hearing on ‘Two Decades of Human Rights Abuse and Defense in China’

The Congressional Executive Commission on China will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 13, entitled, “CECC at 20:  Two Decades of Human Rights Abuse and Defense in China,” to hear testimony on China’s current domestic situation and international legal landscape as part of its continual effort to monitor and assess the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…


Ex-US Marine Pilot Faces Conspiracy Charges Over Chinese Pilot Training

A former U.S.-military pilot who was arrested in Australia in October is facing conspiracy charges over allegations he unlawfully exported defense services to China. Former fighter pilot Daniel Edmund Duggan is facing charges of conspiracy to unlawfully export defense services to China and violating the U.S. Arms Export Control Act, according to a 2017 indictment that was…


Utah, Alabama Ban TikTok From Government Devices, Joining Growing Number of US States

Utah and Alabama on Monday joined a growing number of Republican states in banning video-sharing app TikTok from government devices, amid concerns of threats to the states’ cybersecurity. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, issued an executive order (pdf) to prohibit TikTok use on all state-owned electronic devices. “China’s access to data collected by TikTok…


LIVE December 13, 10 AM ET: CECC Holds Hearing on ‘Two Decades of Human Rights Abuse and Defense in China’

The Congressional Executive Commission on China will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 13, entitled, “CECC at 20:  Two Decades of Human Rights Abuse and Defense in China,” to hear testimony on China’s current domestic situation and international legal landscape as part of its continual effort to monitor and assess the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…


LIVE Dec. 13, 10 AM ET: CECC Holds Hearing on ‘Two Decades of Human Rights Abuse and Defense in China’

The Congressional Executive Commission on China will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 13, entitled, “CECC at 20:  Two Decades of Human Rights Abuse and Defense in China,” to hear testimony on China’s current domestic situation and international legal landscape as part of its continual effort to monitor and assess the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…


Countering CCP Military Threat, Japan Establishing Defense in Okinawa

Following the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s principle that “A Taiwan emergency is a Japanese emergency,” Japan will  set up an Okinawa Defense Corps to counter Beijing’s military threat. Japan’s Defense Ministry will establish an Okinawa Defense Group in the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) as a new unit at the heart of the defense of…