Category: US-China relations

China to Increase Nuclear Warheads to 1,500, Pentagon Warns

WASHINGTON—China is expanding its nuclear force and is on pace to nearly quadruple the number of warheads it has by 2035, rapidly closing its gap with the United States, the Pentagon said in a report released Tuesday. The report builds on the military’s warning last year that China is expanding its nuclear force much faster…


China Says It Drove Away US Cruiser Near Spratly Islands

BEIJING—China’s military said on Tuesday it drove away a U.S. guided-missile cruiser that “illegally intruded” into waters near the South China Sea’s Spratly Islands, an assertion the U.S. Navy disputed. The ship in question, the USS Chancellorsville guided-missile cruiser, had recently sailed through the Taiwan Strait. In a statement, the U.S. Navy said the Chinese…


Taiwan Experts Weigh in on TSMC’s Plan to Bring Leading-Edge 3Nm Chip Tech to US

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC)—the world’s most advanced contract chipmaker—is bringing its leading-edge 3-nanometer chip production process to its upcoming new plant in the U.S. state of Arizona, the company’s founder, Morris Chang, said on Nov. 2. But Chang’s statement has drawn concerns and criticism that the move would affect the core competitiveness of Taiwan’s…


As the CCP Puts Longer Range Missiles on Submarines, US Experts Call for Submarine Patrols in South China Sea

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has deployed new, longer range, ballistic missiles on six of its nuclear-powered submarines, enabling them to strike the continental United States while situated closer to China’s coastline. U.S. military experts believe that the United States should send submarines to patrol the South China Sea to track Chinese submarines, as doing…


US Embassy Urges Americans Not to Travel to China

The U.S. Embassy in Beijing is urging American citizens to postpone travel to and within China as the country continues to enforce its strict “zero-COVID” policies that risk blocking access to essentials like food, water, and medicine. The embassy said in a Nov. 30 advisory that the quickly changing situation with COVID-19 in China and…


Support for Mainland Chinese Protests at University of Pennsylvania Candlelight Vigil

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Several hundreds of Chinese students at the University of Pennsylvania held a candlelight vigil to mourn those who lost their lives in the Urumqi fire in Xinjiang on Tuesday night, and support the demonstrations in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. At 7 p.m., Chinese students gathered around the LOVE Sculpture on…


US Not Seeking to Fully ‘Decouple’ From China, Just Limit Ties in Core Areas That Threaten Security

Even though the United States is taking steps to protect the country’s military and tech prowess from Beijing, Washington is not looking to cut off ties with China, according to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. “We’re not seeking the decoupling from China. We want to promote trade and investment in areas that don’t threaten…


South Dakota Bans TikTok on Government Devices

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed on Nov. 29 an executive order banning access to the video platform TikTok on state employee devices, citing its ties to Beijing. The governor’s office said the China-owned social media giant, which harvested private data “on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party [CCP],” posed a growing national security threat…


Biden’s Chaotic Afghanistan Pullout Handed the CCP a Propaganda Tool, Pentagon Report Says

The Chinese regime eagerly made use of President Joe Biden’s chaotic pullout from Afghanistan in August 2021 to sow seeds of doubt among U.S. allies about the United States’ strategic leadership and global influence, a new Department of Defense (DoD) report has revealed. According to the report, this ploy came in the midst of Chinese…


China Seeks to Seize Taiwan, Displace US as Global Leader: Pentagon Report

Communist China is engaged in a whole-of-nation approach to expand its military, seize Taiwan, and topple the United States as leader of the international order, according to a new report released by the Pentagon. The Department of Defense’s annual China Military Power Report (pdf), released on Nov. 29, serves as an authoritative assessment of the…