NUSA DUA, Indonesia—U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday his country will maintain open communication lines and seek no conflict with China, ahead of what are expected to be tense talks on a range of geopolitical issues at the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Indonesia this week. Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are…
Leaders Land in Indonesia for G-20 Summit; US Seeks No Conflict With China, Says Biden
Biden Discusses Security Pact, Taiwan Strait With Australian Prime Minister
U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday met Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and discussed their security pact and issues surrounding the Taiwan Strait, the White House said. The AUKUS security pact between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia is seen as an effort by the West to push back against the Chinese regime’s…
Think Tank Wants to Set ‘New Direction’ for Conservatives After Midterms
As Republicans weave competing narratives over the “red wave” that wasn’t, one relatively new think tank has hit the ground running in an effort to set the agenda for a somewhat stronger GOP. American Compass, a think tank founded in 2020 by former Mitt Romney presidential campaign aide Oren Cass, released on Nov. 9 “New…
Think Tank Wants to Set ‘New Direction’ for Conservatives After Midterms—But Who Funds Them?
As Republicans weave competing narratives over the “red wave” that wasn’t, one relatively new think tank has hit the ground running in an effort to set the agenda for a somewhat stronger GOP. American Compass, a think tank founded in 2020 by former Mitt Romney presidential campaign aide Oren Cass, released on Nov. 9 “New…
‘Casino Loyale’: Company Owned by Chinese Billionaire Guilty of Paying $1 Million in Bribes to LA Councilman
A Los Angeles real estate firm owned by a Chinese billionaire is guilty of paying more than $1 million in bribes to a Los Angeles city councilman as part of a scheme that involved luxury cruises, high-rolling trips to casinos, and prostitution. Shen Zhen New World I, a real estate firm owned by Chinese billionaire…
3 Arrested for Sending Military Secrets to China, Selling Chinese Items to DOD
Three people were arrested this week for their alleged involvement in a scheme to sell U.S. military secrets to China and to secretly bring Chinese goods into the U.S. defense supply chain. Phil Pascoe, Monica Pascoe, Scott Tubbs, and Quadrant Magnetics LLC were charged with wire fraud, violations of the Arms Export Control Act, and…
Top US General Warns China That Conflict Over Taiwan Will Be ‘Bad Choice’
China would make “a really bad choice” if it chose to engage in a conflict over Taiwan, Gen. Mark Milley said, as he reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to providing Taiwan with military aid. Speaking at an Economic Club of New York event on Nov. 9, Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the United…
GOP Lawmakers Call for TikTok Ban Over Fears App Could ‘Fan the Flames of Domestic Division’
Senate Republicans are introducing legislation that would ban TikTok and a number of other social media companies controlled by China from operating in the United States. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) announced the legislation in an op-ed in The Washington Post on Nov. 10, in which they called the Chinese social media app a “major threat…
Beijing’s Overseas Police Station in Sydney ‘Not Active’: Australian Federal Police
Australian Federal Police (AFP) has said that it doesn’t believe Chinese police are running an active “contact point” in Sydney. It was revealed last month that Chinese officials have been operating an overseas police station in Sydney since 2018. The “contact point” was established by the Public Security Bureau of the city of Wenzhou, China, the…
Convergence of Interests Is Creating a New China-Iran-Russia-North Korea ‘Axis of Evil’: Expert
Merging interests are motivating China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea to increasingly work together and create an alternative world order, said Frank Gaffney, executive chairman of the Center for Security Policy. “One might call it an axis of evil between China, which is the most important player in the mix, Russia, Iran, and North Korea,…
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