Category: US-China relations

Election Software CEO Surrenders to LA Authorities; Prosecutors Allege ‘Massive Data Breach’

October 14, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles prosecutors on Oct. 14 accused the CEO of a Michigan-based election software company of being involved in a “massive” data breach affecting several thousand victims, including minors. Eugune Yu, 64, who heads Konnech, a company that provides software to electoral districts for the management of poll workers, was charged with the felony…

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Texas Teachers’ Retirement System Moves to Distance Pensions From Chinese Stocks

October 14, 2022
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The largest public retirement system in Texas is moving to remove Chinese companies from the list of stocks it invests in as part of its pension fund for teachers. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) gained approval last month to move forward with a new benchmark that proportionally mixes two emerging markets indexes, including…

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The Final War: A New Documentary Reveals Beijing’s 100-Year Plot to Defeat America

October 14, 2022
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses the biggest existential threat to the United States, yet few Americans are aware of it, according to a new documentary. The latest Epoch Times investigative film “The Final War—A 100-Year Plot to Defeat America” seeks to expose the hidden stories of U.S.-China relations over the last seven decades. The…

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China Conducting Influence Campaigns to Interfere in US Midterm Elections: Report

October 14, 2022
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China’s communist leadership is attempting to interfere in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections by spreading propaganda and disinformation, according to researchers. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is conducting influence campaigns with the apparent intent of increasing political polarization among Americans and damaging the reputations of people running for Congress who have been critical of the…

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US Trade Representative Announces Plan to Launch Online Portal for Comments on China Trade Act

October 14, 2022
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The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced plans for opening an online portal for public comments for the statutory four-year review of China 301 Tariffs. USTR plans to open an online portal, https://comments.USTR.gov, to the public on Nov. 15, for comments from interested parties. In May, USTR issued steps in commencing the statutory four-year…

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Australia’s Pacific Pivot Continues to Counter Beijing’s Pacific Push

October 13, 2022
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The Australian government is continuing its counter to Beijing’s Pacific push, with the Foreign Minister Penny Wong announcing a new media deal with the Marshall Islands on Oct. 14. Wong is carrying out her eighth official bilateral visit, since her appointment in May, to the Pacific region where she is visiting the nations of the…

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Commercial Technology Vital to Deterrence of Taiwan Invasion: Experts

October 13, 2022
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The Pentagon will need to more swiftly integrate commercial technologies with military applications if it is to deter China’s communist regime from invading Taiwan, according to two experts. The rapid pace at which modern technologies are advancing means that traditional defense acquisition processes, which can take decades to develop new systems, are too slow, according…

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China Poised to Be More Belligerent and Dangerous Post CCP Congress: Author

October 13, 2022
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As current leader of the Communist Party, Xi Jinping is expected to secure an unprecedented third term in power this month. If he succeeds, the United States will see a more belligerent and dangerous China, according to Bradley Thayer, the director of China policy at the Center for Security Policy and co-author of the book…

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China Poised to Be More Belligerent and Dangerous Following CCP Congress: Author

October 13, 2022
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As current leader of the Communist Party, Xi Jinping is expected to secure an unprecedented third term in power this month. If he succeeds, the United States will see a more belligerent and dangerous China, according to Bradley Thayer, the director of China policy at the Center for Security Policy and co-author of the book…

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The Historical Origins of the CCP Establishing Secret Police Stations in the West

October 13, 2022
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Commentary The well-researched report, “110 OVERSEAS: Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild” (hereafter, the Report), released in late September by Safeguard Defenders, a human rights NGO based in Madrid, rang alarm bells in democratic countries already on heightened alert because of the pervasive Chinese infiltration of their political, social, and economic spheres. The Report detailed how…

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