Category: US-China relations

Professor Pleads Guilty to Concealing Ties With China While Receiving Funds From NASA

September 25, 2022
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Zhengdong Cheng, a Texas A&M professor and NASA researcher, pleaded guilty to charges related to lying about his connections to China. Cheng was arrested and charged with conspiracy, making false statements, and wire fraud in 2020. According to an FBI’s Twitter post on Sept. 23, Cheng pleaded guilty to lying to Texas A&M University (TAMU)…

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US–China Strategic Rivalry Escalates Over Chips, Foreign Businesses Caution Investing in China

September 24, 2022
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The United States has ramped up efforts to deny China access to advanced semiconductors and chipmaking technologies, thus, escalating the U.S.–China strategic competition. Following the passage of the U.S. CHIPS Act, on Sept. 6, the U.S. Department of Commerce released its “Strategy for the CHIPS for America Fund” (pdf), a $50 billion investment to catalyze…

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China’s Military Shares Key Weakness With Russia: Report

September 24, 2022
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China’s military shares a similar weakness to that of Russia’s armed forces which may hamper its efforts to conquer Taiwan should the regime move forward with an invasion, according to a new report. The report (pdf), published by the National Defense University Press earlier this month, analyzed the biographies of more than 300 senior officers…

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President Biden’s Green Initiatives Empower China: Republican Lawmakers

September 23, 2022
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President Joe Biden’s decision to put off new tariffs on solar imports from Southeast Asian countries benefits China, according to Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) “Joe Biden’s religious experience with the Green New Deal is that it actually empowers and helps those countries like China [and] Southeast Asia. Whenever you’re just pouring out billions of dollars…

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CCP Diplomat Tried to Lobby US Lawmakers to Deflect Blame for Causing US’ Fentanyl Crisis

September 23, 2022
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The Chinese regime’s top diplomat has been reaching out to members on the House Intelligence Committee to deflect responsibility for the flow of illicit fentanyl into the United States, according to a GOP lawmaker. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), a member of the Doctors Caucus and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, is among many…

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DeSantis Announces Actions to Confront CCP Influence in Florida

September 23, 2022
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Sept. 22 signed a new executive order and unveiled a package of legislative proposals to combat “malign foreign influence,” particularly from communist China. “The number one source of that influence, not just in the United States but really around the world, is the Chinese Communist Party,” DeSantis said during an…

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California Group Tours to Support Taiwan to Join the United Nations

September 23, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—A group of Taiwanese in Northern California on a bus tour stopped by different tourist spots on Sept. 17 in order to raise support for Taiwan to join the United Nations. “San Francisco has many famous tourist spots, and we want people from all over the world to hear our support for Taiwan…

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Blinken Calls for ‘Peace and Stability’ with Taiwan in Meet with CCP Counterpart

September 23, 2022
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Senior diplomats from the United States and China met Sep. 23 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shook hands but did not respond to questions from the media as they sat down for talks. Blinken told…

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Blinken Calls for ‘Peace and Stability’ with Taiwan in Meeting with CCP Counterpart

September 23, 2022
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Senior diplomats from the United States and China met Sep. 23 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shook hands but did not respond to questions from the media as they sat down for talks. Blinken told…

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US Accounting Regulators Demand Complete Access to China-Based Audits

September 23, 2022
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The U.S. accounting audit regulator delivered a warning regarding the integrity and complete access to work papers of accounting firms of New York-listed Chinese companies. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Chair Erica Williams made the remarks on Sept. 22 at the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) Fall Conference. She emphasized, “Voluntarily delisting is not…

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