The Solomon Islands government has successfully delayed the country’s national elections, effectively extending the term of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare who has moved quickly to leverage deepening ties with Beijing to solidify his power. The vote passed with 37 out of the Parliament’s 50 MPs in support. This comes after a report last year revealed…
Beijing-Friendly Solomons PM Delays Election, Extends Term Until 2024
Rep. McCaul: Biden Admin’s Weakness Allowing China to Create ‘War Machine’
House Republicans lambasted the Biden administration for a perceived lack of action against growing hostilities from China’s reigning communist regime. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and several other Republican lawmakers said in a Sept. 8 press conference on the subject of China that a GOP-controlled Congress would do better in holding the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
Biden Admin’s Weakness Allowing China to Create ‘War Machine’: Rep. McCaul
House Republicans lambasted the Biden administration for a perceived lack of action against growing hostilities from China’s reigning communist regime. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and several other Republican lawmakers said in a Sept. 8 press conference on the subject of China that a GOP-controlled Congress would do better in holding the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
China and US Heading Into ‘Long Period’ of Naval Competition: Expert
The United States and China are entering a period of prolonged naval competition and possible conflict, according to one expert. Bruce Jones, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said that American and Chinese leadership had learned from history that the greatest world powers required powerful navies and that the two were competing for maritime…
US Lacks the ‘Political Will’ to Confront China: Experts
China and the United States are pursuing policies that increasingly put them at risk of conflict but, according to some experts, the United States does not currently have the will to follow through on the endeavor. That was the consensus reached during a Sept. 7 discussion hosted by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a Washington-based…
Pentagon Suspends Deliveries of F-35 Fighters After Finding Engine Part Came From China
The Pentagon said on Sept 7 that it has halted deliveries of fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets after a component used in the plane’s engine was found to be sourced from China. U.S. Defense giant Lockheed Martin, the company making the F-35s, said the component is a magnet on the plane’s turbomachine pumps manufactured by U.S….
‘Why We Lost the White House’: Former Trump Advisor Peter Navarro ‘Pulls No Punches’ in New Book
Former White House aide Peter Navarro said bad personnel choices doomed the Trump administration. “I call it the Achilles’ heel of the boss. I love the boss despite these bad personnel. He’s the best president we’ve ever had,” Navarro said, referring to Donald Trump, during a recent interview on the “Capitol Report” program on NTD,…
Energy Transition a ‘Dangerous Delusion’: Report
An Aug. 30 report argues that the idea of totally transitioning from fossil fuels is a “dangerous delusion.” “The lessons of the recent decade make it clear that [solar, wind, and battery] SWB technologies cannot be surged in times of need, are neither inherently ‘clean’ nor even independent of hydrocarbons, and are not cheap,” it…
US SEC Warns Against Switching Auditors to Avoid Chinese Company Trading Bans
WASHINGTON/HONG KONG—U.S. accounting firms that agree to lead audits of New York-listed Chinese and Hong Kong companies looking to avoid potential trading bans risk breaching U.S. rules, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warned on Tuesday. Worried they may be kicked off U.S. exchanges if China does not allow the SEC’s accounting watchdog to…
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NYC VIPs Celebrate 400 Million Chinese Quitting CCP at Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet
The Global Service Center for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet on Sept. 5 in New York City, and invited representatives from all walks of life to celebrate the withdrawal of 400 million Chinese from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Nearly 500 people, including VIPS from New York’s multinational…