Category: US-China relations

Defence Minister Unable to Confirm If Solomons’ US Naval Ship Ban Extends to Australia

Defence Minister Richard Marles could not confirm whether a recent ban on U.S. naval ship visits to the Solomon Islands extended to Australian vessels. On Aug. 29, the U.S. Embassy in Canberra revealed the Solomon Islands had notified the U.S. authorities of a “moratorium” on all naval visits pending updates to its “protocol procedures.” “We…


Rubio: Biden Administration ‘Failing’ to Block Semiconductor IP Sales to China

Republican lawmakers are in a furor after a U.S. government body approved the sale of intellectual property (IP) related to semiconductors to a company in China. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews national security implications of foreign investments in U.S. companies and operations, approved the sale of U.S.-based semiconductor…


Wolf Warriors: China’s Aggressive Diplomats at Work; Problems at the Southern Border

Wolf warriors: aggressive Chinese diplomats and spokesmen. Who are they? Why are they on Twitter? And why are they accusing the United States of being an eternal aggressor? We dive into the discourse online, where Chinese diplomats spew fake news about the United States hoping to change public opinion and create chaos. Click the “Save”…


Quantum Computing as Important as the Atomic Bomb: Expert

Chinese tech giant Baidu is developing its own quantum computer to compete with the United States in the race toward next-generation information processing. The computer does not outperform rivals currently being developed in America but, according to one expert, signals dire competition over the future of data security. Arthur Herman, a senior fellow at the…


US Heading Toward China’s Cultural Revolution, Warns Asian-American Coalition for Education President

The United States is dangerously close to repeating China’s Cultural Revolution, according to the Asian-American Coalition for Education president and author Mike Zhao. “The communist playbook, unfortunately, … they used to destroy China during the Cultural Revolution … 50 years ago. Today, the radical left uses the same playbook to destroy America,” Zhao said in a…


Kyle Bass: Pull Your Money Out of China

Anybody holding an investment in China should withdraw it or face the risk of losing the money altogether, warned hedge funder Kyle Bass. Not only is the Chinese economy in a precarious position, but if its increasingly aggressive stance toward Taiwan spills into a military conflict, the country could quickly become dislocated from dollar-denominated financial…


CCP Announces 20th Party Congress to Take Place Oct. 16

China’s communist regime announced that it will hold its 20th Congress on Oct. 16. The meeting is expected to end with the anointing of Xi Jinping to a historic third term as leader. About 2,300 members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will convene in Beijing, mostly behind closed doors. The event, which occurs every…


SEC Chairman Warns Chinese Companies to Play by Rules or Face Delisting

The U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the Ministry of Finance have reached an agreement on the audit supervision of Chinese concept stocks, which Chinese media described as “great news for investors.” However, the SEC chairman warned that Chinese companies still face the risk of delisting if they…


China-Backed Companies Using Lawfare to Stall Western Satellite Launches, CEO Says

Corporations with backing from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are waging legal warfare to prevent Western companies from deploying new, state-of-the-art communications satellites, according to one CEO. Wireless entrepreneur and Rivada Networks CEO Declan Ganley spoke to NTD, a sister media outlet of Epoch Times, about how China-backed elements within a company Rivada acquired attempted…


Solomon Islands Suspends All US Naval Visits

The Solomon Islands has informed U.S. authorities that all naval visits have been suspended until further notice following an earlier incident on Aug. 23 when a U.S. Coast Guard vessel, the Oliver Henry, was denied permission for a scheduled port call. The incident comes amid mounting concerns about Beijing’s influence in the region and Solomons…