Category: US-China relations

White House: China ‘Overreacted’ on Taiwan, Biden to Meet Xi Face-to-Face

President Joe Biden will likely meet with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping later in the year for the pair’s first face-to-face, according to a White House official. Kurt Campbell, White House Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific, confirmed that Biden and Xi agreed to set up a face-to-face meeting during their last conference call in…


Taiwanese to Undergo ‘Re-Education’ If Beijing Were to Take Over: Chinese Ambassador

The Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian has told a room full of journalists that Beijing will use any force necessary to bring Taiwan under its control. The comments came during an address to the National Press Club on Aug. 10, when Australian journalists pressed the Chinese regime’s representative about the current tensions in the…


Taiwan Would Undergo ‘Re-Education’ If Beijing Were to Take Over: Chinese Ambassador

The Chinese Ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, has told a room full of journalists that Beijing will use any force necessary to bring Taiwan under its control and that once under the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) rule would undergo some form of re-education. The comments came during an address to the National Press Club on…


K Street: The Ideal Influence Point for the Chinese Communist Party—With Rex Lee

Powerful K Street lobbyists are being hired by the Chinese Communist Party to do its bidding, lobbying Congress to influence America. The question is: What can we do about it? The challenge is making effective laws to counter the infiltration. But will it work? Joining me is Rex Lee, a cybersecurity expert exposing the deep…


EXCLUSIVE: Senator Seeks to Expose CCP’s Authoritarian Ambition

The Chinese Communist Party has for years been bent on cementing its influence over the developing world. One U.S. senator is hoping to counter this through an awareness-raising initiative. In a Twitter campaign dubbed “#ExposingTheCCP,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) plans to spotlight the regime’s “sinister relationships” with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa,…


EXCLUSIVE: Senator Seeks to Expose CCP’s Authoritarian Ambitions

The Chinese Communist Party has for years been bent on cementing its influence over the developing world. One U.S. senator is hoping to counter this through an awareness-raising initiative. In a Twitter campaign dubbed “#ExposingTheCCP,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) plans to spotlight the regime’s “sinister relationships” with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa,…


House Administrators Warn Lawmakers to Not Use TikTok

The House Chief Administration Officer  has  warned lawmakers against using TikTok, a popular video-sharing application owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance, citing security and privacy concerns. The warning came as growing numbers of congressmen are using  the app to reach out to the younger constituents that are its frequent users. The  cyber advisory issued on…


Pelosi Made it ‘Harder’ for Biden to End Trump’s China Tariffs: Commerce Secretary

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) support of Taiwan has complicated the Biden administration’s efforts to curb tariffs against China, according to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. Raimondo said that Pelosi’s controversial visit to Taiwan last week made the administration’s strategy with China “particularly complicated,” regarding President Joe Biden’s efforts to curb tariffs on more than $300…


Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Made it ‘Harder’ for Biden to End Trump’s China Tariffs: Commerce Secretary

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) support of Taiwan has complicated the Biden administration’s efforts to curb tariffs against China, according to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. Raimondo said that Pelosi’s controversial visit to Taiwan last week made the administration’s strategy with China “particularly complicated,” regarding President Joe Biden’s efforts to curb tariffs on more than $300…


China Government Entity Tried to Set Up TikTok Account for Propaganda Targeting Western Audiences

A Chinese government public relations agency asked TikTok to set up an account that would target Westerners and improve China’s image but wasn’t overtly linked to the government, according to Bloomberg and based on an internal message provided to them. In an email received in April 2020 by Elizabeth Kanter, the head of TikTok’s government relations…