Beijing recently canceled a visit to China by a top European diplomat while hosting another same-level EU diplomat. Such tactics are part of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) efforts to coerce Western powerhouses into submission by signaling disapproval to those diplomats who speak to the CCP about human rights or other sensitive topics, a China…

WASHINGTON—Religious freedom advocate Nina Shea didn’t think that she’d ever be a target of the Chinese regime. At the Hudson Institute think tank where she worked, there are more prominent critics of the communist regime like former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his former China policy advisor Miles Yu. But the expert recently found…

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said he had “extremely warm and productive” talks with high-level Chinese officials in Beijing, though “a little bit more work” is required to achieve “groundbreaking” initiatives. Mr. Kerry delivered the remarks on July 19 as he wrapped up three days of climate talks in China. The conversations, which critics argue…

Leadership from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is launching investigations into several U.S. companies that it claims are funding China’s development of artificial intelligence (AI) and military modernization. Select Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) sent letters to the leaders of four American venture capital…

A 12-page research report examined the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) NeuroStrike program against the United States and its allies in the Indo-Pacific and outlined a strategy to counter it. Sean Lin, a microbiologist and former laboratory director at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and a survivor of the Tiananmen Square…

China’s largest chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), announced the appointment of its new chairman on July 17. Vice chairman Liu Xunfeng replaced former chairman Gao Yonggang, who the company said had resigned due to “work adjustment.” SMIC did not offer any further explanation in it’s statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. Gao was appointed…

President Joe Biden’s administration has suspended funding to the laboratory in China located in the same city where COVID-19 cases were first identified, according to a new document. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is cutting off the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s access to U.S. grants, an HHS official said in a…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has pushed for legislation in his state to combat the “woke” movement led by leftist social groups. In a recent presidential campaign, Mr. DeSantis declared that if elected, he would work to eradicate the erosion of cultural Marxism all across the United States. During his speech at the Republican Faith &…

America’s increasing reliance on intermittent power sources and batteries is creating novel risks, according to grid specialists who testified before Congress on July 18. Many of the greatest among them emanate from a key geopolitical rival, China. That’s partly because the new technologies frequently use inverters. When solar panels, wind turbines, and battery systems generate…

“The economic growth of China is largely a wealth transfer from the United States,” says Robert Lighthizer. “You’re transferring the wealth of our children and grandchildren and their children overseas.” Mr. Lighthizer served as the U.S. Trade Representative in the Trump administration and also served as deputy trade representative in the Reagan administration. In this…