Category: US-China relations

‘Badge of Honor’: US Senator Seeking China Oil Export Ban Welcomes Beijing’s Wrath

Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was one of four U.S. lawmakers targeted by the Chinese regime’s retaliatory sanctions two years ago. And the pressure from Beijing hasn’t eased since. Data analytics from the past few months showed a sharp rise in attacks from Chinese media outlets and social media targeting the senator, who has been at…


TikTok Accesses American Data: Casey Fleming Breaks Down the Threat

TikTok secretly accesses American data, despite denying it to the public, according to audio obtained by Buzzfeed. Now, questions arise over data safety and China’s subversion of U.S. society, as well as the national security threat of TikTok and other intrusive apps from China. Where do we go from here? I have Casey Fleming, CEO…


Taiwan Scrambles Jets to Warn Away 29 Chinese Military Aircrafts Entering Air Defense Zone

A total of 29 Chinese military aircraft flew into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on June 21, according to Taipei’s Ministry of National Defense (MND). The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) aircraft included fighters, bombers, and aircraft with electronic warfare, according to Taiwan’s defense ministry. This is the third-largest breach in 2022. Earlier this year, Taiwan…


US Needs to Decouple From China: Expert

The United States needs to decouple from China economically, politically, and technologically, Ian Easton, senior director of The Project 2049 Institute, a Virginia-based think tank focused on promoting American values and security interests in the Indo-Pacific region, told The Epoch Times in an interview. Easton suggested that U.S. interactions with China are “a zero-sum game,”…


US Bans China’s Xinjiang Imports Over Allegations of Forced Labor

The United States banned the import of goods from China’s Xinjiang region on June 21, putting into force the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act signed into law by President Joe Biden last year. Under the rules, all goods produced in whole or in part in Xinjiang will not be allowed to be imported into the…


China’s Reckless Fighter Pilots Aim to Weaken Western Alliances: Expert

News Analysis It is late May and an Australian surveillance plane flies through the azure skies above the South China Sea. The crew of the aircraft are on a routine surveillance mission in international airspace. They do not expect trouble. Suddenly, a Chinese fighter jet intercepts them. It launches flares, and cuts fast and close…


Beijing Winning the ‘Entropic War’ in the South Pacific: Expert

As democratic leaders continue working to shore up alliances with Pacific leaders, one expert has warned leaders that Beijing is already well advanced in fomenting corruption and eroding democratic institutions in the region. Cleo Paskal, senior fellow for the Indo-Pacific at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said foreign officials need to cast off well-worn…


Head of WHO Privately Believes Lab Leak Theory; Authors Break Down CCP’s Biowarfare Strategies

The World Health Organization (WHO) is reviving the call to investigate Wuhan’s virus lab. The mystery of the COVID-19 origin is still unsolved more than two years later. Without the Chinese Communist Party cooperating, how can the international community find out the truth? The head of the WHO secretly believes the lab leak theory to be…


TikTok an ‘Invasive Tool’ for Beijing: Lawmakers Warn of Threat After Report Shows US Data Accessed in China

The hugely popular short-video app TikTok is but “another invasive tool” for Beijing’s espionage campaign on America, said U.S. lawmakers after news of leaked internal recordings allegedly showing the app’s private U.S. user data being repeatedly accessed in China. Between at least September 2021 and January, engineers in China had access to the app’s U.S….


Nuclear Weapons Imbalance Creates ‘Dangerous Moment’: Former CIA Officer

A former CIA officer and expert on nuclear weapons has criticised successive American and British leaders, including President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, for believing the mantra “nuclear wars can never be won and should never be fought” and allowing Russia and China to build up a massive strategic advantage over the West. Peter…