Category: US-China relations

US Investors Not Required to Divest Holdings From Chinese Military Firms After Ban: OFAC

The U.S. Treasury Department has issued new guidance regarding the Chinese Military-Industrial Complex (CMIC) sanctions in response to frequently asked questions, just two days before the deadline for U.S. investors to fully divest their holdings of securities of designated Chinese military companies. The new guidance, published on June 1, states that “U.S. persons are not…


‘Pawns’ for Beijing: CCP Pressures US Officials to Tilt Policies in China’s Favor

It was late February 2020, as the pandemic was heating up in the United States, when a request from China caught Wisconsin state senator Roger Roth’s attention. It was an email from Wu Ting, wife of the Chinese consul general in Chicago. Wu wanted Roth to help pass a resolution “in support of China’s fight…


Strengthening US in Face of Foreign Threats Requires Energy Independence: Expert

Curbing inflation, particularly fuel prices that have soared above $5 per gallon in a number of states, and bolstering America’s position in the face of geopolitical rivals such as China and Russia requires changes to domestic energy production, refining, and transportation, according to Kelly Sloan, a senior fellow in energy and environment at the Centennial…


‘No Prize for Second Place’: New Film Sounds Alarm on China’s Quest to Win ‘Innovation Race’ Against US

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is exploiting weaknesses in the United States’ patent protection laws to gain the upper hand in technological innovation, according to an upcoming film, and big tech companies are helping it in the effort. “In the innovation race with China, there is no prize for second place,” said Luke Livingston, director…


Taiwan’s Chinese Language Centers Expand as More Countries Close China’s Confucius Institutes

China’s ruling communist party went to great lengths to establish its network of Confucius Institutes across college campuses around the world. But many countries have since withdrawn their partnerships having discovered that these institutes are a propagandized extension of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—used simply as a means to promote the party’s communist philosophy. As…


The Ideologies Behind the 2020 Riots; Shanghai’s Health Code System Controls People’s Lives

We revisit the ideologies behind the 2020 riots. Will the summer of violence return in the near future? I discuss this with Dr. Douglas Groothuis at the Western Conservative Summit. China’s COVID-19 theatrics continue, as Shanghai’s so-called reopening met with roadblocks and even more problems. Seniors are barred from restrooms, and people can’t leave their…


Beijng’s Aggression Towards US is Uniting American Political Leaders Against CCP: Expert

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership does not understand the nature of American democracy, according to one expert, and is failing to enact policies that could ease tensions between China and the United States and increase the prosperity of the Chinese people. “When I was in China I would teach concepts like democracy, and I could…


Elon Musk Predicts China’s ‘Population Collapse’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggests that China could soon be facing a “population collapse” in the aftermath of Beijing’s decades-long population control program that until recently had restricted most families in China to a single offspring. “Most people still think China has a one-child policy,” he wrote in a June 6 tweet that was pinned…


Biden Administration’s Lack of a ‘Discernible Foreign Policy’ Emboldens America’s Adversaries: Cal Thomas

The lack of a clear and consistent foreign policy with well-defined and achievable goals has weakened America’s position vis à vis geostrategic rivals and states with a destabilizing role in the world, according to syndicated columnist and commentator Cal Thomas. “I’m just not sure that the Biden administration has a discernible foreign policy, whether it…


USTR Tai Says Fighting Inflation More Complicated Than Cutting China Tariffs

WASHINGTON—U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Monday said fighting inflation is a more complicated issue than can be addressed with a “singular focus” on China tariffs, and that it was important to bring a “thoughtful, deliberate, strategic” approach to the U.S.–China trade relationship. Tai, in remarks to the Washington International Trade Association, said inflation was…