Category: US-China relations

US Mulls Lifting Some China Tariffs to Fight Inflation

WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Sunday that President Joe Biden has asked his team to look at the option of lifting some tariffs on China that were put into place by former President Donald Trump, to combat the current high inflation. “We are looking at it. In fact, the president has asked us…


Top Gun Wins Over Chinese Regime’s ‘Money Power’; Imagining War with the CCP—Feat. Elliot Ackerman

Intimidating warplane “exercises” around Taiwan; saying that Australia could become its nuclear target; nearly ramming a U.S. warship; and now, flying dangerously close to Canadian Air Force jets—are these signals the Chinese regime is bracing to launch a real attack? Elliot Ackerman is a decorated, former U.S. Marine Corps officer who served five tours in…


An Alarmed Solar Industry Says a US Trade Probe of China Will Totally Fry It; Then Why Is the Business Sunny Side Up?

Publicly, big solar developers and many climate change activists are sounding the alarm about an ongoing probe of trade abuses by Chinese manufacturers. Abigail Ross Hopper, CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, last month described the U.S. Department of Commerce investigation as “the most serious crisis we have faced in our collective history.” Heather…


33 Years Later, Tiananmen Square Massacre Still Matters to the World, Chinese Activists Say

The Chinese Communist Party is exporting its tyranny all over the world after the United States let it get away with murder 33 years ago during the Tiananmen Square Massacre, three Chinese activists say. It was a bloody night for pro-democracy student protestors on June 3, 1989. Tanks rolled in towards Tiananmen Square, the heart…


US and Others Seek ILO China Mission to Probe Alleged Xinjiang Abuses

GENEVA—The United States, Britain, and other countries on Thursday called for the International Labor Organization (ILO) to set up a mission to probe alleged labor abuses in China’s Xinjiang and urged Beijing to allow unfettered access. A committee at the U.N. agency is addressing the Chinese regime’s compliance with global labor standards after describing its…


Launch of China’s New Aircraft Carrier Delayed

China’s third and most advanced aircraft carrier will likely be launched soon, according to new satellite imagery of the vessel. The carrier, called the Type 003, has been under construction near Shanghai since 2018. Satellite images taken by Planet Labs late May suggest work on the vessel is nearing its completion. The launch has been…


A War Over Taiwan Raises the Threat of Combined China-Russia Nuclear Operations

Commentary It is all good that Sweden and Finland want to end their neutrality and join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and that President Joe Biden is apparently ready to commit U.S. military forces to the defense of democratic Taiwan. But as Biden failed to deter Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he is not committing to…


Biden Administration’s China Policy Views the Communist Regime as ‘Integral’ to Global Progress

How do you compete with a potential adversary while simultaneously allowing that adversary to steal your most precious technologies? How do you defeat a rival whom you believe to be vital to your own survival? These are the questions that one is immediately presented with when examining the Biden administration’s long-awaited China policy, which was outlined…


China Remains a ‘Glaring Example’ of Religious Repression: US State Department

The Chinese Communist Party continues to be a “glaring example” of a regime that represses its citizens from exercising religious liberty, according to Rashad Hussain, the U.S. Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom. “Far too many governments remain undeterred of their repression of their citizens. It comes as no surprise that the People’s Republic of China…


GOP Lawmakers Question Biden’s Depletion of Oil Reserves As China ‘Rapidly Strengthens Energy Ties’ With Russia

Republicans on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce have raised concerns about how the Biden administration’s oil reserve releases may impact U.S. national security. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wa.), the leading Republican lawmaker on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Fred Upton (R.-Mich.), the top Republican on the Subcommittee on Energy, said…