Category: US-China relations

American Investment, Chaotic Environment Check China’s African Lithium Grab

As China faces fierce competition for lithium resources in Australia and South America, Africa has become a new target for Beijing’s hunt for the mineral. The rapid expansion of Chinese lithium capacity in Africa is drawing increasing attention, prompting a call for stepped-up American investment to counter the Chinese presence on the African continent. Meanwhile,…


LIVE 11 AM ET: Increasing US Engagement in the Pacific with Special Envoy Joseph Yun: A Hudson Institute Event

Ambassador Joseph Yun, the special presidential envoy for compact negotiations and leading re-negotiator of agreements with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau, discusses with Hudson Asia-Pacific Security Chair Patrick Cronin the concerns of these states regarding the influence that China’s Belt and Road Initiative imposed…


LIVE NOW: Increasing US Engagement in the Pacific with Special Envoy Joseph Yun: A Hudson Institute Event

Ambassador Joseph Yun, the special presidential envoy for compact negotiations and leading re-negotiator of agreements with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau, discusses with Hudson Asia-Pacific Security Chair Patrick Cronin the concerns of these states regarding the influence that China’s Belt and Road Initiative imposed…


Increasing US Engagement in the Pacific with Special Envoy Joseph Yun: A Hudson Institute Event

Ambassador Joseph Yun, the special presidential envoy for compact negotiations and leading re-negotiator of agreements with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau, discusses with Hudson Asia-Pacific Security Chair Patrick Cronin the concerns of these states regarding the influence that China’s Belt and Road Initiative imposed…


WeChat Derailing Democracy, Must Be Regulated in Democratic Nations: Expert

An expert has warned that countries around the world should regulate WeChat because it is actively seeking to undermine political systems and civil societies. WeChat, which is alternatively known as Weixin, is a Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app developed by the Chinese company Tencent. Seth Kaplan, Ph.D., a professorial lecturer at Johns…


US Needs ‘New Vision’ for Industrial Policy to Outcompete China: Experts

The United States has fallen behind China and numerous other countries in its global share of key industrial sectors, according to several experts in technology and industrial policy. U.S. global shares in high-value industries have fallen so dramatically that the nation now ranks just above Italy and behind Mexico in a list of key advanced…


US Reliance on China Drops Amid Trump Tariffs, Disruptive Policies, Ethical Concerns

American dependence on imports from China has significantly diminished in recent years. Companies are scrambling to redirect their supply chains elsewhere to avoid unpredictable policy changes by the communist regime, tariffs imposed on China in 2018, and backlash over human rights violations. February imports from China came in below $31 billion, the lowest since 2006,…


PREMIERING NOW: Big Tech Immunity Explained: Law Professor Adam Candeub on How to Rein In Section 230 Abuse

“Who is raising children? It’s not really parents, it’s not teachers, it’s not coaches or clergymen. It’s Twitter influencers. They’re the ones that have the ears and souls of our children.” I sit down with Adam Candeub, professor of law at Michigan State University and a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America. Candeub…


Big Tech Immunity Explained: Law Professor Adam Candeub on How to Rein In Section 230 Abuse

“Who is raising children? It’s not really parents, it’s not teachers, it’s not coaches or clergymen. It’s Twitter influencers. They’re the ones that have the ears and souls of our children.” I sit down with Adam Candeub, professor of law at Michigan State University and a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America. Candeub…


Chinese ‘Rent-a-Womb’ Industry Using American Surrogates Could Be Exploited by CCP: Expert

The Chinese “rent-a-womb” industry using American surrogates could be exploited by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to The Heritage Foundation researcher Emma Waters. Commercial surrogacy refers to people who hire another woman to gestate and birth their child for a fee. According to the expert, according to U.S. birthright citizenship law, any child born…