Category: US-China relations

Rep. Comer Threatens to Subpoena State Department Over John Kerry’s Role Under Biden

April 26, 2023
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House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, demanding he shed more light on what John Kerry has done as climate envoy or face a possible subpoena. “Envoy Kerry is engaging in activities that skirt congressional authority, threaten foreign policy under the guise of climate advocacy, and could undermine…

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South Korean President Yoon Comments on Taiwan Ahead of State Visit to the US

April 26, 2023
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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol took a firm stance on the issue of the Taiwan Strait on the eve of his state visit to the United States. Experts say this signifies that South Korea has officially abandoned its policy of strategic ambiguity between Washington and Beijing. In an interview with Reuters on April 19, Yoon…

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Ex-Harvard Professor Sentenced, Fined for Lying About China Ties

April 26, 2023
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BOSTON—A prominent former Harvard University scientist convicted of concealing his ties to China’s state-run talent recruitment program was sentenced to two years of supervised release and ordered to pay over $83,000 in restitution and fines. Charles Lieber, who formerly chaired Harvard’s department of chemistry and chemical biology, was found guilty in December 2021 of six…

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China Invasion of Taiwan Might See Military Response From US and Allies: Former State Department Official

April 26, 2023
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A China invasion of Taiwan might spark military response from not only the United States but also its allies, according to former U.S. State Department official Morse Tan. In an exclusive interview with Reuters this week, South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol said increased tensions around Taiwan were due to attempts to change the status…

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IN-DEPTH: Battle for the Heartland–How US Farmland is Quietly Falling Into Chinese Hands

April 26, 2023
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The valleys give way to the prairies and the prairies give way to the badlands where fields of golden cinquefoils surrender to the might of towering plateaus of striated bedrock. The rugged openness of South Dakota presents the quintessential image of the American countryside, a pure distillation of the natural environment that captured the pioneers’…

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Sanction Chinese Cloud Firms Posing National Security Risk: GOP Senators

April 26, 2023
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A group of nine Republican senators wrote a letter to Biden officials, raising security concerns about Chinese cloud firms like Huawei Cloud and Alibaba Cloud and asking for strict measures against them to protect U.S. interests and assets. The April 25 letter (pdf), led by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), expressed “deep concern” about Chinese cloud…

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Seagate to Pay $300 Million Penalty for Shipping Huawei 7 Million Hard Drives

April 26, 2023
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Seagate Technology Holdings PLC has agreed to pay a $300 million penalty in a settlement with U.S. authorities for shipping over $1.1 billion worth of hard disk drives to China’s Huawei in violation of U.S. export control laws, the Department of Commerce said. Seagate sold the drives to Huawei between August 2020 and September 2021…

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Taiwan Says Tracking Chinese Carrier Off Its Southeast Coast

April 25, 2023
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TAIPEI—Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Monday that a Chinese carrier group led by the Shandong was about 120 nautical miles off the southeast of the island’s coast, the same ship that took part in China’s war games around the island earlier this month. Taiwan previously reported that the Shandong, commissioned in 2019, had sailed into…

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Congress Pushes Back After Chinese Tries to ‘Interfere’ in COVID-19 Investigation

April 25, 2023
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Top lawmakers in Congress are pushing back after Chinese officials criticized their investigation into the origins of COVID-19. The lawmakers are decrying what they describe as an attempt to interfere with the probe and are calling China to make available several researchers to testify. Li Xiang, a counselor at the U.S. Chinese Embassy, sent a…

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South Korea’s Support Crucial to US If China Invades Taiwan: Author

April 25, 2023
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The support of South Korea is absolutely crucial to the United States in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, according to veteran intelligence officer and author, Grant Newsham. He said that if China invades Taiwan, it is vital that South Korea would allow the United States to deploy its forces on the Korean…

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