Category: US-China relations

Has Wokeness Peaked? That’s Debatable

News Analysis As headlines declare that “peak woke” has passed, one researcher thinks it’s possible that wokeness is actually just “mutating.” “The jury is still out in terms of whether the Great Awokening is winding down,” wrote Associate Professor David Rozado in a Feb. 24 Twitter post. Rozado’s research in computational social science at the New Zealand Institute…


Manchin Calls Out Podesta’s Remarks About China Being ‘Big Players’ in US EV Battery Production

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), the centrist Democrat who has been highly critical of Biden administration energy policy, released a statement on March 10 in which he called “beyond irresponsible” clean energy czar John Podesta’s remarks that day that Chinese companies will be “big players” in U.S. domestic production of EV batteries. Podesta made the comments at…


REPLAY 10 AM ET: The Committee on the Present Danger: China—Why We Must Leave the WHO

The Committee on the Present Danger: China hosted a webinar on March 7 on the potential powers that could be granted to the World Health Organization (WHO). The United States and other members of the WHO have been negotiating ways to give sweeping new powers to the WHO’s Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus. Through material changes to existing…


REPLAY: The Committee on the Present Danger: China—Why We Must Leave the WHO

The Committee on the Present Danger: China hosted a webinar on March 7 on the potential powers that could be granted to the World Health Organization (WHO). The United States and other members of the WHO have been negotiating ways to give sweeping new powers to the WHO’s Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus. Through material changes to existing…


The Committee on the Present Danger: China—Why We Must Leave the WHO

The Committee on the Present Danger: China hosted a webinar on March 7 on the potential powers that could be granted to the World Health Organization (WHO). The United States and other members of the WHO have been negotiating ways to give sweeping new powers to the WHO’s Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus. Through material changes to existing…


US Risks Losing Its Pension Funds in China: Expert

The United States risks losing its pension funds in China as the regime seeks to undermine the economic base of America, warned Gregory Copley, president of the International Strategic Studies Association. Billionaire investor Mark Mobius recently said that the Chinese regime has taken “very significant” action to prevent him from withdrawing capital from Chinese equities…


China Seeking to Consolidate Power in Asia, Drive Other Nations Away From US: Geopolitical Strategist

At its 2023 “Two Sessions” political meeting on March 5, China’s Communist Party announced that this year’s military budget will be 1,553.7 billion yuan ($225 billion)—an annual increase of 7.2 percent and the regime’s second-highest spend in the last five years. China is seeking to consolidate its position as an Asian superpower, and to use…


LIVE NOW: Are China’s Intentions Toward Taiwan Changing? A US Institute of Peace Discussion

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) considers Taiwan part of its territory and has been building military capabilities to force the island to accept unification. In the past few years, PRC has sped up its military process. Is PRC getting ready for a war against Taiwan? In a panel discussion held at 10:00 a.m. ET…


Are China’s Intentions Toward Taiwan Changing? A US Institute of Peace Discussion

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) considers Taiwan part of its territory and has been building military capabilities to force the island to accept unification. In the past few years, PRC has sped up its military process. Is PRC getting ready for a war against Taiwan? In a panel discussion held at 10:00 a.m. ET…


Congress Holds Hearing on Chinese Surveillance on the US

Lawmakers in the House held a hearing on Thursday to discuss efforts by the Chinese regime and its affiliates to surveil the United States, including the recent transit of a high-altitude surveillance balloon over the country and reports of a Chinese secret police station operating in New York City. “This Chinese surveillance balloon was a…