Category: US-China relations

Victor Davis Hanson: The Chinese Spy Balloon, Orwellian Newspeak, and the Top-Down Revolution Engulfing America

“I’m just bewildered that these two evil regimes are so asymmetrically treated as we saw with the balloon … Had Russia done that, we would have shot that down the moment it got near the Aleutians,” says Victor Davis Hanson, a classicist, military historian, and author of a number of best-selling books, including most recently…


Baidu Set to Challenge ChatGPT in March

China’s Baidu announced it will complete the internal testing of Ernie Bot (Chinese name: Wenxin Yiyan), a ChatGPT-style AI project, in March and open it to the public. However, some experts are not optimistic about Baidu’s product due to the ubiquitous censorship of “sensitive words” under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule. On Feb. 7,…


Former MI6 Chief: Spy Balloon Incident Reveals Zero Trust in US–China Relationship

The recent spy balloon incident showed that there is now no trust between the United States and the Chinese communist regime, the UK’s former spy chief said on Tuesday. Sir Alex Younger, former head of the MI6, said Beijing has underestimated the potential impact of the incident. Since Feb. 4, the U.S. and Canadian military…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Victor Davis Hanson: The Chinese Spy Balloon, Orwellian Newspeak, and the Top-Down Revolution Engulfing America

“I’m just bewildered that these two evil regimes are so asymmetrically treated as we saw with the balloon … Had Russia done that, we would have shot that down the moment it got near the Aleutians,” says Victor Davis Hanson, a classicist, military historian, and author of a number of best-selling books, including most recently…


Canada Deploys Air Force to Search for Downed Object’s Debris in ‘Complex Alpine Terrain’

Canada’s Royal Air Force has deployed multiple aircraft to search for debris from an object that was shot down over the Yukon Territory on Feb. 11, Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand has said. A CC-130H Hercules, two CC-138 Twin Otters, a CH-148 Cyclone, and a CH-149 Cormorant aircraft were deployed by the Royal Canadian Air Force to help…


Sen. Schumer Wants Answers About Flying Objects

Frustration grows in Congress concerning a lack of information from the White House regarding the three objects that the U.S. military shot down over the past weekend. Pursuing answers, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced in the Senate chamber on Feb. 13 that he convened a meeting of senators for an intelligence briefing on the…


‘People Won’t Care Until They Feel the Burn’

An Australian supply chain worker based in Melbourne may have forgotten about an email he wrote two years ago if not seeing the news of the Australian federal government “riddled with CCP spyware.” The email was sent to the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV), one of Australia’s largest motoring clubs, which offers a range…


‘People Won’t Care Until They Feel the Burn’: Worker

An Australian supply chain worker based in Melbourne may have forgotten about an email he wrote two years ago if not seeing the news of the Australian federal government “riddled with CCP spyware.” The email was sent to the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV), one of Australia’s largest motoring clubs, which offers a range…


“This Is New to Me’: Former Australian PM Says He Never Heard of Chinese Spy Balloon Program

Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he wasn’t aware of the Chinese spy balloon programme until now. “I don’t recall a balloon discussion,” he told ABC’s RN Breakfast on Tuesday, “This is new to me as it is to most people.” He added this revelation is concerning and that it’s “puzzling” that the balloons…


Biden Orders Inter-Agency Team to Investigate Unidentified Aerial Objects

The United States is establishing an inter-agency team to investigate unidentified aerial phenomena following the shooting down of three unknown objects in North American airspace. President Joe Biden ordered the creation of the team on Feb. 13, according to National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby. “The president, through his national security advisor,…