Tag: International Relations

FBI Ads Warn Chinese Americans of CCP Repression Efforts in US

The FBI is placing targeted ads asking members of the Chinese American community to come forward if they have been victimized by China’s communist regime while living in the United States. In a pair of Mandarin-language paid advertisements posted to Facebook, the FBI asks those who have been the victims of various crimes to report…


FBI Ads Warn Chinese Americans of CCP’s Repression Efforts in US

The FBI is placing targeted ads asking members of the Chinese American community to come forward if they have been victimized by China’s communist regime while living in the United States. In a pair of Mandarin-language paid advertisements posted to Facebook, the FBI asks those who have been the victims of various crimes to report…


Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Sounds Alarm Over ‘Stealth’ Chinese Purchase of Cambridge Chip Startup

Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Alicia Kearns on Wednesday wrote to Business Secretary Grant Shapps, calling for a review into the Chinese take over of a UK semiconductor company. She said the investment into Cambridge University start-up Flusso wasn’t reviewed under the National Security and Investment Act because the name of the acquirer was not mentioned…


US ‘Watching Very Closely’ for Potential CCP Assistance to Russia’s War in Ukraine

The United States is monitoring potential efforts by communist China to provide military assistance to Russia for its war in Ukraine or to help the embattled regime dodge international sanctions. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said that the United States was laser focused on rooting out any possible attempts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…


Japan and South Korea Defend COVID-19 Measures After China Bans Visas

Japan and South Korea are defending public health measures that place restrictions on travelers from China following politically motivated retaliation from China’s communist regime. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, ordered that it would stop granting short-term visas to Japanese and South Korean nationals on Jan. 10. The move…


MPs Push for Tighter Rules on UK Public Procurement From Hostile States

The UK is facing “Huawei-level decisions on a range of security measures,” Alicia Kearns, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Monday as she and a number of MPs called for tighter rules around public procurement. The government “took too long” to strip Huawei—a Chinese telecommunications giant—from the UK’s 5G network, the Conservative MP said…


Taiwan Seeks to Boost Ties With Germany to Counter ‘Authoritarian Expansionism’

Taiwan’s president told German lawmakers on Tuesday that her nation seeks to boost ties with Germany to counter “authoritarian expansionism,” alluding to the security threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Tsai Ing-wen called on democratic countries to jointly uphold regional stability in the face of authoritarian expansion, citing the CCP’s large-scale military drills…


Chinese Ambassador Attempts to Break Strategic Alliance Between Australia and Japan

Beijing’s top envoy to Australia has attempted to drive a wedge into Australia’s growing ties with Japan by criticising his Japanese counterpart in Canberra and warning Australians against trusting their former World War Two enemy lest Japan launch another military attack on the country in the future. Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian made the comments during a…


House Moves to Create Committee to Investigate CCP’s Efforts to Undermine US

The House of Representatives is passing a resolution that will allow for the creation of a new congressional committee to investigate the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) efforts to undermine the United States and advise on methods of countering it. House Resolution 11, “Establishing the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and…


German, Lithuania Delegations Visit Taiwan to Discuss Defense as Beijing Threat Builds

German and Lithuanian parliamentary delegates traveled to Taiwan this week to meet with Taiwanese defense officials as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continued to exert military pressure on the self-ruled island. Lithuania’s nine-member delegation arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a six-day visit “to demonstrate the solidarity and cooperation of frontline democratic countries,” according to…