The United States should not trade off human rights in China for a so-called green revolution, according to Salih Hudayar, the prime minister of the East Turkistan government-in-exile. On April 28, a dozen Democrats joined Republicans on a resolution that would undo the Biden administration’s emergency move shielding some Chinese-made solar panels from tariffs. The resolution…

Commentary The pressure is on for the biggest U.S. brands, including Apple, Nike, Adidas, and Disney. On May 2, two leading congressmen demanded that the fashion brands confirm that their supply chains are untainted by slave labor in China. Sourcing from forced labor in the country’s Xinjiang region, where a genocide is underway, is now…

The acting chief of the Federal Aviation Authority issues a call to action over safety after several recent close calls. Those include a plane crossing onto the runway while another was about to take off and a nose dive by a United flight leaving Hawaii. The five former police officers facing charges in the death…

Solar panel shipments from China are coming under scrutiny of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) following a law passed last year that seeks to block Chinese solar imports made using forced labor of the Uyghur community in the Xinjiang region. In June last year, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) came into…

This column is adapted from Ken Buck’s book, “Crushed: Big Tech’s War on Free Speech,” available January 17. Until recently most Americans probably didn’t think censorship occurred within our borders. They thought it happened in other places—China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Myanmar. These repressive countries limit and monitor speech to frightening degrees The…

The European Commission has proposed a ban on products made with forced labor in the European Union (EU) market, with the prohibition covering all products consumed in the region, both locally produced and imported. The proposed ban will make a “real difference” in tackling modern-day slavery, Valdis Dombrovskis, executive vice president and commissioner for trade,…

Seven Democratic lawmakers are pushing to blacklist multiple Chinese companies. But if the White House agrees, will President Joe Biden’s plan to decarbonize the power sector suffer? The nominee for a U.S. Treasury job says he plans to curb China’s global influence and gives more detail on how to achieve that goal. Vice President Kamala…

“The Chinese communists game the system,” Rep. Chris Smith said. “People are afraid to stand up to them.” In this episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek discusses human rights and China with Smith, a representative of New Jersey’s 4th district. For the past four decades, Smith has been one of Congress’s most vocal…

Commentary Nike, the company that encourages customers to “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything,” is a company that leads by example. If a report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) is anything to go by, then Nike believes in assisting the Chinese regime and sacrificing the rights of Uyghurs in Xinjiang….

During an interview on EpochTV’s “Crossroads” program, Nadine Maenza, chair of the federal government commission said that in order to effectively prevent big companies from using slave labor in China to manufacture their products, people should be willing to pay more for these goods. If these companies are unable to continue with slave labor in Xinjiang,…