Category: CCP

China Outpaces US in Military Ship Buildup: Former Intelligence Officer

China outpaces the United States in military ship buildup, according to veteran intelligence officer and author Grant Newsham. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro on Feb. 28 warned that the Chinese military was producing warships at a greater pace than the U.S., jeopardizing American supremacy on the seas. Del Toro noted that China currently has in hand…


China Outpacing US in Military Ship Buildup: Former Intelligence Officer

China is outpacing the United States in military ship buildup, according to veteran intelligence officer and author Grant Newsham. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said on Feb. 28 that the Chinese military was producing warships at a greater pace than the United States, jeopardizing U.S. supremacy on the seas. Del Toro noted that China currently has…


Food and Soldiers: China’s Strategic Weaknesses

Commentary On Dec. 7, 2022, Dr. Edward Luttwak, a strategy consultant to the U.S. government, gave the keynote speech at Japan’s National Institute of Defense Studies (NIDS) International Symposium on Security Affairs. The speech was entitled “Can China Fight a War?” Most news outlets did not cover the NIDS conference and almost none of them mentioned Luttwak’s…


The Only Winner in Ukraine Is China

Commentary Last weekend, the G20 finance ministers adjourned without a joint statement because two of them, from Russia and China, refused to condemn “in the strongest terms” Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine. Beijing likewise abstained a few days earlier from a similar U.N. General Assembly resolution. Despite widespread global support for Ukraine, the Chinese Communist Party…


Beijing Should Stop Supplying Weapons to Russia and Lift Australian Trade Bans: Foreign Minister

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong met with her new Chinese counterpart and again urged for the lifting of trade barriers, as well as calling on the regime to stop supplying weapons to Russia. Following her visit to Beijing in December, Wong met Foreign Minister Qin Gang on the sidelines of the recent G20 summit meeting…


Nebraska Governor Issues Order to Ban State Use of CCP Technology

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Thursday announced he issued an executive order to ban the state government and its contractors from using equipment and services produced by a list of companies linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Pillen, a Republican, said in a statement the executive order will keep the CCP from “using technology…


CSIS Director Says Threats to Elections Did Not Meet Critical Threshold

The director of Canada’s spy agency said he is of the opinion there were no incidents that threatened the integrity of recent elections, as he testified before a House of Commons committee on Beijing’s foreign interference. Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director David Vigneault appeared before the committee on March 2 in the context of…


Groups Gather in Los Angeles to Support House Committee’s Efforts at Countering CCP’s Overseas Aggression

Several groups in Los Angeles gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate on Feb. 25 to condemn the Chinese communist regime’s transnational violations. The event was held in tandem with one in New York City held by members of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on the same day. In…


Biden ‘Stronger’ Against CCP with United Congress: McCarthy

The top Republican in Congress hopes that a bipartisan consensus on the threat posed by communist China can help strengthen President Joe Biden’s position against the regime. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Texas) said that a strong bipartisan foundation for China policy would improve the president’s ability to meet the threat posed by Beijing head-on. “If…


New Biden Cyber Strategy Takes Aim at China as ‘Most Persistent Threat’

The Biden administration’s new cybersecurity strategy takes aim at China’s communist regime and other authoritarian powers for subverting the international order through malign cyber activity. The 2023 National Cyber Strategy, released on March 2, says that communist China and other regimes are attempting to export their own forms of authoritarianism through the use of technology….