Category: China

LIVE NOW: House Committee on CCP Holds Hearing on ‘The Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Uyghur Genocide’

The House Selecte Committee on the CCP holds a hearing on “The Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Uyghur Genocide” at 7:00 p.m. ET on March 23. Ms. Gulbahar Haitiwaji, concentration camp survivor and author of “How I Survived a Chinese “Reeducation” Camp: A Uyghur Woman’s Story”; Ms. Qelbinur Sidik, a human rights advocate and concentration camp witness; Dr….


White House on TikTok CEO Testimony: US Has ‘Legitimate Concerns’ About App on National Security

The United States has “legitimate national security concerns” over TikTok, said National Security Council’s coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby. “The president has been very clear. We have legitimate national security concerns over this particular application, and we’re banning it,” Kirby told The Epoch Times’s sister media NTD. “It is banned on government devices, that’s…


Beijing Again Hints at Coal Import Restrictions as Australia, US, and UK Shore Up Military Alliance

News Analysis Chinese authorities ended an unofficial ban on Australian coal import earlier this year, but Australia’s recent efforts to strengthen its defense force angered China’s communist leaders. The U.S. State Department on March 16 approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of up to 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles to Australia. This approval came just three…


TikTok CEO Testifies Company Still Storing Some US User Data Overseas, Raising Security Fears

TikTok is still storing Americans’ data on overseas servers, potentially placing it at risk of being accessed and exploited by China’s communist regime. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified on the matter during a March 23 hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the subject of TikTok’s data privacy practices and ties to…


South Korea, Japan Forms ‘Mini-Nato’ in Asia in Face of Communist Aggression: Expert

New Analysis After a 12-year hiatus in reciprocal visits between the leaders of South Korea and Japan, the recent visit to Japan by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was seen as an ice-breaking trip. A political analyst told The Epoch Times that Japan and South Korea had achieved an “epoch-making reconciliation” and created a “mini-NATO”…


Heightened Global Uncertainty as China Appoints US-Sanctioned General as Defense Minister: Experts

News Analysis China’s National People’s Congress has appointed Li Shangfu, a U.S.-sanctioned army general, as its Defense Minister. Analysts widely interpret this appointment as indicating Beijing’s growing aggressive stance towards the United States. Li, born in 1958, served in the Equipment Development Department of China’s Central Military Commission for many years. As an aerospace expert,…


As Chinese Regime Strengthens Ties With Russia, New Cold War is Underway: Experts

Chinese leader Xi Jinping left Moscow on Wednesday morning, wrapping up a three-day trip that Beijing billed as a mission for peace. Xi and President Vladimir Putin signed more than a dozen of agreements on Tuesday after what Xi described as “candid, friendly, and fruitful” talks in the Kremlin, cementing the “no limits” partnership the…


‘You Should be Banned’: Congress Grills TikTok CEO on CCP Ties

Members of Congress and the CEO of TikTok are engaging in a series of heated exchanges over the app’s ties to China’s communist regime, as the House holds a hearing on TikTok’s data privacy practices. TikTok CEO Shou Chew is appearing before a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the first time…


‘Your Platform Should be Banned’: Congress Grills TikTok CEO on CCP Ties

Members of Congress and the CEO of TikTok are engaging in a series of heated exchanges over the app’s ties to China’s communist regime, as the House holds a hearing on TikTok’s data privacy practices. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is appearing before a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the first…


House Passes Bill Requiring Updates to State Department’s US–Taiwan Engagement Guidelines

The U.S. House of Representatives on March 22 voted to approve legislation that would require the State Department to regularly review and provide updated reports on its guidelines for U.S. engagement with Taiwan. The Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act, introduced on Feb. 24 by Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) was approved in a nearly unanimous vote of 404–7. The…