Category: China

China Leads US in Key Technology Research: Report

Is the United States in danger of losing its competitive edge in science and technology? A new intelligence report argues that America is falling behind as China has been making big moves in recent years—from attracting more talent to its universities to hosting the world’s top 10 research institutions in key technological fields, with some…


Artist Rescues Northern Wei Dynasty Fonts From Hong Kong Signboards

Old Hong Kong gave people the impression of prosperous commercial streets with advertising signboards hanging high, distinctive both day and night. In the daytime, you could enjoy the staggered signboards with different sizes of calligraphy. At night, all the signboards were colorful and dazzling with neon lights. There was a majestic and powerful calligraphic style…


BC Councillor Attends Lunar New Year Party Alongside Donor to Chinese Military

A Richmond, B.C., city councillor recently attended a Chinese Lunar New Year house party also attended by a Chinese association’s senior member who is a prominent donor-supporter of the Chinese military. A video of the party was reportedly published to Liberal MP Joyce Murray’s WeChat account on Jan. 23, according to Richmond News, which posted a…


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…


GOP Senator Lashes Out at CCP For ‘Killing American Kids’ With Fentanyl

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) blasted China on March 2 for “violating” the United States’ “sovereignty every single day when they kill our youth here in America” with fentanyl. During an on-stage conversation with China expert Gordon Chang at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Hagerty warned about fentanyl pouring into the United States through the southern…


WH: ‘Don’t Think It’s Helpful’ to Speculate Whether China Will Channel Weapons to Russia Through Belarus

National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby brushed off a question on March 2 whether China may channel weapons to Russia through Kremlin-aligned Belarus in support of Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Belarus and China expanded their defense partnership during Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s audience with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Beijing on March 1. In response…


China’s Increasing Aggression is ‘Generational Challenge,’ Austin Says in Message to Armed Forces

The U.S. military must prepare to confront China and to prevent its communist regime from reshaping the international order in its own image, a new memo from the secretary of defense says. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that communist China seeks to force the international community to acquiescence to its authoritarian demands and must…


MPs Told UK Universities Need Broader Risk Awareness of Chinese Collaboration

While there has been greater awareness in British universities and better government support in the past years around the risks of research collaboration with Chinese institutions, government guidelines and risks awareness among academics are still “quite narrow,” a committee of MPs heard. Giving evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday during an ad-hoc hearing on…


Unofficial Chinese Police Stations in Canada Have ‘Ceased’ Operations: RCMP

Alleged secret Chinese police stations reported to be functioning in various locations across Canada have now “ceased” operations, an RCMP official told MPs today. The RCMP’s deputy commissioner of federal policing Michael Duheme appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs on March 2, where he was asked by Conservative MP…


US to ‘Use All Instruments of National Power’ Against Malign Cyber Actors

The Biden administration will use all instruments of national power—up to and including military action—to neutralize cyber threats to the United States. Ensuring that the United States used a whole-of-government approach to combat cyber threats was necessary to deter adversarial actors, be they nation states or individuals, said acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden. “We…