The House Ways and Means Committee had a busy Wednesday morning focused on China, starting with a vote against the Biden administration’s emergency move to shield some Chinese-made solar panels from tariffs. “Congress must act in this instance to hold accountable bad actors in global trade, and in particular, Chinese wrongdoing,” said Rep. Jason Smith…
House Advances Resolution to Restore Solar Panel Tariffs Targeting China
Ban on TikTok Faces Hurdle as Top Officials Still on Platform: Cybersecurity Expert
The ban on the Chinese video sharing app Tiktok might face hurdles as top officials are on the platform, says cybersecurity expert Rex Lee. The Chinese app has been in the headlines recently, especially after the testimony from Singapore-based TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi before members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in late…
9 Natural Ways to Alleviate Glaucoma Symptoms
Glaucoma, a devastating eye condition that harms the optic nerve, is often associated with high intraocular pressure. However, it is possible to develop glaucoma even when eye pressure is normal. Glaucoma has become the second leading cause of blindness worldwide, and its prevalence is steadily increasing, with younger patients being affected as well. Currently, over…
Former Top Officials Can’t Recall 2017 Memo on Chinese Regime Interference
Two former top federal officials who had alleged links to a 2017 memo to the prime minister on Chinese regime interference told a committee of MPs they have no recollection of the matter. “I have no memory of seeing that note,” Michael Wernick told the House of Commons Procedure and House Affairs Committee (PROC) on…
UK Government Urged to Shut Chinese Police Outposts Following Report of Conservative Party Connection
The UK government was urged on Wednesday to shut down Chinese police outposts in the country after it was reported one of the stations’ hosts has been rubbing shoulders with two former Conservative prime ministers. It also comes after the FBI arrested two people in connection with a similar outpost in New York. Responding to…
China Visit ‘More Than Shocking’, Says German Foreign Minister
Germany’s Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, has said that China’s communist regime is continuing to act more aggressively internationally while increasing domestic oppression. Elements of her visit to China this week were “more than shocking,” Baerbock said during parliamentary questions in Berlin on April 19. Baerbock’s visit to China came just days before her meeting with…
North Korea’s ‘DF-41’ Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Commentary After having warned of its development for seven years and revealed its transporter erector launcher (TEL) in a Feb. 8 parade, on April 13 for the first time, North Korea successfully tested its solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which it calls the Hwasong-18. With propaganda images and videos of the Hwasong-18 and his daughter…
PREMIERING 4/20 at 7:30PM ET: Why the CCP Loves When the US Spends All Its Money on the Military—Christopher Miller, Former Acting Defense Secretary
“I think we’re playing directly into the hands of what the Chinese Communist Party wants us to do,” says former Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, author of “Soldier Secretary: Warnings from the Battlefield & the Pentagon About America’s Most Dangerous Enemies.” “They want us to spend all our money on the military. But you…
China’s Fraying Claim to ‘Developing’ Status
Commentary The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously voted to strip China of its status as a “developing country.” Even if the Senate and President Joe Biden were to go along, Washington would have no power to force the issue. That lies with the international community and, to some extent, China. Beijing will not likely…
Wagner-Like Russian Hacker Groups Want to ‘Destroy’ UK Infrastructure, Minister Warns
Russia-aligned cyber groups sympathetic to the invasion of Ukraine have been trying to disrupt or destroy the UK’s infrastructure, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Dowden said on Wednesday. In a keynote speech at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)’s annual cyber security event in Belfast, Dowden said the NCSC is issuing an official alert about these…
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