Category: Special Topics

Rep. Comer Demands Answers From Hunter Biden’s Financial Adviser

July 28, 2022
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The top Republican on the House Oversight Committee is pressing financial adviser Edward Prewitt on Hunter Biden’s allegedly suspicious foreign activities that have been flagged by U.S. banks. “More than 150 transactions from the Bidens’ business dealings have been flagged by U.S. banks through filings of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to the Financial Crimes Enforcement…

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Is the Protection of Taiwan a Vital Interest of Australia?

July 28, 2022
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Commentary Paul Keating, the former prime minister of Australia, has criticised the proposed congressional visit to Taiwan of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. In a statement, released on July 25, he said that the congressional delegation, headed by Pelosi, might “degenerate into military hostilities” and that it is hard to…

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Bloody Batteries: China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children for Cobalt in Electric Car Batteries

July 27, 2022
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Mining companies backed by the Chinese regime are using Congolese children to mine cobalt, a key component in electric car batteries. Are American carmakers helping China to exploit African children? China dominates the world’s cobalt processing. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, there are unsafe working conditions, pay of less than $1 a day, injuries,…

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‘Only Matter of Time Until There Is a Major Incident’ in Indo-Pacific If China Continues Aggression: Pentagon Official

July 27, 2022
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is systematically implementing a wide-ranging strategy to undermine and ultimately replace the rules-based international order, according to one Pentagon official. “Across all metrics, the Indo-Pacific is the fastest growing part of the world, it’s a tremendous opportunity for the United States but also obviously presents great challenges,” said Ely Ratner,…

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US Senate Passes $280 Billion Chips Act for Domestic Semiconductors

July 27, 2022
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The U.S. Senate passed its controversial chips and science bill on July 27. The bill will now go to the House and, should it pass there, to President Joe Biden’s desk for signature. The mammoth bill, which passed 64-33, will provide some $280 billion in funding to prop up and kickstart domestic semiconductor manufacturing and…

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Biden and Xi to Hold Phone Call Thursday to Discuss Taiwan

July 27, 2022
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U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to hold a phone conference with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) head Xi Jinping on July 28. Taiwan is expected to be a key agenda item, as is a proposed trip to Taipei by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Tuesday that…

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Biden and Xi to Hold Phone Call July 28 to Discuss Taiwan

July 27, 2022
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U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to hold a phone conference with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) head Xi Jinping on July 28. Taiwan is expected to be a key agenda item, as is a proposed trip to Taipei by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on July 26…

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Biden, Xi to Hold Phone Call on July 28 to Discuss Taiwan

July 27, 2022
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U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to hold a phone conference with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) head Xi Jinping on July 28, with Taiwan expected to be a key agenda item, as well as a proposed trip to Taipei by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters on…

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One China Policy Has ‘Outlived Its Usefulness’: Former Defense Secretary

July 27, 2022
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The United States’s so-called “One China Policy” is no longer realistic or tenable, according to former U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. “It may have been the case in 1972 that the people of Taiwan saw themselves as Chinese, but they don’t today,” Esper said during a July 26 talk at the Atlantic Council, a…

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Joe Rogan Warns of TikTok Privacy Issues: ‘It Ends With China Having All of Your Data’

July 27, 2022
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Joe Rogan has warned TikTok users about the privacy and safety concerns posed by the Chinese-owned social media platform, saying that ultimately their data end up in the hands of China. Rogan said on the latest episode of his podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” that he had fallen “down a TikTok rabbit hole” reading the company’s…

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