Category: Special Topics

Biden Says Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit ‘Not a Good Idea,’ 1 Day After China Issues Threat

July 21, 2022
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President Joe Biden expressed that either he or the military may be opposed to a reported trip by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, the self-ruled island that Beijing views as its own. “Well, I think that—the military thinks it’s not a good idea right now, but I don’t know what the status of it…

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Biden Says Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit ‘Not a Good Idea,’ One Day After China Issues Threat

July 21, 2022
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President Joe Biden expressed that either he or the military may be opposed to a reported trip by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, the self-ruled island that Beijing views as its own. “Well, I—I think that—the military thinks [that] it’s not a good idea right now, but I don’t know what the status of…

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Senate to Vote on Semiconductor Bill Aimed at China Competition

July 21, 2022
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News Analysis The U.S. Senate aims to pass legislation this week to boost the United States’ domestic semiconductor industry and improve competitiveness with China amid a global supply chain crisis. “We need to move quickly,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on July 18. “Without these incentives from Congress, the capital investment required for…

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Chinese Media Discuss How to Recover Billions in Debt from Bankrupt Sri Lanka

July 21, 2022
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Since Sri Lanka announced its bankruptcy, voices in mainland Chinese news media have been scrambling to propose solutions on how to recover billions in investments that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) loaned to the country through its Belt and Road Initiative, aimed at expanding the communist regime’s infrastructure projects overseas. Sri Lanka, once known as…

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UK Blocks Chinese Acquisition of Smart Camera Technology in 1st Use of National Security Law

July 21, 2022
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The UK has blocked a Chinese company from acquiring smart camera technology from a British university, in the first use of the government’s new national security powers. British Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng announced on July 20 that he had issued an order (pdf) under the National Security and Investment Act, blocking an attempt by Beijing Infinite…

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US Must Defend Taiwan From China’s ‘Evil Dictatorship’: Rep. McCarthy

July 21, 2022
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Members of the Congressional China Task Force met with Taiwan’s ambassador July 20 to discuss how the United States could best prevent an invasion of the island by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) forces. Republican leadership took the opportunity to underscore the threat posed to the United States by the CCP’s authoritarianism, and to outline why…

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$50 Billion: Wealthy Chinese Want to Leave China; More Banks Freeze Withdrawals in China

July 20, 2022
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Wealthy Chinese are leaving China—or at least planning on leaving—as they cannot stand the draconian COVID measures. But will Chinese leader Xi Jinping allow it to happen if that means billions of dollars in cash go out of China amid the contractions and poor economy? Meanwhile, more banks in China suspend bank withdrawals using various…

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‘Pure Evil’: Lawmakers Demand End to Chinese Regime’s 23-Year-Long Persecution of Falun Gong

July 20, 2022
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The Chinese regime’s unrelenting campaign to eradicate Falun Gong is “pure evil” and must end, according to Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.). “The Chinese Communist Party’s decades-long persecution of the Falun Gong, which includes targeted organ harvesting of its people, is pure evil and we must do everything we can to stop it,” Perry said in…

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Where in the World Is China’s Military? Part 2

July 20, 2022
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News Analysis Part one of this two-part series discussed the known and possible locations where the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is building bases. This article will examine indicators of future PLA basing locations and look at CCP/PLA quasi-military groups that operate outside the mainland. Agreements A fully operational base is the clearest…

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China Could Use Civilian Vessels to Sustain Invasion of Taiwan: Expert

July 20, 2022
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could use civilian vessels to sustain an invasion of Taiwan and subsequent war, according to one expert. The military wing of the CCP, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), is sometimes assumed to lack the outright amphibious capability required to logistically sustain an invasion and occupation of Taiwan. And there is…

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