Category: Special Topics

Biden Admin to Brief ‘Gang of Eight’ on Chinese Spy Balloon Following McCarthy’s Request

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) requested a “Gang of Eight” classified briefing on Feb. 2, after the Pentagon announced that it had been tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon floating over the United States. A spokesperson for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told news outlets late Friday that the Biden administration is set to hold the…


Esper, Pompeo Urge Biden to Shoot Down Chinese Spy Balloon

Former Trump administration officials are calling out the Biden administration for its failure to shoot down or otherwise capture a Chinese spy balloon currently flying over the continental United States. Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said that the United States should attempt to capture the spy balloon, which entered U.S. airspace earlier this week,…


Taiwan Representative to US: Use of Force to Change Status Quo Not Acceptable

Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the United States Hsiao Bi-khim has asserted her stance that the island will not tolerate the use of force to change its current situation. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen are both slated to visit China in the coming weeks, marking the highest level…


Wave of Employee Turnover Hits China’s IT Industry

China’s IT industry has seen a wave of resignations and layoffs since last year, affecting the Chinese communist regime’s online censorship. Former employees believe political reasons and economic factors are behind the wave of employee turnover. Liu Jiang (pseudonym), a former employee of ByteDance, which is the parent company of TikTok, told The Epoch Times…


McCarthy Calls for Intelligence Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) requested a “Gang of Eight” classified briefing on Feb. 2, after the Pentagon announced that it had been tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon floating over the United States. The “Gang of Eight” refers to the four congressional leaders from the House and Senate and the chairs and ranking members…


McCarthy Asks for Intelligence Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon Amid Bipartisan Uproar

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) requested a “Gang of Eight” classified briefing on Feb. 2, after the Pentagon announced that it had been tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon floating over the United States. The “Gang of Eight” refers to the four congressional leaders from the House and Senate and the chairs and ranking members…


Canada Monitoring ‘Potential Second Incident’ Linked to Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Flagged by US

Canada announced on Thursday it is coordinating with the United States to track a spy balloon high above the earth and that it was also monitoring a “potential second incident.” Canada’s Department of National Defence announced that the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)—a combined organization of the United States and Canada—is actively tracking a “high-altitude surveillance…


Secret CCP Overseas Police Station in NYC Shutdown After Reported FBI Raid

A covert overseas police station run by the Chinese regime in New York City has been shuttered following a reported raid by the FBI. “The FBI has confirmed that the ‘overseas police station’ in New York linked to Fuzhou has closed,” a State Department spokesperson said in an email to the Epoch Times. “We continue…


Secret CCP Overseas Police Station in NYC Closed After Reported FBI Raid

A covert overseas police station run by the Chinese regime in New York City has been shuttered following a reported raid by the FBI. “The FBI has confirmed that the ‘overseas police station’ in New York linked to Fuzhou has closed,” a State Department spokesperson said in an email to The Epoch Times. “We continue…


Communist China Seeks to ‘Replace’ US as World Tech Leader: Rep. Rodgers

Communist China is seeking to replace the United States as the world’s economic and technological leader, according to one Congresswoman. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was aiming to undermine and eventually displace the United States as a world power, during a Feb. 1 hearing of the Innovation, Data, and…