Category: the China threat

House Republicans Want to Openly Debate Imposing ‘Oil Naval’ Blockade on China

June 22, 2023
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The House Armed Services Committee has adopted an amendment to the proposed United States’ defense budget calling on the Pentagon to present it with a plan spelling out how it would impose a naval blockade on China. Despite objections from Democrats and reservations voiced by several Republicans about publicly—and potentially, provocatively—discussing what amounts to an…

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UK, Japan Sign Historic Defence Pact Allowing Reciprocal Military Access

January 11, 2023
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Britain and Japan have signed a defence agreement to allow the two countries to deploy military forces in one another’s territories, making the UK the first European country to have a reciprocal access agreement with Japan. Downing Street called the pact—signed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida in London on…

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Trump vs Biden on the China Threat

November 23, 2021
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Commentary When facing a threat as formidable as that posed by the Chinese regime, a consistent strategy of resistance is necessary. The United States has to lead the world in such an enormous effort due to its capabilities. For too long, it did not. Before the Trump administration, there was consistency from Bill Clinton through…

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NATO Hints at China’s Influence Operations

October 22, 2021
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Commentary The NATO Secretary General issued a warning about the China threat, including from Chinese investment in democracies’ critical infrastructure, and called for stronger domestic defenses. Stoltenberg warned that countering the China threat, along with China’s economically less powerful ally Russia, justifies the continued existence of NATO. In an Oct. 18 interview with the Financial…

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