Category: Threat from Communist China

GOP Lawmakers Question Blinken, Garland Over CCP Police Station in New York

A group of U.S. House Republicans on Oct. 7 sent a letter questioning Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the presence of a Chinese police service station in New York City. “We are writing to express our grave concern over reports of the law enforcement presence of the People’s Republic…


Biden Administration Releases National Arctic Strategy to Counter China and Russia

The Biden administration unveiled its national strategy for the Arctic on Oct. 7, underscoring a growing competition with China and Russia in the region. It is the first national strategy for the Arctic to be published since 2013, though several departments across the government including Homeland Security and the U.S. Army have published their own…


Biden Administration Releases National Arctic Strategy to Counter China, Russia

The Biden administration unveiled its national strategy for the Arctic on Oct. 7, underscoring a growing competition with China and Russia in the region. It’s the first national strategy for the region to be published since 2013, although several departments across the U.S. government, including the Department of Homeland Security and the Army, have published…


Chinese Police Overseas NY Outpost Can Be Tool for Sabotage in US: Expert

A report emerged in September that said Chinese authorities have opened 110 police service centers outside of mainland China—including one in New York City—that repatriate Chinese people using coercion, according to a security policy expert, but which also may be used for sabotage or espionage. Frank Gaffney, the executive chairman at the Washington-based Center for…


Biden Admin Unveils Tough Restrictions on Semiconductor Exports to China

The Biden administration unveiled sweeping new export controls Oct. 7, in an effort to hamstring the military modernization of an increasingly hostile China. Among the new export rules is a measure that will cut communist China off from certain semiconductor chips that are made with U.S. technologies, regardless of whether the chips were manufactured in…


House Republicans Demand Investigation Into Chinese Recruitment From Top US Nuclear Lab

In the wake of an alarming report on China’s decades-long effort to recruit scientists from the top nuclear lab in the United States, House Republicans are calling on the Biden administration to take action to prevent the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from further exploiting American research and technology. In a letter (pdf) sent Wednesday to…


US Must Build Trust to Counter CCP Authoritarianism: Nobel Nominee

The United States must work to build trust at home and abroad if it is to effectively counter creeping authoritarianism from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to one nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. “‘Trust’ is the most important word in any language,” said former under secretary of state Keith Krach during an Oct….


Pentagon Blacklists Drone Giant DJI as ‘Chinese Military Company’

The Pentagon has blacklisted a Chinese drone manufacturer, which Ukrainian officials previously accused of providing military support to Russia. DJI Technology, the world’s largest consumer drone manufacturer, was added to a Department of Defense (DOD) list of 60 “Chinese military companies” operating in the United States, the Pentagon announced on Oct. 5. Adding DJI to the…


CCP ‘Suppress the Truth and Spread Lies’ in Solomon Islands: Australian Think Tank

A new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has revealed that Beijing is spreading false information in the Solomon Islands in an attempt to undermine its partnerships with Australia and the United States. The report entitled “Suppressing the Truth and Spreading Lies: How the CCP is influencing Solomon Islands’ information environment,” published on Oct. 5, examined…


China to Remain US Adversary After Xi Secures Third Term in Power: Author

As Chinese leader Xi Jinping looks set to secure a third five-year term as CCP leader during the party’s 20th National Congress in October, the following period will see more competition and confrontation between the United States and China, according to China expert and author James Gorrie. “I don’t see great cooperation … I don’t…