Category: Threat from Communist China

Biden: US Forces Will Defend Taiwan From Invasion by Communist China

U.S. President Joe Biden once again affirmed that the United States would militarily defend Taiwan from an invasion by China’s ruling communist party. When asked during a 60 Minutes interview on CBS whether American forces would defend Taiwan from a Chinese attack, Biden answered unambiguously. “Yes, if, in fact, there was an unprecedented attack,” he said…


White House Again Walks Back on Biden Statement That US Would Defend Taiwan From Chinese Invasion

U.S. President Joe Biden once again affirmed that the United States would militarily defend Taiwan from an invasion by China’s ruling communist party. When asked during a 60 Minutes interview on CBS whether American forces would defend Taiwan from a Chinese attack, Biden answered unambiguously. “Yes, if, in fact, there was an unprecedented attack,” he said…


White House Again Walks Back Biden Statement That US Would Defend Taiwan From Chinese Invasion

U.S. President Joe Biden once again affirmed that the United States would militarily defend Taiwan from an invasion by China’s ruling communist party. When asked during a 60 Minutes interview on CBS whether U.S. forces would defend Taiwan from a Chinese attack, Biden answered unambiguously. “Yes, if, in fact, there was an unprecedented attack,” he said…


America Needs to Ask Its Allies to Decouple From China: Gen. Robert Spalding

America needs to get its allies on board in a bid to decouple from China, according to retired U.S. Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding. “We need to tell them [U.S. allies], give them an ultimatum: ‘You can have an economic relationship with China, you can have a security relationship with us, [but] you’re not going to…


TikTok Executive Declined to Commit to Cut Off Americans’ Data to China

A TikTok executive refused to make a commitment that the hugely popular short-video app would cut off flows of Americans’ data to China during the first U.S. Senate hearing since recent reports on its connections to Beijing. TikTok Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas, along with executives from other U.S. big tech companies, testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee…


Optimism in US Senate on Future Benefits of Fusion Energy

Fusion energy experts spanning the government, academia, and the private sector testified on the prospects of fusion research before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Sept. 15. “We believe we have a real shot at commercial fusion power plants on the grid starting in the early 2030s,” said Bob Mumgaard, CEO of the…


Biden’s Failures Undermine US Deterrence of China: Gordon Chang

The American deterrence of the Chinese regime has been breaking down following President Joe Biden’s humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan and calamitous failure to stop Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine, according to Gordon Chang, China analyst and author. These two failures confirm in Chinese minds that the Biden administration is incompetent, according to Chang “Beijing’s perception makes…


‘We Need Allies’: US Lawmakers Hail Bill That Would Boost Support for Taiwan

Legislators in the United States reacted favorably to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations’ approval of proposed legislation that would restructure the U.S.-Taiwan relationship. The 2022 Taiwan Policy Act (S.4428) would substantially increase American funding for Taiwan’s defense and augment the two powers’ warm but unofficial ties. “We’ve never needed each other as much or…


Xi and Putin Meet, Pledge Support for Ukraine and Taiwan Policies

The leaders of China and Russia met in person on Sept. 15 to discuss regional security issues and further explicate their ambitions to counter U.S. influence abroad. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping spoke on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Uzbekistan. It was the…


Biden Spokesman Calls Chinese Land Buys Near Military Bases ‘Homeownership Issue’

White House spokesman John Kirby dismissed questions about foreign land buys close to U.S. military bases and potentially tied to the Chinese Communist Party, calling it a “homeownership issue.” Kirby, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, came to the question during a daily briefing Tuesday, about Chinese entities “buying up U.S. real estate” including…