Commentary In November 2018, at the direction of then-President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI, and other federal security and economic agencies launched the China Initiative to halt the massive transfer of American information and technology to China and counter Chinese spying in American businesses, research institutions, and universities. In late February…
Chinese Weaponized Corruption Is a National Security Threat
May 12, 2022
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Garland Defends Terminating Trump-Era ‘China Initiative’: ‘We’re Asking for Even More Money’
April 29, 2022
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Increased funding requests are evidence that the United States is not weakening its efforts to counter the Chinese espionage efforts, according to the testimony of U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, who appeared before the House Appropriations Committee on April 28. The Committee’s ranking member, Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), criticized Garland’s termination of the “China Initiative,”…
Controversies Behind the China Initiative, Explained: Part 2
A decision to end the China Initiative met with strong backlash. But why is the China Initiative getting scrapped? And what are the accusations? Beijing has pushed back on the program, but what does the initiative really aim to counter? And what will happen without it? In part 1 of this special report, we talked…
Controversies Behind the China Initiative, Explained
A decision to end the China Initiative met with strong backlash. But why is the China initiative getting scrapped? And what are the accusations? Beijing has pushed back on the program, but what does the initiative really aim to counter?And what will happen without it? In part one of this special report, we dive into…
Republican Senators Press DOJ to Fight Back Against CCP Espionage
A group of five Republican senators issued a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on March 24, pleading that he formally recognize and reprioritize the threat posed to national security by the Chinese communist regime’s efforts to conduct espionage against the United States. The senators, led by Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), wrote that the United…
Biden Administration’s Decision to End ‘China Initiative’ ‘Emboldens Our Enemies’: Missouri AG
March 9, 2022
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The Biden administration is under fire for its decision to terminate the China Initiative, a controversial Justice Department program aimed at combating espionage by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt lambasted the administration for ending the initiative “due to concerns over the perception of racism,” in a March 8 letter addressed…
DOJ’s ‘China Initiative’ Targeted CCP: Former Acting Attorney General
February 27, 2022
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Matthew Whitaker, who served as acting attorney general under the Trump administration, said the recently-terminated “China Initiative” program was not targeting Chinese Americans but rather the Chinese regime. “It is targeted specifically at the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] that has been destabilizing our country,” Whitaker said in an interview with EpochTV’s “China Insider” program at…
DOJ’s Now-Shuttered ‘China Initiative’ Targeted CCP: Former Acting Attorney General
February 27, 2022
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Matthew Whitaker, who served as acting attorney general under the Trump administration, said the recently-terminated “China Initiative” program was not targeting Chinese Americans but rather the Chinese regime. “It is targeted specifically at the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] that has been destabilizing our country,” Whitaker said in an interview with EpochTV’s “China Insider” program at…
‘Big Mistake’ for Biden Administration to Shut Down China Initiative: Trump
The recent move to terminate the China Initiative by the Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is a “big mistake,” former President Donald Trump said Saturday at a press conference prior to his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The DOJ announced Feb. 23 it was ending the China Initiative program, which was launched…
Closure of DOJ Program Targeting CCP Espionage a Show of ‘Weakness’: Sen. Cotton
February 24, 2022
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Critics have lambasted the Department of Justice (DOJ) for its recent decision to close the “China Initiative,” a Trump-era effort to thwart economic espionage from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “The CCP has stolen trillions of dollars of American intellectual property, destroyed millions of American jobs, and turned students and researchers studying in the United…
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