Tag: China News

Fiji to Finalize Military Deal With New Zealand, Reviewing China’s Police Accord

Fiji and New Zealand are set to finalize a military agreement next week to deepen security ties, the Fijian leader said on Wednesday, as the Pacific nation placed China’s police cooperation deal under review. Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka made the remarks during his visit to New Zealand this week, where he met with New…


China’s Exports Declined by 7.5 Percent in May as Demand for Goods Wanes

Exports from China, the world’s second-largest economy, fell in May for the first time in three months amid waning global demand for Chinese goods. Data published on June 7 by China’s General Administration of Customs showed that exports, which serve as the main source of foreign exchange for China, fell 7.5 percent year over year, to $283.5 billion, marking…


LIVE 10 AM ET: House Financial Committee’s Hearing on ‘Preserving the US Dollar’s Status’ Against Chinese Digital Currency

The House Financial Committee holds a hearing regarding H.R. 556 (the 21st Century Dollar Act) and H.R. 804 (the Chinese CBDC Prohibition Act) at 10:00 a.m. ET June 7. Dr. Tyler Goodspeed, Kleinheinz Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University; Dr. Michael Faulkender, Dean’s Professor of Finance, Robert H. Smith School of Business at University of…


LIVE NOW: House Financial Committee’s Hearing on ‘Preserving the US Dollar’s Status’ Against Chinese Digital Currency

The House Financial Committee holds a hearing regarding H.R. 556 (the 21st Century Dollar Act) and H.R. 804 (the Chinese CBDC Prohibition Act) at 10:00 a.m. ET June 7. Dr. Tyler Goodspeed, Kleinheinz Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University; Dr. Michael Faulkender, Dean’s Professor of Finance, Robert H. Smith School of Business at University of…


House Committee Announces Bipartisan Task Force to Combat China’s Indo-Pacific Influence

The House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Ranking Member Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) hold a press conference at 1:30 p.m. ET on June 7 announcing a new bipartisan task force to combat China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Delegates Amata Radewagen (R-American Samoa) and Gregorio Sablan (D-Northern Mariana Islands) will co-chair the…


LIVE 1:30 PM ET: House Committee Announces Bipartisan Task Force to Combat China’s Indo-Pacific Influence

The House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Ranking Member Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) hold a press conference at 1:30 p.m. ET on June 7 announcing a new bipartisan task force to combat China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Delegates Amata Radewagen (R-American Samoa) and Gregorio Sablan (D-Northern Mariana Islands) will co-chair the…


UK Government to Publish Plans for Removing Chinese Surveillance Cameras

The UK government has promised to publish a timeline for the removal of Chinese surveillance equipment from its sensitive sites after facing repeated pressure from MPs and Peers. Ministers will also get powers to ban risky suppliers from competing for contracts in sensitive sectors, with a dedicated unit assessing the suppliers that may pose national security…


IN-DEPTH: Bribery Case Targeting Falun Gong Reveals CCP’s ‘Covert Warfare’ in US

Chen Jun, the man recently arrested over a bribery scheme to help the Chinese communist regime carry out its repression in the United States, is no stranger to sculptor Chen Weiming. He had heard Chen Jun’s threats years ago. “Let me tell you, if you have a Chinese passport, and we take a photo of…


US, Japan, Philippines Hold 1st Ever Trilateral Sea Exercise to Strengthen Defense Ties

The coast guards of the United States, Japan, and the Philippines conducted their first ever trilateral exercises in the South China Sea to strengthen defense cooperation amid China’s growing assertiveness. Around 400 coast guard personnel from the three nations participated in the week-long Kaagapay maritime exercise, which began on June 1 in the Philippine waters…


Media Barred From Australian Premier’s Address to Chinese Dinner

Victorian state leader Daniel Andrews will not release speech notes from an address he delivered to Chinese dignitaries at Melbourne’s Park Hyatt on June 6. The Labor premier’s decision comes after a reporter from the Herald Sun newspaper was barred from entering the Post-Pandemic China-Australia Economic Cooperation Forum, where Andrews spoke for 30 minutes. There…