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Chinese Communist Party’s Influence ‘Rampant in America’s Classrooms,’ GOP Congressman Says
The influence of the Chinese Communist Party “is rampant in America’s classrooms,” Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., said Tuesday during a hearing on Capitol Hill. “Over 500 K-12 schools across the United States have allowed the CCP to establish itself in their halls under the guise of Confucius Classrooms,” Bean, chairman of the House Education Committee’s… -
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‘China Is in a Challenging Moment Right Now,’ Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation President Says
More than 100 million people. That’s how many people “communism as an ideology has killed,” says Andrew Bremberg, president of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. “I just want that to sink in. That is an incredible number to try to fathom or … imagine,” Bremberg, a former ambassador, says, adding: And that includes not just… -
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Our Homeland Security Chief Rolls Out Red Carpet for Chinese Infiltration
President Joe Biden’s mass release of illegal aliens at the southern border—which takes the Department of Homeland Security’s eye off “gotaways” who avoid detection—is a huge national security risk. The latest examples are the 12 Uzbeks who apparently paid an Islamic State trafficker to bring them to the U.S. so they could claim asylum and… -
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Nikki Haley Sounds the Alarm on China’s Infiltration of the United States
ATLANTA—Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley laid out her plan Friday to combat the Chinese Communist Party’s infiltration of the United States. “Our number one national security threat at this time is China, and literally, nothing is being done,” Haley, a candidate in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries, said at The Gathering, an event at… -
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Fentanyl, Viruses, Spying: Why Do We Let China Get Away With Attacks on America?
Imagine if the United States treated China in the same way it does us. What if American companies simply ignored Chinese copyrights and patents and stole Chinese ideas, inventions, and intellectual property as they pleased and with impunity? What if the American government targeted Chinese industries by dumping competing American export products at below the… -
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‘It’s Almost Everywhere,’ Scholar Says of China’s Infiltration of America’s K-12 Schools
China’s infiltration of American K-12 schools is “almost everywhere,” according to Peter Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars. “That is, in every state that we’ve looked at, we have found instances of it, but I would say it’s concentrated in the feeder schools to elite education, which means mostly West Coast and East… -
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‘It’s a Little Late,’ Lawmaker Says of Biden’s Executive Order on US Investments in Chinese Technology
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at restricting U.S. investment in certain Chinese high-tech, including artificial intelligence, microelectronics and semiconductors, and quantum information technologies. Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., however, thinks “it’s a little late.” “China has been stealing our technology for decades,” says Green, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee…. -
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State Schools Chief Seeks Answers on District’s Reported Ties to Chinese Government
Parents Defending Education’s new report, “Little Red Classrooms,” offers some worrisome information about China’s reach in U.S. K-12 schools through so-called Confucius Classrooms. The report notes that Parents Defending Education “uncovered contracts that show Confucius Classrooms, or other Chinese government-backed programming, are still in operation” in a number of schools throughout the U.S., including Tulsa… -
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Is China Influencing What Your Child Is Learning in School?
Parents Defending Education has released a new report that offers some unsettling information about the reach of the People’s Republic of China in U.S. K-12 schools through so-called Confucius Classrooms. “Confucius Classrooms are a program that is intended to teach children Chinese language and culture, which on its face sounds benign, but some of your… -
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Will Hollywood Learn From Disappointing ‘Barbie’ Payoff for Pandering to China?
Last weekend, the highly anticipated film “Barbie” made a killing at the global box office. One country where it didn’t do so well, however, was China. That’s unfortunate for the producers, who worked so hard to please Beijing, only to watch the film come in sixth place in opening-day ticket sales in China. Though viewership… -
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Could China’s Low Birthrate and Aging Population Weaken Its Ability as US Foe?
One way to win a war is to let your opponent commit suicide. Americans have a habit of thinking about China in this light. For the longest time, the intelligentsia in our country assumed Beijing’s communist system would collapse on its own, just as the Soviet Union’s did. Of course, the West had a policy… -
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‘It’s Time … to Take Off the Golden Blindfolds,’ GOP Rep Tells US Corporate Leaders Doing Business in China
A Republican congressman warned about the dangers of foreign companies doing business in China, noting that “Beijing reserves the right to swipe any data, seize any assets, and filch any IP [intellectual property] that it wishes.” “The government often mandates the creation of [Chinese Communist Party] cells inside firms, and China’s Military-Civil Fusion Policy means… -
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Fentanyl Production Has Shifted From China to Mexico, House Panel Is Told
The drug cartels in Mexico are operating on an “industrial scale,” according to an official at the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security. “Mexican cartels have taken over fentanyl production,” Steven Cagen, an assistant director for countering transnational organized crime at Homeland Security Investigations, told a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday. The Homeland Security… -
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House Republicans’ Diplomatic Spending Bill Prioritizes Indo-Pacific, With China in View
Democrats in Congress have adopted a simple if cynical strategy to continue growing the national debt: just threaten that any spending cuts will lead to China’s world domination. In mid-March—six weeks before House Republicans’ spending bills were available—Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., said those bills would “give the Chinese government our spot as the… -
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One Man Versus China
This week, while we celebrate the work of America’s Founders, I honor a living freedom fighter: billionaire businessman Jimmy Lai. When Communist China crushed freedom in Hong Kong, Lai could have gone anywhere in the world and lived a life of luxury. But he chose to stay in Hong Kong and go to jail. A… -
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Biden’s Energy Policies Strengthen China at America’s Expense
With U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s friendly weekend meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, questions arise as to why President Joe Biden is promoting costly energy policies that strengthen China at the expense of America. Although Biden on Tuesday called Xi a dictator, actions speak louder than words. Biden’s energy policies, which favor wind… -
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China’s Belt and Road Initiative Is Far From Benign, House Panel Is Told
“China’s malign influence is growing exponentially, and its encroachment into the Western Hemisphere poses a clear and present danger,” Rep. Michael McCaul, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said at a hearing Wednesday. “Now is the time to act and address this with the seriousness it deserves,” McCaul, R-Texas, said at the hearing,… -
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‘A Very Dangerous Situation,’ Benedict Rogers Says of US Depending Too Much on China For Imports
According to the Council on Foreign Relations, “the United States imports more from China than from any other country.” The total volume of imports in 2022 from China into the U.S. amounted to more than $536 billion, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported. The Group of Seven leaders in May issued a statement about… -
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After Kowtowing to China, Disney Agrees to Meet With Uyghur Groups
The Walt Disney Co. has reportedly agreed to meet with representatives of the Uyghur Human Rights Project after intense pressure from a Republican congressman from Indiana. The entertainment giant previously promised to meet with the Chinese Uyghur victims and human rights advocates, then backed out, said Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., in his letter to Bob… -
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With China Seeking Inroads in Pacific in New Cold War With US, Biden Must Reschedule Papua New Guinea Trip
History was almost made last month. But instead of becoming the first U.S. president to visit a Pacific Island country, President Joe Biden canceled his trip to Papua New Guinea to return to Washington and focus on debt ceiling negotiations. Although those negotiations are undoubtedly important, with Communist China aggressively seeking strategic inroads in the…