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Did Biden Try to Block Chinese Spy Balloon From Compromising US Military Secrets? Experts Demand Answers
A defense expert and an Asian studies expert are reacting to NBC News’ exclusive reporting that the Chinese spy balloon that traveled across the U.S. earlier this year collected intelligence from numerous U.S. military sites, although the Biden administration attempted to prevent the espionage from happening. The balloon, first detected Jan. 28, was controlled by… -
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China Critics Target of Bomb-Threat Hoax, Investigation Finds
Three critics of China are at the center of a bomb-threat hoax plot thought to be the work of the Chinese government, according to an Axios investigation. One of the targets is Bob Fu, the founder and president of ChinaAid, which describes itself as “an international nonprofit Christian human rights organization committed to promoting religious freedom… -
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Heritage Report Addresses How America Wins New Cold War With China
While appearing at a recent congressional hearing on China, former deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger testified to what many in our political class have failed to acknowledge: Although America has long sought peace and cooperation with China, “it does us little good to repeat again and again that we aren’t seeking a new Cold… -
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‘We Are in a Conflict’ With China, Sen. Marco Rubio Says
The U.S. is “not just in a competition” with the Chinese Communist Party, but also “in a conflict,” a leading hawk on China and Republican senator says. “We’re in a conflict, and I say conflict. People think conflict; they think war. I don’t want there to be a war,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said at… -
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After Facing Torture From Chinese Communist Party, Uyghur Muslim Shares Her Story and Calls for Action
Sterilization, electric shock torture, and brainwashing are hallmarks of the Chinese Communist Party’s treatment of the Uyghur people, according to prison camp survivors. “Genocide is occurring. This time at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party,” Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., said at the start of the Select Committee on the CCP hearing Thursday night. Gulbahar… -
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Uyghur Muslims ‘Systematically Exterminated,’ Head of China Select Committee Says
The ongoing genocide of Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region “should serve as a warning” about the threat of the communist regime there, the chairman of the House’s select committee on China says. “The Chinese Communist Party’s ongoing Uyghur genocide reveals the party’s true nature,” Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., told The Daily Signal in an… -
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6 Takeaways From China’s National People’s Congress
The People’s Republic of China wrapped up its annual National People’s Congress session on Monday as tensions remain high between Beijing and Washington. “China’s legislature meets for one or two weeks each spring to outline the nation’s policy direction and set economic targets for the year ahead,” Michael Cunningham, a research fellow in The Heritage… -
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Americans Aren’t Nearly Worried Enough About China, This Expert Says
China has an enormous influence on Americans today, punishing those who oppose the communist regime and rewarding those who support it, author and China expert Michael Pillsbury says on the latest episode of “The Kevin Roberts Show.” “This is the Chinese influence strategy toward the United States,” Pillsbury tells the show’s host, Heritage Foundation President… -
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China Openly Infiltrates Our Political System, and America’s Media Doesn’t Seem to Care
The American media has been liberal for decades, but the utter disregard for the truth that pervades much of the reporting today is something new. With all the alarm over misinformation on the Right, little attention has been paid to the much broader form of misinformation that dominant corporate media perpetrates today. One of the… -
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Chinese Defense Spending Rises 7.2% to $225 Billion, but Data Gaps Indicate It’s Higher Than That
As its annual National People’s Congress gets under way this week, China has announced a 7.2% increase in military spending for 2023. That comes amid rising tensions over Taiwan and as part of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s goal of achieving a world-class military that is fully “mechanized & informationized” by 2027. China will be boosting… -
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China’s Xi Set to Consolidate Control as Legislature Convenes
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is expected to increase his already unassailable power after his country’s rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress, convenes Sunday. The gathering represents the most important political event in Beijing since October’s National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, held every five years, which saw Xi consolidate his control over the party… -
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China Has Cornered the Market on a Vital Resource as US Loses Ground: Expert Sounds the Alarm
An energy expert is sounding the alarm over the Chinese Communist Party’s dominance of African minerals. “It’s such an important topic because President [Joe] Biden and the governor of California, Gov. [Gavin] Newsom, have the goal of having all new vehicle sales in the United States battery-powered electric by 2035. So if we’re going to… -
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Encounters of Chinese Nationals at Southern Border Have Spiked. Experts Offer Explanation
Chinese nationals are arriving at America’s southern border in exploding numbers. In January 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection says, it encountered 89 illegal aliens from the People's Republic of China on the southern border. That number grew over tenfold last month, to 1,084. A similar increase has occurred in encounters with illegal immigrants from… -
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Banning Chinese Citizens, Entities From Buying US Farmland Should Be Bipartisan Issue
While the military is focused on foreign objects flying over American and Canadian territory, a more disturbing threat to our national security is occurring on the ground. Federal, state and local governments are behind in their response to the acquisition of American land by people and companies associated with the Chinese government. The Department of… -
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Defense Expert Provides Chilling Insight Into US-China Relations After Spy Balloon Incident
More than three decades ago, the U.S. faced the threat of the Soviet Union in the Cold War. Now, the U.S. might be facing a situation with China that could be more dangerous than at any moment in the Cold War, in the wake of the shooting down Feb. 4 of a Chinese spy balloon… -
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US Must End Reliance on Chinese Pharmaceuticals, Strategic Minerals
Imagine what Joe Biden or a future president of the United States would do if Chinese dictator Xi Jinping dispatched another spy balloon toward America and declared: “If America destroys our peace-loving balloon, we will have no choice but to suspend immediately, and until further notice, all U.S.-bound exports of Chinese-made antibiotics and antibiotic precursor chemicals. We eagerly await… -
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5 Key Questions in Senate Panel’s Hearing on Chinese Spy Balloon
Questions flew Thursday as the Chinese spy balloon that floated last week above the U.S. was the subject of a hearing by a Senate subcommittee. U.S. officials revealed Feb. 2 that China’s surveillance balloon was flying over the country. Two days later, on Feb. 4, an American fighter jet fired one missile to shoot down the spy balloon… -
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Former Acting Defense Secretary Doesn’t Think China Would Have Flown Balloon Under Trump
U.S. officials revealed a week ago, on Feb. 2, that a Chinese surveillance balloon was flying over the country. Two days later, on Feb. 4, an American fighter jet shot down the spy balloon with a missile. Chris Miller, acting defense secretary under President Donald Trump, weighs in on the Biden administration’s decision to shoot… -
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China Surpasses US in Nuclear Missile Launchers; US Unprepared to Deter Growing Threat
As China engages in a rapid nuclear buildup as part of its strategy to achieve global dominance, the Pentagon has announced that the communist nation has surpassed the U.S. in the number of intercontinental ballistic missile launchers it has. The U.S. nuclear force was designed over a decade ago to deter primarily Russia, not both… -
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Which Does Secretary of State Blinken Think Is Worse: Chinese Uyghur Genocide or Spy Balloon?
Secretary of State Antony Blinken—who was planning to leave last Friday on a trip to the People’s Republic of China—gave an address Jan. 30 at the International Religious Freedom Summit, where he happened to mention that the Chinese leaders he was preparing to visit were at that moment engaging in genocide. “This past November,” said…