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    ‘This Is World War III’: Expert Breaks Down China’s ‘Hybrid Warfare’ Against the US

    The CEO of a business warfare and counterintelligence company issued a chilling warning Thursday evening about the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party and called on Americans to change their behavior and attitude toward China’s communist regime. “It’s not just military. I’d like to back it up all the way to hybrid warfare. Hybrid…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    2 DC Suburbs Drop Contracts With Election Software Company Under Scrutiny for China Ties

    After the arrest last week of the CEO of an election software company amid alleged ties to China, at least two suburban counties outside the nation’s capital canceled contracts with the company, Konnech Inc. The moves by Virginia’s Fairfax and Prince William counties follow cancellations by Detroit and Los Angeles County, where the District Attorney’s…
    Fred Lucas
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    China May Exploit US Poll Worker Data for Blackmail, Election Interference, GOP Lawmaker Warns

    A Republican congressman is warning that the Chinese Communist Party could weaponize the data of U.S. poll workers found on servers in mainland China after the chief executive of an election software company with alleged ties to the party was arrested. “Having servers ultimately controlled by the Chinese Communist Party with personal data about our poll workers…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    GOP Lawmakers Worry About China Ties of Election Software Company Accused of Stealing Data

    Criminal charges in California against the chief executive of a software company said to be tied to China have sparked national concerns about election security.  Eugene Yu, founder and president of the election software company Konnech Inc., was arrested by local police in Michigan in connection with an investigation into the possible theft of personal…
    Fred Lucas
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    US Needs to Renew Pacts With Pacific Island Nations as Bulwark Against China

    Congress has a decision to make soon that will affect the nation’s ability to deter China and maintain the U.S. role in the Pacific. Without meaningful action to renew U.S. agreements with several Pacific Island nations, China will be positioned to gain greater leverage and influence across what was once an American lake. A year…
    Brent Sadler
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    China Is Laughing at Us

    Europe is rapidly de-industrializing. German factories are going dark. French and Dutch farmers can’t afford to heat greenhouses. Millions of Brits are facing energy poverty. And Americans are still struggling to put food on the table or pay their energy bills. These disasters largely all stem from Western leaders’ devotion to the cult of climate extremism, and the calamitous decisions to replace fossil fuels…
    Michael Bastasch
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    Rep. Trent Kelly Explains Threat China Poses to America

    What kind of threat does China really pose to America? And is America ready to face that threat?  In the areas of agriculture, cybersecurity, and economics, China threatens our nation, Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Miss., says. China has “infiltrated our universities. They’re buying our farmland. They’re stealing technology,” Kelly says.  But China is not the only concern….
    Virginia Allen
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    US Leadership Needed to Push Back on China’s Abuse of Interpol

    Contrary to Hollywood, Interpol isn’t an international police force. It’s more like a bulletin board on which police forces around the world post their wanted notices. But Interpol does have problems. And China is among the biggest. The next meeting of the Interpol General Assembly, which makes the final decisions for the organization, is set…
    Ted Bromund
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    China’s Secretive Work in Biotechnology

    While U.S. intelligence toils to identify the exact origins of the SARS-COV2 (COVID-19) virus in China, there are other good reasons to be concerned about Chinese work in biotechnology that could be used against us and our allies in a crisis or conflict. Indeed, the State Department’s recent report to Congress on arms control, nonproliferation,…
    Peter Brookes
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    In 5 Charts, Factors Affecting China’s Military Future

    China launched missiles over Taiwan and into Japanese waters in a truculent response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Aug. 2 visit to the island nation. That was just the latest sign Beijing is not deterred and might be closer to trying a military takeover of Taiwan than most believe. Given how long it takes to…
    Brent Sadler
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    Exposing China’s Semiconductor Vulnerabilities

    The CEO of Chinese tech company Tsinghua Unigroup has become the latest in a number of  Chinese executives under investigation in connection with corruption of the so-called Big Fund. The China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, established in 2014, is used to develop China’s semiconductor industry. Its turmoil points to a critical Chinese weakness. Chinese President Xi…
    Min-Hua Chiang
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    China Is Infiltrating Kids’ Video Games With Propaganda and Spyware

    While many are rightfully concerned about the growing influence of video-based social media platform TikTok and the Chinese government’s ability to harvest incredible amounts of user data from it, China’s largest social media and video game studio, Tencent, has quietly been acquiring a commanding stake in the most popular video game companies around the world,…
    Jake Denton
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    Why China Owning US Land Is Bigger Deal Than You Might Think 

    A senator from Alabama is sounding the alarm that the Chinese Communist Party is trying to overtake the United States not only militarily, but also economically, as Beijing continues to purchase U.S. land. “The problem is … they’re just not trying to take us over militarily. They’re trying to also get real, real involved economically in our…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    The Chinese Know We’re in Cold War II. It’s Time for Us to Understand the Same.

    This week, the Chinese government announced its fierce opposition to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., visiting Taiwan. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that China was “fully prepared … If the U.S. is bent on going its own way, China will take firm and strong measures to defend national sovereignty and territorial…
    Ben Shapiro
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    China Is US’ ‘Toughest Adversary,’ GOP Congressman Says

    A Florida congressman is warning that China is the most formidable adversary the U.S. has ever faced, because it’s the first one to have an economy comparable in size to America’s and a navy that’s larger.  Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., issued the warning about Beijing and the Chinese Communist Party on Monday in a panel discussion at the America First…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    China’s Stars Dim for Investors

    By strangling the Chinese economy and crushing human rights, President Xi Jinping is rapidly turning China into a bad gamble for Western investors and multinational corporations. China’s dictator has run into increasing, if carefully expressed, criticism from top-profile figures within the Chinese Communist Party—including Premier Li Keqiang—over Xi’s ideological struggle to promote state capitalism alongside…
    Gideon Fernald
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    China More Dependent on US and Our Technology Than You Think

    The Biden administration has been wrong to frame U.S.-China competition as a technological competition. This is because, in most areas, there is no technology competition between the two countries. There is only China’s reliance on the U.S.—a far more technologically advanced nation with far more technologically advanced allies and trading partners. And it’s in the…
    Min-Hua Chiang
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    Biden to Spend $200B on Gender Equality, Climate Projects in Developing Nations to ‘Counter’ China’s Influence

    This year’s Group of Seven Leaders’ Summit in Germany was the most critical since the group’s establishment in 1973 in light of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, an underperforming global economy, and many other interwoven global challenges. Yet the outcome of the summit turned out to be second-rate. The most notable, but expensive and potentially…
    Anthony B. Kim
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    Biden’s Solar Power Scam: How Phony Emergency Declaration Will Help China

    When it comes to energy policy, President Joe Biden has become a master of doing the wrong things for the wrong reasons. His policies on solar panel production and imports are prime examples. Everyone agrees that we ought to be good stewards of the planet. That’s why it’s critical that we get energy and environmental policies…
    Roger Severino
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    Confucius Institutes Closing, but Chinese Influence Operations Continue on College Campuses

    When an organization becomes unpopular, it rebrands, but that doesn’t necessarily mean its mission or product has fundamentally changed. That was the message of a panel of experts at a discussion Tuesday at The Heritage Foundation on the recent widespread closures of so-called Confucius Institutes on American college campuses. (The Daily Signal is the news…
    Jarrett Stepman
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