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    The Trump Administration’s Laudable ‘Tough on China’ Legacy

    Even as chaos and litigation over the presidential election persist, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has not skipped a beat in his effort to counter the Chinese government and its human rights abuses. The Trump administration has taken a multiagency, whole-of-government approach to addressing China’s growing ideological, economic, and military challenges to the free world….
    Arielle Del Turco
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    The Problem of False Chinese Economic Data

    China has a long history of opaqueness when it comes to reporting economic statistics. Although the communist regime claims the economic numbers it reports are factual, a new report by the New York Federal Reserve shows China’s gross domestic product growth volatility is incredibly—and unbelievably—low compared to other countries. The report details how China’s reported…
    Patrick Tyrrell
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    Peering Behind China’s Nuclear ‘Great Wall of Secrecy’

    China’s ambition to become the next great power is no secret. The Chinese Communist Party already built the world’s largest navy, tested more ballistic missiles than the rest of the world combined, continues its hostile takeover of the South China Sea, and is pursuing economic colonialism. But perhaps most alarming to U.S. national security is…
    Noah Levin
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    Big Businesses Target Racism in US, Stay Mum on China’s Abuses

    When pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong were reaching their height last year, China’s government demanded that Apple Computer remove from its stores an app that enabled demonstrators to track police checkpoints and protest hot spots. Apple complied, explaining that it had confirmed with the Hong Kong authorities that its app had been used “to target…
    Richard Bernstein
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    Vimeo Removes Video Showing Ties Between Pro-China Group, Black Lives Matter Founder

    A popular video platform has removed a video critical of apparent connections between the Chinese Communist Party and a founder of the Black Lives Matter organization.  New Zealand investigative journalist and author Trevor Loudon said the video was posted on Vimeo for only “a few hours” and had about 1,600 viewers before Vimeo took it…
    Fred Lucas
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    China’s Next ‘5-Year Plan’ Likely to Increase Animosity Between Washington and Beijing

    The Chinese Communist Party’s leadership will meet this week to formalize its plans for the next five years (2021-2025). This will be the 14th “five-year plan” created by the Communist Party Congress, and is likely be adopted early next year. These five year plans play a central role in Chinese economic and broader policy planning,…
    Riley Walters
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    6 Cases of Chinese Infiltration of Universities and Research—and What Trump Is Doing About It

    The U.S. government has voiced concerns before about China’s espionage, but the action it has taken to revoke the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese nationals followed numerous examples of the communist nation’s infiltration of higher education.  Most of those who lost their U.S. visas in August were graduate students and researchers visiting the United…
    Fred Lucas
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    Religious Persecution in China Must Be Called Out

    On the matter of religion in China, Beijing has made one thing perfectly clear: No religious group lies beyond the grasp of the Chinese Communist Party. Late last month, the Jamestown Foundation reported on a new Chinese Communist Party program of collectivization and reeducation in Tibet similar to the forced labor campaign being carried out against Uighurs in Xinjiang province….
    Olivia Enos
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    Yes, a Pro-China Group in America Supports a Black Lives Matter Founder

    The Daily Signal last month revealed links between the Black Lives Matter organizations and the Chinese Progressive Association of San Francisco. My piece went viral—and for good reason. It broke news that the liberal-dominated media would prefer to ignore. A writer for the online publication Axios now has launched an attack on my work. I…
    Mike Gonzalez
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    The Trump Administration Is Countering the Spread of China’s Untrustworthy 5G Networks. USAID Is Leading the Charge.

    In the Wild West, a major hindrance to economic development was the regular assault by bandits on trails and railways. Today, malign actors like the Chinese Communist Party threaten the digital superhighway that hosts trillions of dollars in global commerce and massive amounts of government and private data. The stakes could not be higher in…
    Bonnie Glick
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    China Bringing Xinjiang-Style Forced Labor Camps to Tibet, Report Says

    In what appears to replicate what’s happening in China’s Xinjiang region to Uighur Muslims, a new report from the Jamestown Foundation, corroborated by Reuters, details evidence of a vast program in a remote region of Tibet aimed at promoting Chinese national unity and patriotism, instilling “work discipline,” and eradicating what the Chinese Communist Party refers…
    Nathalie Voit
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    How China Is Overtaking the US With World’s No. 1 Navy

    Chinese shipbuilders have produced more than 100 warships in the past 10 years, a build rate easily outstripping that of the U.S. Navy. The Chinese navy is already the largest in the world with an estimated 350 ships and submarines. The speed with which China’s first aircraft carrier was built is the fastest in the…
    J. William Middendorf
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    Nationalizing 5G Is the Wrong Way for the US to Compete With China

    The Department of Defense appears to be making an unpopular move to develop a national 5G network, an idea that seemed dead on arrival following near-universal opposition in 2019. Among those opponents is President Donald Trump.   On the surface, the idea may seem admirable: a secure 5G network to compete with China. China is undoubtedly a huge problem…
    Steven Bucci
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    America Locked in Cold War With China, Former Navy Secretary Says

    Former Navy Secretary J. William Middendorf says America has entered a new cold war with China.  Middendorf, author of the new book “The Great Nightfall: How We Win the New Cold War,” joins the show to explain the threat that China poses to America’s interests. Middendorf, a member of The Heritage Foundation’s Board of Trustees…
    Virginia Allen
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    House Conservatives Call for Probe of China’s Ties to Black Lives Matter Co-Founder

    The FBI should investigate evidence of ties between a pro-China group and a co-founder of Black Lives Matter that may have contributed to unrest in U.S. cities, seven House conservatives told The Daily Signal.  “The Black Lives Matter organization’s leaders are open about their devotion to Marxism, so there’s little wonder they’re teaming up with…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Understanding the Chinese Challenge to the United States

    This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made by the Trump administration over the past four years. You can purchase your copy of “Mandate 2020” here. In some ways, it was inevitable that China would be a challenge for…
    Walter Lohman
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    As It Gains Strength and Prestige, China’s Air Force Increasingly Takes Center Stage

    China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force has been taking a more prominent role in Chinese military diplomacy. This was made abundantly clear earlier last week, when the PLA Air Force launched a series of aggressive shows of force near Taiwan in response to U.S. diplomatic visits to the island. The display followed a visit by…
    Dean Cheng
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    Pompeo Warns That China’s Propaganda Efforts Are ‘Increasing in Intensity’

    The Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda campaigns in the U.S. are “increasing in intensity,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned in a speech to Wisconsin state lawmakers Wednesday. Speaking at an event in Madison, Pompeo described the Chinese Communist Party’s multifaceted influence effort, in which operatives directly lobby public officials, to use front groups to spread…
    Chuck Ross
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    Ties Apparent Between China and Project of Black Lives Matter Co-Founder

    Veteran journalist Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy, recently did some investigative reporting. In an exclusive commentary last week for The Daily Signal, Gonzalez wrote that Alicia Garza, one of three founders of the Black Lives Matter organization, had partnered with a left-wing San…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    China’s Dark Turn

    “I’m more anti-China than you!” That’s a new theme of this election. Joe Biden says, “We will never again be at the mercy of China!” Donald Trump replies, “China would own our country if Joe Biden got elected!” It’s strange to hear competition, because just a few administrations ago, presidents were eager to celebrate China. “A future…
    John Stossel
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