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Cotton, Rubio Blast Biden Over Decision on China’s Confucius Institutes at Colleges
Two Republican senators on Tuesday blasted President Joe Biden for withdrawing a proposed rule that would require U.S. schools to disclose their partnerships with Confucius Institutes, which some U.S. officials and lawmakers have alleged serve as front groups for the Chinese Communist Party. Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, both known as… -
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Will Biden Force Taxpayers to Fund Massive International Monetary Fund Bailout of China?
Last year, The Heritage Foundation analyzed the risk to American taxpayers from a plan pushed by progressives and the international left to massively increase the quantity of the International Monetary Fund’s special drawing rights, or SDRs—a type of international reserve currency. Under the Biden administration, those fears may soon be realized. And which country would… -
opinion
China’s Economy Is Mostly Unfree and Likely to Stay That Way
The People’s Republic of China often pays lip service to reforming its bloated, inefficient state-owned enterprises. Unfortunately, reforms rarely pan out. When China began to emerge from the dark ages of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1970s, progress in reforming state-owned enterprises, particularly in the form of consolidating state control of large state-owned enterprises… -
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Christmas Shoppers Beware: Chinese Slave Labor Is on the Rise
As Americans peruse store aisles and websites in search of Christmas gifts this year, many may not be aware of a sinister and growing problem with the products they are buying: If it was made in China, there’s a good chance that it was produced through slave labor. Ken Cuccinelli, acting deputy secretary of the… -
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How the Chinese Communist Party Robs Children of Their Religious Faith
The U.S. State Department on Dec. 7 designated China a “country of particular concern” for its systematic, egregious, and ongoing violations of the religious freedom of its citizens. The Chinese Communist Party has rightly been under scrutiny for its persecution of religious groups, including the internment of Uighurs in concentration camps in Xinjiang and the… -
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Pelosi Defends Swalwell After His Ties to Alleged Chinese Spy Are Revealed
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi backed Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., on Thursday in response to revelations of his interactions with an alleged Chinese spy, accusing the GOP of harping on the issue to distract from QAnon. “I don’t have any concern about Mr. Swalwell,” Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters during her weekly press conference Thursday morning. “I… -
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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…. -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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,… -
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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… -
opinion
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…. -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
opinion
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… -
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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… -
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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…