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The End of the Rule of Law in Hong Kong? What China’s New Crackdown Could Mean
China is proposing a “national security” law that is sparking protests across Hong Kong. Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, joins the podcast to discuss what is at stake with this proposed law, how it would effectively nullify the “one country, two systems” model between Hong Kong and China if enacted, how it… -
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PBS Stations That Received Millions in Federal Funds Partnered With Chinese Foreign Agent on Pro-Beijing Film
PBS affiliates that receive millions of dollars in federal funding each year are airing a pro-Beijing documentary produced in conjunction with CGTN, a Chinese government-controlled media outlet that is registered as a foreign agent with the Justice Department. The film “Voices from the Frontline: China’s War on Poverty” did not disclose CGTN’s links to the… -
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Trump to End Federal Retirement Investments in Chinese Equities
President Donald Trump will cut the federal government’s retirement fund investments in Chinese equities, according to a Monday letter obtained by Fox Business. The White House does not want federal employee retirement funds to have money invested in Chinese equities, national security adviser Robert O’Brien and National Economic Council Chair Larry Kudlow said in a letter to U.S. Labor… -
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18 Attorneys General Demand Congressional Probe Into How China Willfully ‘Misled the World’
Eighteen Republican attorneys general called Friday for a congressional probe into China’s deliberate concealment of the severity of the coronavirus outbreak at its onset. “Recent reports suggest that the communist Chinese government willfully and knowingly concealed information about the severity of the virus while simultaneously stockpiling personal protective equipment,” stated the letter from South Carolina Attorney General… -
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In a Retaliatory Move, the US Shortens Visas for Chinese Journalists
The Department of Homeland Security is throwing the next punch in the escalating journalism battle between the U.S. and China. The U.S. is shortening the validity period of visas for Chinese journalists to a maximum of 90 days to reciprocate for China’s recent expulsion of American journalists and nonrenewal of visas. This journalism visa tit-for-tat… -
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‘They’re Going to Need to Pay’: Ron DeSantis Says China Hoarded Protective Equipment
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that China is “going to need to pay” for hoarding personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic. “As many people know, this PPE was a major crunch, particularly in March. China had known what was going on—they specifically bought up a lot of the stuff, really to try… -
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10 Steps America Should Take Now to Respond to the China Challenge
The growing chorus to “punish” China for how it has handled the COVID-19 crisis is understandable and justifiable. We need to be smart about how we do this, building up American strength even as we hold China accountable. If the challenge of our era is a multidecade great-power competition with China, the United States can… -
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3 Actions the US Should Take to Strengthen Its Standing and Hold China Accountable
Beijing’s cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak is the scandal of the century. Its unconscionable malfeasance launched a global plague, hobbled the international response, and crashed the world’s economy. Many people were already fed up with how Beijing had bullied, lied, and cheated its way up the global food chain even before this outrage. Now, they’re downright angry and demanding some… -
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The Great US-China Divorce Has Arrived
Make no mistake: The global struggle with China is about to go to the next level. Or two. Or three. By triggering a global disease outbreak, the Chinese Communist Party’s reprehensible behavior crossed the last line, leaving other nations no recourse but to push back. Hard. No longer can responsible nations tolerate the regime’s destabilizing… -
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China Increasingly Controls Information as It Slides Deeper Into Authoritarianism
Recent revelations about the depth and consequences of China’s suppression of information in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic should shine a light on the nature of the country’s regime. China’s communist government has been tyrannical for more than 70 years, but perhaps surprising to some, it actually has become more authoritarian in recent… -
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On 4 Fronts, How China Quietly Infiltrates American Life
As the world continues to battle the terrible COVID-19 pandemic that began in Wuhan, China, it also must battle the lack of information or outright disinformation coming from the government where the new coronavirus originated. If it wasn’t already clear before the coronavirus outbreak, China is particularly aggressive in how it tries to control the… -
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This Congressman Wants to End US Reliance on Pharmaceutical Products From China. Here’s How.
Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., says he wants to end the United States’ dependence on China for pharmaceutical products. Gallagher recently introduced legislation with Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., to accomplish that. He joins The Daily Signal Podcast to talk about why it’s so important to end China’s influence or involvement in creating America’s pharmaceuticals. We also… -
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Trump Asks Reporter If She’s Working for Chinese Government After Pro-Beijing Questions
President Donald Trump pressed a reporter on Monday about whether she was working for the Chinese government after she asked a question about medical supplies that Beijing has provided the United States. The reporter, who said she was with Phoenix TV, a Hong Kong-based outlet sympathetic to Beijing, began her question by noting that the… -
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Decreasing US-China Trade Is Worrisome
It’s sometimes said that China is the world’s manufacturer, but the U.S. is the world’s consumer. When there’s less trade happening between these two giants, it’s not good for either one. Neither are the tariffs on that trade. It’s been a little over two months since China began shutting down its domestic economic activity (restricting travel,… -
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Chinese Journalists Keep Disappearing. This Congressman Wants Answers.
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., has sent a letter to the U.S. State Department requesting an investigation into the disappearances of three Chinese journalists who challenged the communist regime’s narrative in the coronavirus’ early stages. “All three of these men understood the personal risk associated with independently reporting on coronavirus in China, but they did it… -
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For the Chinese, Political Warfare Is War by Other Means
Even amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, China’s efforts at political warfare remain in full swing. China assiduously tries to shape the world’s view of COVID-19, and China’s role in it, by denying any responsibility for the rise and spread of the new coronavirus as well as attempting to shift the blame toward the United States…. -
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This Is Xi’s Virus. The Chinese Ought to Pay for It.
After passing a record $2.2 trillion bill last week to aid millions of Americans who lost their livelihoods as a result of the coronavirus, Congress already is talking about another spending bill. Rather than pouring out another bundle of billions at tremendous cost to the American taxpayer, we should be cashing a check from the… -
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Western Media Falls Into China’s Propaganda Trap
The idea that some American and European news outlets are giving more credibility to the Chinese party line on the coronavirus than they do to their own governments is nothing less than bizarre. Yet, here we are. Even in this time of national crisis, sheer hatred for the U.S. president causes many in the mainstream… -
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China Ignores Lessons of the Ebola Outbreak and the World Pays
There are no exact corollaries in history to the coronavirus pandemic gripping the world now. But the response to the disease known as COVID-19 does contain the echo of a mistake that exacerbated the spread of a recent, deadly epidemic. Delays in warning the world of the Ebola outbreak that shook West Africa beginning in… -
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Is US Too Dependent on China for Medical Supplies?
The coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China, and turned into a pandemic across the globe, should spur America to examine its options as it relates to China’s outsize role in the medical supply chain, some experts say. Amy Anderson, an assistant professor of nursing at Texas Christian University and the University of North Texas, told…