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    Trump Administration to Terminate Visas for Chinese Students 

    The Trump administration is taking steps to terminate visas for Chinese students studying in the United States.  “The U.S. will begin revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in a post on X Wednesday evening.   The…
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    The New Cold War With China

    The threat to the United States from China is multifaceted, long-term, and aggressive. Whether it’s from military modernization to economic coercion, cyberwarfare to space competition, China’s national security challenge is global, and it targets U.S. interests, values, security, and standing in the world. While much of the focus of U.S. policymakers has been on the…
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    China’s Power Is a Virus

    When a nation bears the blame for more than 7 million deaths worldwide, what is Washington going to do? More than 1.2 million Americans died as a result of a plague that began in China. Those staggering global and U.S. figures are the numbers reported to the World Health Organization. They make the COVID-19 pandemic…
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    ‘WHO Is a Cheap Date,’ Expert Says of China’s $500 Million Pledge

    China will give the World Health Organization $500 million, but “in terms of the contribution, the WHO is a cheap date,” Brett Schaefer says.   “The Chinese donation is reportedly $500 million over five years,” Schaefer, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, told The Daily Signal. “According to U.N. Chief Executives Board data, in 2023,…
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    A More Effective Way to Confront China’s Growing Aggression

    One of the central weaknesses of the Biden administration’s national security policies was its reliance on the concept of “integrated deterrence” to prevent aggressive actions by the People’s Republic of China. The strategy entailed building robust alliances in the Indo-Pacific, forward-deploying greater numbers of U.S. military assets to the region, and a tighter integration of…
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    How Wall Street Loopholes Funnel US Capital to Chinese Communist Party

    American investors are unwittingly funding Chinese Communist Party activities through Wall Street loopholes, according to a securities expert who recently testified before Congress. Chris Iacovella, CEO of the American Securities Association, told The Daily Signal these activities include “the internment of Uyghurs, funding [People’s Liberation Army] weapons systems, a cyber army that relentlessly attacks this…
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    Spies on Campus: Chinese Espionage Exposed at Stanford

    The Chinese Communist Party is “orchestrating a widespread intelligence-gathering campaign at Stanford,” according to The Stanford Review.   “In short, ‘there are Chinese spies at Stanford,’” the university’s independent student-run newspaper writes in an investigation published this week.   After learning of multiple incidents of unusual behavior from a handful of Chinese students, or those…
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    House Panel Quizzes Bessent on DOGE, Tariff Talks, China

    In an at times contentious hearing, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent testified before members of the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday. But the hearing started off on a lighter note. In an initial humorous exchange near the beginning of his testimony, the treasury secretary corrected Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., when she asked him…
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    Will China Invade Taiwan? Expert Explains

    China is ramping up its military preparations for a conflict against Taiwan, the commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command says.   Adm. Samuel J. Paparo spoke Friday at a conference at the McCain Institute in Arizona and referred to China being in a “rapid boil,” according to The Washington Times.   “You know the metaphor of…
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    Safeguarding Students: Stopping China’s Infiltration of US Universities

    America’s students deserve better than to be treated as pawns in the Chinese Communist Party’s long game to undermine our country. We can all agree that China does not have the best interests of American students in mind. Yet, thanks to lax enforcement and misplaced priorities from the Biden-Harris administration, billions of dollars have flowed…
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    New Secure Messaging Platform Offers Quantum-Resistant Defense Against Chinese Cyber Threats

    A communications platform called Titanium Secure is positioning itself as a quantum-resistant defense against growing cyber threats from China and data harvesting by Big Tech companies. “We saw a need for conservatives to have their own platform where they could do several different things, and part of those was to secure communication and secure data,”…
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    Beijing Vows Retaliation Against US Trading Partners’ Deals ‘at the Expense of China’s Interests’

    China is sending a stern message to countries across the globe that are cutting trade deals with the United States: Stop it or face retaliatory measures. China’s Ministry of Commerce on Monday told its allies not to reach agreements that would come at the expense of the Chinese government. China “firmly opposes any party reaching…
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    Communist China’s Reach is Global and Growing

    Communism is a word frequently uttered in the political arena. Yet, too often, the proper weight of this term and the devastating consequences this ideology has inflicted across the globe is overlooked or, at the very least, misunderstood.  Far too many Americans complacently believe that liberal democracy has permanently triumphed. In doing so, they neglect…
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    Trump’s Life’s Work Culminates in Confronting China

    On Wednesday, President Donald Trump abruptly announced a 90-day pause on most of his planned country-specific “reciprocal” tariffs—with the notable exception of China. In so strikingly singling out China as the focus of America’s economic and geopolitical ire, Trump was not merely clarifying that the United States views China and its regnant Communist Party as…
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    Tucker Carlson Calls for ‘Disengagement’ With China

    President Donald Trump is using tariffs to apply heavy pressure on China on trade, but he remains open to negotiations with Beijing, Tucker Carlson says.   “Well, of course, he is,” Carlson said when asked whether he thought Trump is willing to negotiate with China. “I mean, the question is: Who needs the other more?…
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    Here’s Why the Great Decoupling From China is Long Overdue

    In the last few weeks, the world has been on a roller coaster ride over President Donald Trump’s proposals to massively increase tariffs. Whether by intention or not, American trade policies now stand in an interesting place. Trump has paused America’s largest tariffs increases on virtually every country, save one: China. On China, the Trump…
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    The 7 Tools Trump Needs to Win the Trade War With China

    Beijing’s latest retaliatory tariffs—now at 84%—reveal a familiar hypocrisy: the world’s most notorious trade abuser crying foul when held accountable. In response, President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on Chinese goods to 125%, while dropping nearly all tariffs on countries that seek to trade fairly. We applauded the president’s zealous focus on dealing with the…
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    Tom Cotton’s New Book Addresses China’s Global Threat You Can’t Talk About

    Sen. Tom Cotton’s new book, “Seven Things You Can’t Say About China,” asks the reader to give renewed focus on perhaps America’s greatest nemesis—the People’s Republic of China. In seven chapters, Cotton outlines the nature and severity of the threat—and it’s a warning that is sorely needed. While many Americans pay attention to a few high-profile…
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    Facebook Worked ‘Hand in Glove’ With China, Ex-Executive Tells Senate Panel

    Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook executive, testified on Wednesday on explosive allegations about the social media company’s relationship with China. In her prepared opening statement for a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, Wynn-Williams accused company founder Mark Zuckerberg of pledging himself as a “free speech champion” while working “hand in…
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    Ex-Facebook Employee Set to Testify on Parent Company’s Relations With China

    Sen. Josh Hawley has called Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook employee, before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism to testify Wednesday on the company’s relationship with China. Hawley, R-Mo., told The Daily Signal that he hoped to get answers at the hearing, dubbed “A Time for Truth: Oversight of Meta’s Foreign Relations and Representations…
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