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‘We Will Win’: America’s Policy Must Take on China, Heritage President Tells House GOP
National security threats posed by China should be considered by America’s leaders as they determine details of public policies, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said Wednesday in remarks to House Republicans. “The Chinese Communist Party, as you know, as your constituents know, is the existential threat to freedom in this world,” Roberts told members of…Fred Lucas -
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UK Engages US Through State-Level Bilateral Trade
“We are ready to progress negotiations on [a free trade agreement] when the U.S. is ready to do so, but we weren’t going to sit still.” That unambiguous point—made by Ranil Jayawardena, the United Kingdom’s minister for international trade—reflects a forward-leaning, pragmatic trade-policy posture of post-Brexit Britain. Jayawardena underscored London’s intention to take a “twin-track…Anthony B. Kim -
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China, Russia Again Block UN Action on North Korea
True to form, Beijing and Moscow on Thursday again protected Pyongyang from additional international punishment after the North Korean regime’s repeated violations of U.N. resolutions. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield proposed additional sanctions in response to North Korea’s spate of missile launches, which she characterized as “a grave threat to international peace and…Bruce Klingner -
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Cardinal Zen and Rising Religious Persecution in China
Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen appeared before a Hong Kong court Tuesday on charges of “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces.” The charges brought against the cardinal are emblematic of a permanent deterioration in the city-state—one that should prompt the Vatican to reconsider earlier attempts to pursue closer relations with China. While the Hong Kong government…Olivia Enos -
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Blinken in Multiverse of Biden Madness, China Edition
Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a long-awaited speech Thursday on Biden administration policies regarding China at George Washington University. The speech noted several realities about Beijing and the Chinese Communist Party: The most serious long-term challenge confronting the United States is China. China and Russia are openly cooperating in various areas, including military activities….Dean Cheng -
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The Elitists Who Want to Rule the World
Klaus Schwab is the head of the World Economic Forum; he founded the organization in 1971. Each year, the World Economic Forum hosts a massive conference in Davos, Switzerland, with thousands of world leaders, diplomats, and experts on various topics gathering to trade ideas about how best to cooperatively run the world. Lest this characterization…Ben Shapiro -
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Proposed Amendment to ‘China Bill’ Would Wrongly Reward Unprofitable Investments
If someone can’t manage his or her own financial affairs, it’s a good bet they’d manage other people’s finances badly, too. Given that the federal government has racked up an enormous $30 trillion of debt—$6 trillion in just the past two years—nobody should trust that federal legislators know the first thing about sound investing. Case…Preston Brashers -
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‘Dissident’ in America Actually a Spy for China, Prosecutors Allege
The Justice Department has charged a human rights activist in Queens with spying on Chinese dissidents. Authorities charged Wang Shujun, 73, of Queens, New York, with “conspiracy and other charges related to an espionage and transnational repression scheme,” the Justice Department announced Wednesday. Prosecutors also charged four persons they said were Wang’s China-based Ministry of State…Philip Lenczycki -
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SWIFT Sanctions Unlikely to Threaten US Dollar
The U.S. and key allies announced in March sanctions on a number of Russian banks using SWIFT, the inter-bank payment system relied on by nearly every bank on Earth. This led to concerns of Russia evading the sanctions by using the Chinese alternative, the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System, better known by its acronym, CIPS. In…Peter St. Onge -
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Time to Elevate US-South Korea Partnership With Strategic Refinement
Forging greater pragmatic cooperation between willing allies necessitates timely, forward-looking strategic clarity in terms of paving an elevated trajectory of the alliance. That’s why the upcoming May 21 summit between President Joe Biden and South Korea’s recently inaugurated President Yoon Suk Yeol matters. Biden, on his first presidential trip to Indo-Pacific, will make his first…Anthony B. Kim -
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Planned Parenthood Leader Among Donors to Prosecutor Who Won’t Charge Protesters at Justices’ Homes
The political arm of the liberal legal group Demand Justice, which advocates packing the Supreme Court, contributed $5,000 last year to the campaign of Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano, who is among local prosecutors backed by liberal organizations tied to billionaire financier George Soros. Descano, a Democrat, has refused to prosecute some criminal offenses…Fred Lucas -
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America and Brexit Britain: Time to Move Onward and Upward
Brexit matters, with the post-Brexit United Kingdom becoming more relevant to America and global geopolitics than ever. That is the timely reminder and keen observation shared by former U.K. Minister of State Lord David Frost, Britain’s chief negotiator for exiting the European Union. In his recent thought-provoking speech at The Heritage Foundation, Frost underscored that…Anthony B. Kim -
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In Doing Business With China, American Companies Subsidize Tyranny
At the White House press briefing last Dec. 6, press secretary Jen Psaki made it clear that President Joe Biden wanted the People’s Republic of China to pay a price for its human rights abuses. He would do so by declining to send any U.S. government officials to the Beijing Winter Olympics, which would be…Terence Jeffrey -
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A Critical Pillar of Defending and Helping Ukraine: Civil Society
Since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion on Feb. 24, Ukraine has proven to be a country that, despite all odds, unambiguously demonstrates incredible societal resilience during an unprovoked war. Indeed, as a recent Wall Street Journal article succinctly put it, “Civil society is Ukraine’s secret weapon against Russia.” Ukraine’s civilians, churches, nongovernmental organizations, many in…Anthony B. Kim -
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UN Exploits Climate Change Concerns to Push Contraception, Population Control
You may have missed this year’s Earth Day on April 22, what with historic inflation and a war in Ukraine vying for media attention. But the grandees at the U.N. marked it as they always do. Every year, they treat the day as part of a larger liturgical season with related solemnities. This makes good…Grace Melton -
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China’s Ongoing Persecution of Christians and the Case of Pastor Wang Yi
The political landscape in the U.S. has shifted since 2018, yet Pastor Wang Yi still languishes in a Chinese prison. He’s a fitting symbol of the many persecuted by Communist China for their religious faith. Yet few outside China know his name. Wang, founder of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China, was arrested in…Gillian Richards -
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Democrats Admit It’s Women Who Get Abortions After All
Democrats made an admission about what type of people can actually get abortions in the wake of a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion showing justices could potentially overturn Roe v. Wade. After many liberals pushed for gender-neutral terms surrounding pregnancy and abortion such as “birthing people” instead of “women,” prominent Democrats made statements appearing to suggest only women can get pregnant…Laurel Duggan -
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Liberals Cheer on Supreme Court Leaker Who Shattered Court Norms as ‘Hero’
Several prominent liberals took to social media to praise the anonymous individual who leaked the Supreme Court’s reported draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which appeared to show that the court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade. The unprecedented leak Monday night revealed that the majority of justices had reportedly agreed in a December vote…Laurel Duggan -
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Blame Biden, Not Putin, for Rising Prices
How out of control is inflation? One measure says it all: Prices are now rising as fast in one month as they used to rise in a whole year when President Joe Biden took office. The measure of inflation that gets the most attention is the consumer price index, which estimates the prices consumers are…EJ Antoni -
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Congress Must Carefully Review Any Ukraine Spending Package
President Joe Biden has requested a $33 billion supplemental spending package to provide additional aid to Ukraine. These funds would follow the $13.6 billion appropriated in March as well as the $6.4 billion in security assistance provided since 2014. This proposed level of funding is significant. For context, $33 billion is about the same amount…Matthew Dickerson