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opinion
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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Here’s Who Progressives Want to See in Biden’s Cabinet
Two leading progressive groups released a list comprised of left-wing politicians, activists, and union leaders Wednesday who they would like to see in former Vice President Joe Biden’s future Cabinet. Justice Democrats and the Sunrise Movement created a list outlining the groups’ top three picks for several Cabinet positions like secretary of state and attorney general and… -
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Australia Becomes Growing Target for China’s Belligerence
You’ve heard of the U.S.-China trade war, but have you heard of the problems Australia is having with China? Growing tension over trade between Australia and China isn’t so much a trade war as it is another example of how China uses economic coercion to pursue its political goals. Australia has been the recent target… -
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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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What the Story Behind Xi Jinping, Jack Ma, and the Ant Group IPO Says About China’s Economic Future
In the 1990s, Jiang Zemin, who had succeeded Deng Xiaoping as head of the Chinese Communist Party and president of China, promulgated what was known as the “Three Represents.” This was Jiang’s “political philosophy,” the equivalent of Deng Xiaoping or Mao Zedong thought, and was enshrined in the pantheon of Chinese Communist Party beliefs. A… -
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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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NATO Allies Now Spend $50 Billion More on Defense Than in 2016
President Donald Trump has placed a significant emphasis on the need for increased defense spending among NATO allies, and the newest data suggests his efforts are paying off. In 2016, non-U.S. NATO members spent $262 billion on defense; in 2020, they will spend $313 billion. Regardless of whether this increase resulted from changing threat perceptions… -
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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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Obama or Trump: Who Has Done More for Blacks in America? Author Keeps Score
Clarence McKee has worked in public policy and media for decades, including service with the Reagan administration. McKee, author of the book “How Obama Failed Black America and How Trump Is Helping It: The Dirty Little Secret That the Media Won't Tell You,” says he closely observed actions taken by President Barack Obama and President… -
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Key Source Identified for Debunked Trump-Russia Claim in Steele Dossier
The source for some of the so-called Steele dossier’s most specific but debunked allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government has been identified as a Russian public relations executive. PR executive Olga Galkina, 40, was a "subsource" for Igor Danchenko, a Russian analyst who reported directly to dossier author and former British… -
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Why China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea Care About US Election Results
Americans aren’t the only ones waiting for the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. So are people around the world. And they are asking the same question many Americans are: What difference will it make for them? No poll-watchers are more attentive than America’s adversaries are. So how will the world turn when the global bad guys find… -
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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… -
opinion
On Asian Tour, Pompeo and Esper Press for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
Foreign policy refuses to yield to the U.S. political calendar, and so, with Election Day looming in the U.S., this week the secretaries of defense and state escaped the Beltway for a whirlwind tour of the Indo-Pacific. Their trip included stops at three key island states that straddle the world’s superhighways of maritime trade: the… -
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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… -
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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…. -
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Venezuela’s Dictator Hugo Chavez Packed the Courts
Almost from the moment Republicans said they intended to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Democrats began to vow they would pack the court if Republicans went through with their plan. “If [Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell] holds a vote [on a Supreme Court nominee] in 2020,… -
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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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‘Tech Companies Have the Power to Decide Who Will and Who Won’t Be the President,’ Warns Brent Bozell
Today on “The Daily Signal Podcast,” Rob Bluey, executive editor of The Daily Signal, speaks with Brent Bozell, founder and president of the Media Research Center, the largest media watchdog in America. They discuss the latest news regarding media censorship, including the suppression by Twitter and Facebook of a New York Post article reporting the… -
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Why This Detransitioning UK Woman Sued a Gender Clinic
A female information technology engineer in London, for whom doctors prescribed testosterone injections and a double mastectomy for her gender dysphoria, had her day in court this month against the gender clinic where she received treatment. At age 16, Keira Bell, now 23, went to Tavistock and Portman National Health Service Trust for help with…