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China Pumps Tens Of Billions Into Key Industry Amid Tech War With US

China’s Communist Party has launched a $47.5 billion state investment fund to strategically bolster its semiconductor industry in preparation for competition with the United States, Reuters reported on Monday. The investment of 344 billion yuan is the largest among the three funds established, with the first fund established in 2014 and providing 138.7 billion yuan […]

NYC flooded with illegal flavored vapes from China: study

New York City banned the sale of e-cigarettes in 2020 to prevent young people from becoming addicted to nicotine, but large quantities of illegal flavored e-cigarettes made in China have been circulating in the city since then, according to a new study. Atria, which sells legal disposable e-cigarettes under the brand name “Njoy”, commissioned market […]

U.S. prepares for war amid growing tensions that China could invade Taiwan

Daily Mail report The US military is actively preparing for war with China over tensions over Taiwan, a report said, noting that US and Philippine marines have been taking part in bizarre military exercises on a series of small islands in the region. The exercises, which have included sending teams of Marines out of Chinook […]

House lawmakers visit Taiwan as China warns US to stay out

Taipei, Taiwan A delegation of House members is visiting Taiwan this week to meet with newly elected lawmakers, despite China warning them not to intervene in the island and stepping up military exercises around the island. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) is leading the multi-day diplomatic trip, which comes a week after […]

US ‘deeply concerned’ over China military drills in Taiwan Strait, State Dept says

The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it was “deeply concerned” about Chinese military exercises in the Taiwan Strait and around Taiwan, and urged China to exercise restraint. “Using a normal, routine democratic transition as a pretext for military provocation risks escalation and undermines long-standing norms that have maintained peace and stability in the Taiwan […]

Former CIA Agent Pleads Guilty to Spying for China

A Hong Kong-born former CIA officer has pleaded guilty to spying for China, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. Announced Friday. Alexander Yuk Chin Ma, 71, and his Shanghai-born co-conspirators were both naturalized citizens who had worked for the CIA decades ago. His unnamed relatives, Mentioned He served at the bureau from 1967 to 1983, […]

White House warns China to use ‘restraint’ after military drills near Taiwan

The Biden administration has warned China to “act with restraint” after China’s Communist Party-controlled military conducted provocative military drills off Taiwan’s coast on Friday. Dozens of Chinese naval vessels and military aircraft were spotted off Taiwan’s coast on Friday, according to Taiwanese military officials, bringing the total to 49 Chinese military aircraft and 19 naval […]

Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty To Spying For China

A former CIA Officer pleaded guilty Friday to espionage charges in a federal courtroom in Honolulu, The Associated Press (AP) reported. Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, a 72-year-old former CIA officer and FBI contract linguist, pleaded guilty to espionage charges and admitted to spying for China over a decade, according to AP. This guilty plea follows […]