Prominent Media Outlet Hosted Communist Party Influence Group Member Who Praised China’s Foreign Activities
Semafor, a news outlet popular among political staffers and policymakers, recently featured a speaker linked to Chinese influence operations to expound on the virtues of China’s foreign infrastructure investments. Wang Huiyao, using the anglicized name Henry Wang, spoke via remote teleconference at Semafor’s 2024 World Economy Summit in April, using the opportunity to praise China’s […]
China’s Huawei Secretly Funds Tech Research at American Universities
China’s state-owned electronics giant Huawei is reportedly “secretly funding cutting-edge research at U.S. universities” through a Washington-based nonprofit called the Optica Foundation. Thursday’s Bloomberg News report Said Huawei is the sole funding source for the research competition run by the Optica Foundation, a professional organization that specializes in visible light technologies such as fiber optics […]
China’s space forces have US troops more vulnerable than ever
China‘s military officials are deploying a vast network of satellites in orbit in an apparent preparation “to go to war and sustain a war,” according to a top U.S. Space Force intelligence officer. “They’ve placed over 200 satellites in space [in each of the last two] years; of that, over half of them are remote […]
Extreme weather in Guangzhou kills five and brings destruction to China’s industrial heartland | China
A tornado struck the Chinese city of Guangzhou over the weekend, killing at least five people and injuring 33 others, state media reported. In the latest episode of extreme weather to hit the country’s industrial heartland. China’s official Xinhua news agency said a tornado struck the capital of the country’s southern Guangdong province on Saturday. […]
China’s hostile welcome for Blinken highlights its out-of-control hubris
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has concluded a three-day visit to China. Despite his hopeful words, there appears to be no substantive progress on core issues. The apparent lack of success is not surprising. First, the Chinese government had indicated that negotiations would be difficult.Earlier this week, the People’s Liberation Army Navy Launch of […]
Iran and Russia Move into Sri Lanka After China’s Belt and Road Disaster
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited Sri Lanka on Wednesday to inaugurate a hydropower plant and irrigation project, and on Friday Russia took control of part of the Chinese-built airport. These two signs indicate that other members of the Axis of Oppression are involved in cleaning up the wreckage. From the failure of China’s Belt and […]
China’s ByteDance Wants TikTok Shut down in U.S. if Legal Fight Fails
Chinese tech giant ByteDance reportedly wants to shut down TikTok in the US if a legal battle against recently passed ban or divestment legislation fails. TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance would prefer to shut down the app in the U.S. rather than sell it if the Chinese company cannot defeat the ban in court, four […]
China’s Car Makers Readying to Flood the West with Cheap EVs
Do you drive an electric vehicle (EV) made in China? If the answer is “no,” the Chinese government would like to think that someday it will have no choice but to say “yes.” Chinese automakers are quietly confident they have the products and manufacturing power to push their cars into the West, executives asserted at […]
Experts Ponder What Company Could Buy China’s TikTok Preventing Ban
President Joe Biden signed a bill Wednesday that would force Chinese tech giant ByteDance to sell TikTok within nine months or ban it in the U.S., but who will actually swoop in on the social media platform? The question remains whether the company can acquire the company. TikTok has said it plans to challenge the […]
China’s foreign minister claims U.S. has ‘unreasonably suppressed’ his country’s development rights
China Foreign Minister Wang Yi claimed that the United States has suppressed his country’s development, Reuters reported. The comments came as Yi met with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Beijing, China on Friday in an attempt to strengthen the relationship between the two countries and settle lingering trade and policy disagreements. “And the relationship is […]