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By Federal Newswire | Dec 14, 2023
On Dec. 12, the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) released a report outlining a strategy for the U.S. to reshape its economic and technological competition with China. The committee is led by Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL).
By Federal Newswire | Dec 13, 2023
The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has voiced concerns about a summer program at the University of Montana, which has links to China. The program includes an actual trip to China and is financed by the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF).
By Federal Newswire | Dec 13, 2023
Eric Sundby, the co-founder and CEO of TerraSpace, a mineral exploration company, recently expressed his views on the United States' potential to benefit from the abundance of critical minerals in outer space. However, he also voiced concerns about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) making strides to seize this opportunity. Sundby's remarks were made during a Dec. 12 House Natural Resources Committee hearing titled "The Mineral Supply Chain and the New Space Race."
By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2023
Meg Rithmire is an F. Warren MacFarlan associate professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. She is the author of “Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism” and “Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia.”
By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2023
U.S. Representative Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) recently announced the passage of her Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act with bipartisan support in the House of Representatives. She stated in a press release that the bill aims to combat foreign influence on college campuses.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2023
A Center for a New American Security (CNAS) report said China has intensified pressure on Taiwan through military and non-military tactics in the gray zone, prompting a need for effective response strategies from policymakers in Washington and Taipei. Jacob Stokes published the December 2023 report for CNAS.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2023
Charles Michel, President of the European Council, part of the executive branch of the European Union (EU), has stated that the EU is working towards a relationship with China that is based on mutual benefits. Michel's comments were made during the 24th China-EU Summit held at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Dec. 7.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2023
The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has officially requested a briefing from the FBI on the ongoing investigation into ByteDance, the parent company of social media platform TikTok. Over the past year, legislators have voiced concerns about TikTok, citing potential national security issues.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 11, 2023
Victor Cha has expressed that President Joe Biden's recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, while it eased some apprehensions, did not sufficiently mitigate the ongoing global tension and rivalry between the United States and China. Cha's commentary was released by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on December 6.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 10, 2023
Following a hearing by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), United States Representative Chris Smith (R-N.J.) has called for action from the Biden Administration. The hearing's findings have implicated the United States in forced labor practices within China's fishing fleets.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 9, 2023
Autel Robotics, a Chinese drone manufacturing company, has issued a statement in response to the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This development follows the committee's formal request for an extensive investigation into the alleged links between Autel Robotics and the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
By Federal Newswire | Dec 8, 2023
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has recently published a policy brief titled "Resisting China’s Gray Zone Military Pressure on Taiwan." The document scrutinizes the methods employed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to apply military and security operations in the "gray zone," thereby intensifying pressure on Taiwan.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 8, 2023
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended its ban on imports from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), incorporating three additional companies into the prohibition. The move comes as part of the DHS's efforts to eradicate forced labor practices from America's supply chain.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 7, 2023
Drew Horn, the CEO of GreenMet, an organization that addresses vulnerabilities in critical mineral supply chains, told Federal Newswire that the Treasury Department's guidance for electric vehicles (EV) could enable foreign entities of concern (FEOC) to benefit from American taxpayer funds. Horn urged the Department of Energy to work with partners to enhance critical mineral traceability in order to prevent adversarial nations such as China from exploiting American consumers and taxpayers.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 5, 2023
Experts from the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), Bill Drexel and Hannah Kelley, have suggested that while Western nations focus on regulatory initiatives for artificial intelligence (AI), China is actively building its own AI infrastructure on a global scale. This strategy could potentially lead to Chinese-built AI systems dominating the future, thereby rendering Western agreements obsolete. The insights from Drexel and Kelley were published in Politico Magazine on Nov. 30.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 5, 2023
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has voiced his apprehension about the social media platform TikTok being a news source for Americans.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 5, 2023
Jacob Feldgoise and Hanna Dohmen are data research analysts at the Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 4, 2023
John P. Walters, President and CEO of the Hudson Institute, alongside Senior Fellow Tod Lindberg, have expressed concerns about the efficacy of the recent agreement between the Biden Administration and China to combat the fentanyl overdose epidemic. In their commentary piece released on November 29, they argue that this effort will prove insufficient due to the extensive opioid crisis and China's purportedly deceptive strategy to weaken the United States.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 1, 2023
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) convened a hearing entitled "Discourse Power: The CCP's Strategy to Shape the Global Information Space" on November 30. This session included witnesses such as John Garnaut, senior fellow with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and founder of Garnaut Global; Dr. Miles Yu, senior fellow and director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute; and Yaqiu Wang, Research Director for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan at Freedom House.
By Federal Newswire | Dec 1, 2023
Drew Horn, the founder, president, and CEO of GreenMet, an organization that addresses vulnerabilities in the critical mineral supply chain, warned during a Congressional hearing that the U.S. critical supply chain is heavily reliant on adversarial nations, posing a threat to U.S. national security. The hearing was held on November 30 and focused on "The Role of Federal Research in Establishing a Robust U.S. Supply Chain of Critical Minerals and Materials."
