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By Federal Newswire | Aug 6, 2024
James Rauh and his family have won a $30 million judgment against the Zheng drug trafficking organization (DTO), which has been found liable for the death of Rauh’s son, Tommy, who died from fentanyl poisoning. This federal judgment was announced by Families Against Fentanyl on August 1.
By Federal Newswire reports | Aug 5, 2024
Leland Miller is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a board member of the Global Interdependence Center, nonresident senior fellow at the Brent Scowcroft Center for International Security at the Atlantic Council, and Commissioner to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission. He is CEO of China Beige Book, which helps institutional investors navigate China's economy.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 5, 2024
WASHINGTON DC -- Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party appeared on NewsNation's Prime over the weekend to discuss various issues related to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The topics included the CCP's purchase of land near U.S. military bases, tax rebates for fentanyl exports into the U.S., and its authoritarian alignment with Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 2, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party led a bipartisan group of colleagues in filing an amicus brief in TikTok, et al. v. Garland. The brief defends the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which addresses the national security threat posed by Chinese ownership of TikTok, against TikTok's legal challenges that claim the bill is unconstitutional.
By Federal Newswire reports | Jul 31, 2024
Mark Clifford is president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation. He was a director of Next Digital, the publisher of the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, and editor in chief of the South China Morning Post. He is the author of, “Today, Hong Kong, Tomorrow The World: What China's Crackdown Reveals About Its Plans to End Freedom Everywhere.”
By Federal Newswire | Jul 31, 2024
Don Im, a former Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), stated that Chinese money launderers are laundering as much as one trillion dollars' worth of drug proceeds every year. Im shared his statement during a July 25 meeting of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Fentanyl Working Group.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 31, 2024
Congressman Dan Newhouse, head of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Fentanyl Working Group, stated that the Chinese government is aware that Chinese money launderers collaborate with Mexican cartels to launder proceeds from fentanyl sales. Newhouse shared his statement during a meeting held by the working group on July 24.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 31, 2024
The Michigan-China Economic and Security Review Group (MCESRG) stated that Green Charter Township returned $160,000 to Gotion for "unused first responder training and equipment" at a "site of the yet-to-be-built plant," calling the deal "sketchy" and questioning if it was a ploy to create an illusion of acceptance. MCESRG made this statement in a July 30 post on X.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 31, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party have introduced the Semiconductor Technology Advancement and Research (STAR) Act. This bipartisan legislation aims to advance U.S. semiconductor research and development by creating an investment tax credit for semiconductor design expenditures.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 31, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party released a statement following a new report by the Hong Kong Democracy Council and Students for a Free Tibet. The report, titled "Exporting Repression: Attacks on Protesters During Xi Jinping’s Visit to San Francisco in November 2023," details alleged CCP-directed attacks on activists.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 30, 2024
Representatives John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, along with Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), have introduced the Restoring Confidence in the World Anti-Doping Agency Act of 2024. The proposed legislation aims to grant the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) permanent authority to withhold up to the full amount of membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) if it fails...
By Thomas R. Alber | Jul 29, 2024
Chinese organized crime (COC) syndicates have deeply entrenched money laundering operations in the United States, utilizing sophisticated strategies to cleanse their illicit profits. These operations are multifaceted and involve a blend of legitimate business ventures, financial institutions, and advanced financial instruments to obscure the origins of criminal proceeds.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 28, 2024
Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Yarkand Massacre, which occurred on July 28, 2014. The incident involved Chinese security forces suppressing peaceful Uyghur protesters in Yarkand, East Turkistan. The massacre serves as a reminder of the ongoing challenges faced by the Uyghur people under Chinese governance.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 27, 2024
China's rapid naval buildup has allowed it to surpass the U.S. Navy in terms of the number of battle force ships, and it continues to expand at a significant rate. The United States maintains a substantial lead over the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) by tonnage and holds a qualitative edge in several types of platforms, although this quality gap is narrowing. Additionally, the United States collaborates closely with other regional navies, though the effectiveness of these alliances in a crisis remains uncertain.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 26, 2024
Rep. John Moolenaar, Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has called for President Xi Jinping to dismantle the Great Firewall in China. In an opinion piece for Newsweek published on July 22, Moolenaar described the firewall as a "dystopian censorship regime" that enables the CCP to exert control over Chinese society.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 26, 2024
Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) has commended the Senate Appropriations Committee’s unanimous endorsement of an amendment aimed at restricting U.S. visas for Chinese officials implicated in the unjust detention of Dr. Gulshan Abbas. This action, championed by Senator Dick Durbin, represents a critical move against those perpetrating arbitrary detentions of Uyghurs.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 26, 2024
The case against Elder Zhang Chunlei of Guiyang Ren’ai Reformed Church, charged with "inciting subversion of state power and fraud," was scheduled for sentencing on July 24, 2024, at the Guiyang Intermediate People’s Court. The trial took place in closed sessions on January 27, 2022, and November 29, 2022. After one year and eight months since the trial began, a verdict is set to be announced.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 25, 2024
Dr. Zack Cooper, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), stated that the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) censorship and surveillance pose a threat to "internet freedom" globally. Cooper shared his statement during a July 23 hearing held by the House Select Committee on the CCP titled "The Great Firewall and the CCP’s Export of its Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State."
By Federal Newswire | Jul 25, 2024
Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, stated that one challenge of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), which aims to ban imported goods created with forced labor, is the "de minimis" loophole that allows duty-free shipments from around the world to enter the U.S.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 25, 2024
A pre-trial conference for Pastor Zhou Songlin and Elder Ding Zhongfu of Ganquan Church in Hefei, Anhui province, charged with suspicion of fraud, is scheduled for July 31, 2024. The two church leaders were arrested on November 30, 2023, and have been detained for nearly eight months. On the day of their arrest, public security officers conducted home searches on 16 Christians from the church, including Zhou and Ding, taking them into custody on fraud charges. Fourteen individuals were subsequently released or granted bail pending trial, while Zhou and Ding remained in...
