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By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
Sebastian Rotella, a senior reporter at ProPublica and author of "How a Chinese-American Gangster Transformed Money Laundering for Drug Cartels" was recently on the Federal Newswire China Desk Podcast to discuss how the Chinese pharmaceutical industry works with Mexican drug cartels to bring fentanyl into the United States.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
Rep. Smith urges President Biden to meet with the wives of two human rights defenders who have been detained by the Chinese Communist Party.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The initial hearing regarding the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act takes place in Congress.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns recently visited with several Americans who have been detained in China, including David Lin, a pastor who has been in prison since 2006.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 25, 2023
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) has announced a bipartisan bill that would require the U.S. Department of Defense to expand cybersecurity cooperation with Taiwan with a goal to enhance cybersecurity resilience against China’s “cyber aggression.”
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 25, 2023
Ian Johnson, the Stephen A. Schwarzman Senior Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, commented on the detainment of Fucha, the chief editor of a major Taiwan publishing company.
By Federal Newswire China Conversations | Apr 25, 2023
Dr. Joel Wuthnow is a senior research fellow at the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service.
By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 25, 2023
The list of political prisoners in China is long, but one of the more notable cases involves Gao Zhisheng, which was the focus of a congressional hearing Thursday.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
The Department of Justice announced that 34 officers in the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)are being charged with “transnational repression schemes” revolving around Chinese national who live in the U.S. including the New York metropolitan area.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation have arrested two people who are accused of assisting in the operation of an illegal police station for the Chinese government in New York City.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
After a witness at a recent Congressional hearing called the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) treatment of its Uyghur population "the most sophisticated genocide in the modern era," Federal Newswire reached out to Bill Drexel, associate fellow for the technology and national security program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), for more details on how the CCP leverages technology, in particular artificial intelligence (AI), as a tool of oppression.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 20, 2023
Members of the Congressional Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party weighed in on the recent arrest of two New York residents accused of a conspiracy to aid the CCP in setting up a secret police station.
By David Beasley | Apr 19, 2023
America First Policy Institute has released a report by Adam Savit, director of the institute's China Policy Initiative, which found the Chinese Communist Party has significantly increased its purchasing of US agricultural land in the last 13 years. Legislative bills have been proposed to push back against Chinese purchase of American lands. Savit suggests “strategic decoupling” and “reciprocity” should guide policies regarding this issue.
By Bob Pepalis | Apr 12, 2023
The 64 members of the Shenzen Holy Reformed Church arrived in the United States on April 7 to escape persecution from China, making the journey with international help.
By Federal Newswire | Apr 11, 2023
Sebastian Rotella is a senior reporter at ProPublica. He is a finalist for the Tom Renner Award for his article, How a Chinese-American Gangster Transformed Money Laundering for Drug Cartels.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) congratulated a group of Chinese Christians, the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, also nicknamed the Mayflower Church, for safely arriving in Texas. Smith criticized the Chinese Communist Party for taking away their rights to freely practice their religion, so the group was forced to flee. The group was stranded in Thailand for three years, fighting legal setbacks and police detentions before they were able make it to the U.S. last week.
By Sam Jackson | Apr 10, 2023
During a House Financial Services Subcommittee hearing, Brookings Institute senior fellow Vanda Felbab-Brown said in her testimony that China won't take accountability for its role in fentanyl trafficking unless the U.S. and its allies take a multilateral approach.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 5, 2023
Reps. Carlos Giménez and Mike Gallagher visited the port of Miami and SOUTHCOM, a military headquarters in Florida, to inspect how the Chinese Communist Party influences American infrastructure and the transfer of goods through Latin America.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 4, 2023
Rep. Mike Gallagher and Sen. Dan Sullivan have introduced the Sanctions Targeting Aggressors of Neighboring Democracies (STAND) with Taiwan Act of 2023, which proposes imposing comprehensive economic and financial sanctions on China if the People’s Liberation Army or its proxies invade Taiwan. The sanctions would target the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), any Chinese financial institutions and industrial sectors and ban U.S. financial institutions from investing in Chinese entities affiliated with the CCP.
By Federal Newswire Report | Apr 3, 2023
Since China became a member of the World Trade Organization, it has refused to adhere to the same rules as the other members, according to U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emmanuel, has pointed out this has given them an unfair advantage and hobbled foreign competitors. U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) says he agrees.
