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China’s ‘Malign Influence’ Growing, but Not Being Countered, Texas Lawmaker Warns

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“China’s malign influence is growing exponentially, and its encroachment into the Western Hemisphere poses a clear and present danger,” Rep. Michael McCaul, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said at a hearing Wednesday. “Now is the time to act and address this with the seriousness it deserves,” McCaul, R-Texas, said at the hearing, “Assessing U.S. Efforts to Counter China’s Coercive Belt and Road Diplomacy.” “We need a whole-of-government approach, including a concerted effort among the State Department, the Commerce Department, the Development Finance Corporation to successfully counter [the…

Blinken meets with China’s top diplomat in first face-to-face since balloon saga

February 18, 2023 China's, Diplomat, Blinken, balloon, facetoface, saga, first, Since, meets0 comment

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday for the first in-person meeting between senior U.S. and Chinese officials since the shootdown of the suspected Chinese spy balloon earlier this month. The Washington Times stories: White House

America’s Military Strength Losing Ground to China’s, Report Says

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A new report offers harrowing insight into the strength of Communist China’s military a day after Chinese President Xi Jinping renewed calls for the “reunification” of China and Taiwan. “Resolving the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese, a matter that must be resolved by the Chinese,” Xi said Sunday at the opening session for the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing. “We will continue to strive for peaceful reunification with the greatest sincerity and the utmost effort, but we will never promise to renounce…

Pelosi Defies China’s Bluster, Heralds ‘Taiwan’s Vibrant Democracy’

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied the Communist Chinese government Tuesday by touching down in Taiwan for a visit. The California Democrat continued to win praise from Republican lawmakers, but an ambiguous response at best from the Biden administration, which has been skeptical of the trip. Pelosi issued a statement after her arrival saying that the visit “honors America’s unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan’s vibrant democracy.” Pelosi is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Taiwan since then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., did it in 1997. Gingrich is among Republicans who had…

China’s Vice Foreign Minister criticized NATO for war in Ukraine

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A senior Chinese official on Saturday blamed NATO for Russia’s assault on Ukraine and criticized western sanctions on Moscow. In his remarks during a security and strategy forum China’s Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said the root cause of the war in Ukraine “lies in the Cold War mentality of … The Washington Times stories: White House

State Department Emails Reveal Diplomats’ Concern About China’s ‘Invasive’ Swab Testing

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Emails recently obtained by Judicial Watch show how U.S. officials scrambled over reports that the Chinese government was requiring anal swab tests to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The communications were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State. “It took six months and a federal lawsuit to confirm that our embassy in Beijing was concerned about the Chinese government’s invasive anal swab and other COVID testing of our diplomatic personnel—at that as many as two people were asked to submit to a test,” Judicial Watch…