Despite warnings from the Biden administration and threats from China, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reportedly set to visit Taiwan on Tuesday evening. Her office has not made those plans public, but Taiwanese media have been reporting it. According to The Hill: Pelosi’s congressional delegation tour kicked off Monday in Singapore, and her office has confirmed Malaysia, South Korea and
The oil, which was ordered to be released throughout the year from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve by President Joe Biden, was meant to relieve the pressure on pump prices. Instead, it sold to foreign nations including China, according to a report from Reuters. Biden ordered the release of 30 million barrels on March 1st, another
Chinese spying in the US is increasingly common. FBI Director Christopher Wray said Monday that the bureau opens an average of two counterintelligence operations per day. He spoke exclusively with NBC News about the scale of Chinese efforts to steal US technology: “There is no country that presents a broader, more severe threat to our
A new report indicates that Amazon partnered with the propaganda arm of China in order to get a contract. According to The Washington Free Beacon: LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping’s speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two years ago, when Beijing delivered an
The National Football League is cozying up to China by not recognizing Taiwan as a separate country. According to The Washington Free Beacon: The NFL released a marketing map that designated Taiwan as part of China, a further sign American sports leagues are more than willing to appease the hardline regime in order to pursue
The Biden administration is lobbying against including sanctions for Chinese treatment of Uyghurs in order to protect a possible climate deal. According to The Washington Free Beacon: Republican senator Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Democratic senator Jeff Merkley (Ore.) introduced a bill in January prohibiting the importation of goods made with forced labor from the Xinjiang
House Democrats are refusing to schedule a vote on a bill that would sanction Chinese slave labor. According to The Washington Free Beacon: Democratic leaders are walking back their promise to hold a vote this week in the House on legislation that would sanction China’s use of slave labor and ban the import of goods
Disney has reportedly blocked an episode of the Simpsons depicting the Chinese Tiananmen Square incident from airing in Hong Kong. According to The Washington Free Beacon: An episode of The Simpsons that ridicules Chinese Communist Party censorship has been removed from Disney’s streaming platform in Hong Kong in what appears to be another example of Hollywood caving
A genetics company with close ties to the Chinese is reportedly sharing genetic data of Californians and Americans with the Chinese. According to The Washington Free Beacon: The FBI says a genetics testing company with tens of millions of dollars in federal contracts is most likely providing Americans’ health data to China. The agency told
The White House attempted to downplay the relationship between China’s Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden Early in the leaders’ virtual summit Xi appeared to contradict those reports. At the start of the meeting Xi stated through a translator, “It’s the first time for us to meet virtually. Although it’s not as good as a
