Outrage brewing over plans for China-linked battery company in Michigan: ‘Don’t want CCP in our small town’
Gotion High tech-Co. is based in Hefei, China
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US to Gain Military Access in North Philippines Near Taiwan
The US last month secured access to four more Philippine military sites amid continued tensions with Beijing over Taiwan and the South China Sea.
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Xi’s trip to Russia boosts ‘dear friend’ Putin as China pushes back against U.S. power
The three-day visit underscores how Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to position himself as a world-shaping leader and his country as a counterweight to U.S. dominance.
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Hawley proposes bill revoking China’s preferential trade status
Congress and the Biden administration could enact legislation to revoke China's trade status as they did for Russia's
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The Age of American Naval Dominance Is Over
Very few Americans—or, for that matter, very few people on the planet—can remember a time when freedom of the seas was in question.
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Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse sends shivers through China startups
In 2012, SVB partnered with Shanghai Pudong Development Bank to form SPD Silicon Valley Bank Co., which provides VC funds to tech startups.
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Micronesia leader accuses China of bribery, threats in Taiwan bid
“The practical impacts, however, of Chinese control over our communications infrastructure, our ocean territory and the resources within them, and our security space, aside from impacts on our sovereignty, is that it increases the chances of China getting into conflict with Australia, Japan, the United States, and New Zealand, on the day when Beijing decides to invade Taiwan,” Panuelo said in the letter dated March 9, which was leaked to multiple media outlets and seen by Al Jazeera.
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Key CCP Influence Organ Approves Execution ‘Blacklist’ for ‘Taiwan Separatists’
This would be a list of Taiwanese individuals to be hunted down and killed in the aftermath of an invasion. The CPPCC’s annual meeting began over the weekend. Zhou further wrote that the figures on the blacklist, under his proposal, would be ordered to stop advocating Taiwan’s independence, “confess their crimes,” and surrender. “If these people persist in their wrong and continue to create division and cause cross-strait conflict, then during our special operations against Taiwan, anyone can arrest or kill them, not only without any responsibility, but also receive the Medal of Honor for Promoting Unification,” he added. It’s noteworthy that Zhou’s use of “special operation” apes the euphemism that Russian leaders used for their invasion of Ukraine.
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House’s first China Committee hearing highlights Taiwan defenses
Defense News first reported on the Taiwan arms sale backlog last year, which is in large part due to supply chain issues and constrained production capabilities. However, bureaucratic hold-ups within the U.S. foreign military sales process can also play a role in backlogs. For his part, Khrisnamoorthi referenced a recent war game from the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank that found China would fail to retake Taiwan if they tried to do so today because of capability gaps. (That same war game also found the U.S. defense industrial base is not prepared for a battle over Taiwan as it would run out of long-range, precision guided munitions in less than one week.)
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Destiny Unites Us, Paraguay Leader Says as Taiwan Ties Hang in Balance
China’s targeting of Taiwan’s allies has taken on broader geopolitical significance amid US concerns about Beijing expanding its influence in Latin America and the Caribbean where many of Taipei’s remaining friends are located.
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