Biden dismisses China’s aggressive actions towards Taiwan, refers to a non-existent “Taiwan Agreement”
Amidst Beijing’s escalating aggressive behavior towards Taiwan, Joe Biden has assured the public that he and Xi Jinping will abide by the “Taiwan Agreement” – a puzzling statement given that such an agreement doesn’t exist. Some believe Biden meant the..MORE...
Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou is released back to China
In 2018, Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on behalf of the U.S. on fraud charges and for violating U.S. trade sanctions against Iran. In 2021, the Biden administration released Meng back to China. Why it..MORE...
The Biden administration allows blacklisted Huawei to buy American chips
The Biden administration has approved licenses worth hundreds of millions of dollars for China’s blacklisted telecom company Huawei to buy American chips. The Trump administration had earlier blocked Huawei from buying computer chips the company relies on for its smartphones and equipment..MORE...
Biden DOJ drops charges against five Chinese spies
Biden’s DOJ has dropped charges against five Chinese “researchers” accused of visa fraud and of hiding their ties to the Chinese military. Why it matters: The arrests were part of a Trump-era initiative aimed at curbing Beijing’s efforts to steal..MORE...
Biden drops Trump attempt to ban TikTok and WeChat
Biden’s executive order withdrew a series of Trump-era executive orders that sought to block new downloads of Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat apps which, according to the Trump administration, posed national security concerns with the threat that the sensitive personal data..MORE...
Biden shuts down Trump-era probe into Covid links to Chinese lab
Biden has terminated the inquiry launched last fall on the orders of Donald Trump into whether Covid originated in a Wuhan lab, possibly as a result of China’s biological weapons program. Instead, another investigation was announced, which could be better..MORE...
Biden cancels Trump-era restriction on CCP propaganda centers in American schools, a.k.a. Confucius Institutes
Six days after his inauguration, President Biden quietly nixed the policy enacted by President Trump that would require American universities to reveal cooperation with China’s Confucius Institute lest they lose certification for the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. Why it..MORE...
Biden gives China access to the American electrical grid
On his first full day in office, President Biden signed a massive executive order that, among other things, reversed a previous directive by the Trump administration and allowed the Chinese government to get into the American electrical grid. Why it..MORE...