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The End of TikTok? A Complete Ban Is Now Closer Than Ever
A complete ban on the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok is now closer than ever. Bipartisan legislation could require TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance or face an outright ban on app stores across the United States.
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Great China-American Abyss
Imagine if the United States treated China in the same way it does us? What if American companies simply ignored Chinese copyrights and patents…
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Exposé Uncovers Links Between China and Code Pink
An exposé of a financial network that uses American nonprofits to push Chinese talking points worldwide incriminates Code Pink
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Communist China Is Planning To Build Military Base Just 100 Miles Off The Coast Of Florida
Communist China is reportedly planning on building a military base in northern Cuba, approximately 100 miles off the coast of Florida, sending U.S. officials into a panic over how to respond.
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Five Big Favors Biden Has Done for His Commie Sugar Daddies in Beijing
Rep. James Comer claims the House Oversight Committee has found wire transfers from Chinese pinkos that were sent to various Biden bank accounts.
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How the CCP Is Embedding Itself in American Cities
China has embedded itself in more than 150 cities across the United States where Beijing is targeting local politicians to expand the Chinese Communist Party's espionage network, according to a Republican senator.
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Gordon Chang: China's War Warnings
The world needs to look at what the Chinese leadership is in fact doing. Xi Jinping appointed what is now known as his "war cabinet" in October, at the Communist Party's 20th National Congress; he is implementing the largest military buildup since the
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CCP State Media Praises ‘Davos Spirit’ as Conference Begins
As the World Economic Forum’s Davos 2023 conference is set to begin on Monday and elitist attendees flock to Switzerland, the CCP seems particularly enthusiastic.
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China’s Xi Is ‘Doing It Again’: Pompeo Suggests Cutting Off China Travel As COVID Surges
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggested that the United States and the rest of the world should cut off travel from China to prevent another global outbreak of a COVID variant.
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Why Are We Allowing Dangerous Chinese Tech Companies To Operate On American Soil?
It's not just TikTok and ByteDance. Chinese tech companies like Alibaba and Baidu are a major threat to U.S. national security.
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‘Embrace China’: Biden’s Latest Diplomatic Hire Worked with CCP Front Groups
President Biden’s latest State Department hire, who once urged Americans to "embrace China," has worked with two prominent Chinese Communist Party front groups to foster ties between Washington and Beijing.
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Why Do the Chinese Commies Have Their Own Police Station in New York?
The human rights watchdog group Safeguard Defenders is claiming that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has established a network of Chinese police stations across the globe, including three in Toronto...
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Biden Climate Appointee Studied at CCP-Controlled University Linked to Chinese Military
President Biden's latest climate appointee studied at a Chinese Communist Party-controlled university that conducts research for the People's Liberation Army.
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Big Tech Whistleblower Exposes Twitter’s Close Relationship With The Chinese Communist Party
Twitter has been cozying up to members of the Chinese Communist Party while cracking down on American citizens.
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Trump Is Right. Mitch McConnell And Elaine Chao Spent Decades Getting ‘Rich On China’
For years, the McConnell and Chao families have cultivated a relationship that enriches them and grants status to the Chao shipping company.
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Pelosi Blasted After Calling China ‘One Of The Freest Societies In The World’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) faced backlash online Tuesday after she said during an NBC News interview that communist China was “one of the freest societies in the world.”
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U.S. Department of Energy Gives Revolutionary Battery Technology to China
The U.S. Department of Energy inexplicably allows China to walk away with superior battery technology funded by U.S. taxpayers.
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Chinese Biggest Investor in U.S. Real Estate Last Year – $6.1 Billion on Homes in Florida, California
Chinese investors are gobbling up homes, farms and other properties in the U.S., statistics in a real estate market report show
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Apple CEO Sucks Up to China in Interview With State-Owned Media
Apple chief executive Tim Cook met this month with Chinese Communist Party members and propagandists who enable Beijing's mass surveillance, internet censorship, and other human rights abuses.
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Xinjiang Police Hack Reveals Horrors of Uyghur Camps
The West has long known about the camps in China’s Xinjiang region where the regime has imprisoned Uyghurs. However, a recent hack into the Xinjiang police reveals material directly from inside the camps. The information is damning.
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The Chinese Communist Party’s Terrorist Attack on America
When Dr. John Cheng opted to attend church services at the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, just 45 minutes outside of Los Angeles…
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GOP senators want answers on DOJ decision to kill program to catch Chinese spies
DOJ bowed to activist pressure led by two prestigious schools with extensive China ties.
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Joe Biden Eliminates U.S. Tariffs on More than 350 China-Made Products
President Joe Biden's administration has eliminated United States tariffs on more than 350 products made in China.
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BOMBSHELL: Biden's DOJ Drops Anti-Spy China Initiative — Because Racism
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and his Chi-com libertine Fang Fang are going to crack open the champagne over this one. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dropped the Trump-era China Initiative, creat...
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‘Red-Handed’: 20 Republicans Who Sold Out to China
A total of 20 Republicans are named in Peter Schweizer’s new book as having business dealings and political ties to the United States’ largest adversary, China.
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Meet the California Dem Who Invited the CCP Into His Local Classrooms
A Democrat running for Congress in California worked to bring an educational program sponsored by the Chinese Communist Party into his community's K-12 classrooms.
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Report: China's Uyghur Torchbearer Vanishes After Poor Showing at Ski Event
Uyghur torchbearer Dinigeer Yilamujiang reportedly disappeared from the Beijing Olympic games after a poor performance on Saturday.
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US Media Outlets Peddle Chinese Propaganda as Olympics Begin in Beijing
China is hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics, which means U.S. media coverage of the brutal communist regime is going to be even more credulous and obsequious than usual over the next couple of weeks.
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Beijing-Based ByteDance Knows TikTok Is A Cultural Weapon
ByteDance owns an app controlled by a government enemy, and it's designed to be less harmful than the one peddled in America.
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China Scores Propaganda Triumph at Opening of Genocide Olympics
It was a masterstroke of propaganda created by the master propagandists of the Chinese Communist government.
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‘Red-Handed’: 23 Former U.S. Senators and Congressmen Who Lobby for Chinese Military or Chinese Intelligence-Linked Companies
Peter Schweizer's exposé, "Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win," reveals how 23 former U.S. lawmakers have lobbied for Chinese military or intelligence-linked companies.
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Gordon Chang: Thanks to China, Supply Chains Will Never Recover
A logistical supply chain with little resiliency has collapsed.
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China could recover US stealth fighter jet from South China Sea before US
The U.S. Navy is in a race against China to recover an F-35C Lightning II fighter jet that crashed in the South China Sea on Monday. The $100 million
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Amazon Partners With Chinese Propaganda Arm, Deletes Reviews Critical of Communist Party Books
"We are not making a judgment on whether it is right or wrong."
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NFL ‘Caves To Communist China’ As It Releases Map Falsely Claiming That Taiwan Belongs To China
The National Football League (NFL) faced backlash on Wednesday afternoon over a map it published that showed Taiwan belonging to China.
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Disney Caves to China By Dropping 'Simpsons' Episode That Mentions Tiananmen Square
The Walt Disney Company who owns the Disney streaming service Disney +, decided to drop an episode from the 16th season of The Simpsons from its menu.
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How Deep Chinese Influence Pushed Australia Into Astonishing Covid Tyranny
Australia's compromised elite is responding to a virus likely juiced up in a Chinese bioweapons lab by adopting unprecedented, Communist-style controls.
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Psaki On Communist China Obtaining Advanced, Nuclear-Capable Weapons Tech: ‘We Welcome Stiff Competition’
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to news reports from over the weekend that indicated that China had developed advanced nuclear-capable weapons systems by saying that the Biden administration “welcome[s] stiff competition.”
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Democrats Block Bill To Sanction Trillion-Dollar Trade Between China and the Taliban
Democratic leadership in the House blocked a GOP-led measure to sanction trade between the Taliban and China, with the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee citing opposition to any move that could anger the Afghan terror group, according to con
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Chinese State Media Shows Up At L.A. High School To Capture Images Of Students Getting COVID Vax
The Xinhua News Agency's U.S. arm registered as a foreign agent earlier this year.
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The CCP’s COVID-19 Cover Up
The Biden Administration’s intelligence community has completed its investigation into the origins of COVID-19. Two of three agencies believe the virus…
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Top Biden Ambassador Picks Served on Board of China-Backed Group
President Joe Biden's picks for two high-profile ambassadorships served on the board of a nonprofit group tied to Chinese propaganda organizations and several Chinese state-owned companies.
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Chinese State Media After Biden Calls For Pandemic Probe: China Must Prepare For Nuclear War With U.S.
The editor of China’s state-run Global Times has reportedly warned that communist China needs to prepare for nuclear war with the United States after President Joe Biden ordered the U.S. Intelligence community to redouble their efforts in investigating th
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Rand Paul ‘Very Worried’ U.S. Funding Being Used For Chinese ‘Frankenstein Super-Virus’ Bioweapons
Speaking with Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro on Saturday, Sen. Rand Paul expressed concern that U.S. funding may still be used by the Chinese communist regime to
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Despite ‘Uncompromising Commitment To Security And User Privacy,’ Apple Is Handing Over Data To China
Apple claims to be committed to both “human rights” and privacy. In their “Our Commitment to Human Rights” document, they declare that they “feel a deep
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America Needs An Honest Debate About Red Lines In Defense Of Taiwan
Politicians and military analysts should be blunt about their plans regarding the defense of Taiwan from possible Chinese invasion.
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Despite Joe Biden's Promises, Hunter Is Still In Bed With The Chinese Government – RedState
Is Hunter Biden registered with FARA?
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Wuhan Lab Connected to Chinese Military, Documents Reveal
A Daily Mail investigation has uncovered additional evidence that the COVID-19 coronavirus may have originated in a military virus lab in Wuhan China.
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REVEALED: DC Mayor Bowser & Cabinet Picks Met With Top 'Influence' Arm Of Chinese Communist Party.
Despite these warnings, Bowser and her appointees repeatedly met with the United Front’s Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
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Wuhan Lab *Was* Cause Of COVID-19, Claims Award-Winning Scientist in New Study Citing 600 Pieces of Evidence.
The February study argues against two prevailing theories that COVID-19 was transmitted to humans either via a wet market or a lab accident.
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Wuhan Lab Eligible To Receive US Taxpayer Funding Through 2024, NIH Confirms
The Wuhan Institute of Virology is still authorized to receive taxpayer funding for animal research, the National Institute of Health has confirmed.
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Here Are The Companies Linked To Forced Uighur Slave Labor
Dozens of companies and brands have been linked to labor forced on Uighur Muslims by the Chinese government, according to multiple reports.
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Europe capitulates to China's rulers - Washington Times
The challenges facing what we used to call, with pride and confidence, the Free World are daunting. Illiberal authoritarians of various stripes are increasingly assertive and audacious.
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China’s virus deceptions have been even worse than we thought
Fresh evidence published jointly by The New York Times and ProPublica confirms that Beijing has been trying to keep COVID-19 information from the rest of the...
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Grenell: Democrats have 'hoodwinked' public into thinking Russia is more important issue than China
Both the United States and the international community have failed to recognize China as a "clear and present danger," former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell told "Life, Liberty & Levin" in an interview airing Sunday.
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BOMBSHELL: Leaked List of 2 Million Chinese Communist Party Members Shows How Vulnerable the West Is
In what will be an embarrassment to Xi Jinping, a detailed list of 2 million members of the Chinese Communist Party has been leaked to the media.
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A New Chinese Spy Story Involving Democrat Eric Swalwell Surfaces. Swalwell Lashes Out At Critics. | The Daily Wire
A new story involving an alleged Chinese spy and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) surfaced Thursday afternoon, prompting the lawmaker to lash out at critics
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Opinion: America Surrenders to China
The United States is mired in a succession crisis. There is much loose talk about another civil war erupting between supporters of President-elect Joe Biden...
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The Story of a Chinese Spy and Bay Area Politicians Highlights U.S. Vulnerabilities to Influence Operations
The details on how a Chinese spy infiltrated politics in the Bay Area may give insight more generally on several things the United States must do proactively.
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Gordon Chang: China Engaged in 'an Act of War' by Enflaming Antifa Riots in the U.S.
China expert Gordon Chang said the Chinese Communist Party engaged in an "act of war" by enflaming antifa riots over the summer.
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DNI John Ratcliffe: China Is Using Blackmail, Covert Influence to Target Members of Congress
John Ratcliffe said the communist Chinese government is using blackmail, bribery and covert operations to target lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
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Biden Education Lead: Chinese Communist Party Has Done 'Magical Work'
Joe Biden's education transition team lead has a long history of praising China's school system—a system designed to indoctrinate students.
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Xi's Gotta Have It: China Welcomes Biden With Orders From Beijing With Love
The Globe Daily is a known outlet for Chinese Communist Party propaganda. It’s owned by the People’s Daily in Beijing, which is literally an official outlet for the Central Committee. The...
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WHO ‘Quietly Negotiated’ Deal That ‘Sidelined Its Own Experts’ From Investigating Coronavirus Origin In China
The World Health Organization (WHO) reportedly hid concessions that it made to communist China about how it would conduct investigations into the origin
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Is China Funding the Phony Joe Biden Campaign? - American Greatness
Joe Biden is running a profoundly phony campaign. Hillary’s defeat is famously blamed on her low-energy decision to not show up in the Rust Belt.
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Is China Involved in the Media Propping Up Joe Biden?
Democrats claimed the Hunter Biden scandal was Russian disinformation. But is China involved in the media's propping up Joe Biden?
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NYPD cop charged with serving as secret agent of Chinese government
Baimadajie Angwang, who works as a community affairs officer in the 111th Precinct in Queens, allegedly began acting on behalf of China in May 2018.
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Hunter Biden Offered D.C. Access to Chinese Company in Exchange for Investments
Hunter Biden touted his family’s political clout to solicit $5 million investment from China for his U.S.-based financial advisory firm, according to a court filing by a white collar convict who claims he had an inside view into Biden’s murky foreign busi
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Report: College Board Became 'Key Partner' With Chinese Regime
College Board, the academic giant that administers the SAT, served as a "key partner" for the Chinese government for more than two decades, helping them establish controversial Confucius Institute programs across the U.S. K-12 system, according to a new r
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Backlash Against Disney For Filming ‘Mulan’ In Chinese Province With Concentration Camps
Disney’s live-action remake of “Mulan” has come under fire after the ending credits revealed for filming scenes in China’s Xinjiang Province, where more than a million Uyghur Muslims are housed in concentration camps by the Chinese government. The Hollywo
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National Security Adviser: China ‘Trying To Elect Biden,’ Has ‘Most Sophisticated Global Influence Programs’ And ‘Capabilities’
National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien warned on Thursday that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was “trying to elect” Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and that they have the most powerful and sophisticated tools to do it. P
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Blackburn, Rubio Blast NBA for Covering Up Chinese Training Center Abuse - Washington Free Beacon
Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R., Tenn.) and Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) accused the NBA of being complicit in "Chinese state-sanctioned abuse of children" after the league misled lawmakers on its training academy in Xinjiang, China.
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Stelter Credits China-Owned App Users for Trump Rally ‘Sabotage’
It wasn’t long ago that CNN media reporter Brian Stelter was decrying social media platforms like Facebook who weren’t going full bore against President Trump.
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China Reportedly Institutes Mass Lockdowns Of More Than 100 Million After Failing To Stop Outbreak
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has reportedly ordered more than a hundred million people to go into lockdown after the government failed to stop the coronavirus outbreak originating in their country which has devastated the global economy. “Some
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Communist China Using COVID Crisis to Crack Down on Hong Kong
China's communist government remains bent on destroying Hong Kong's democratic forces and controlling the population. Bejing is using COVID-19's crisis to take advantage.
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Pompeo Proven Right: China Admits That It Intentionally Destroyed Coronavirus Lab Samples
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) admitted late last week that it destroyed coronavirus lab samples during the initial months of the outbreak, which originated in Wuhan, China. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has repeatedly said that China refused to give
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COVID-19 Proves America Needs Economic Nationalism
eports of a deadly new virus began trickling out of China in December. The infection spread rapidly. By March 12, the World Health Organization deemed COVID-19 a global pandemic. The next day President Trump declared COVID-19 a “national emergency” that w
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Here's How Badly China Faked Their COVID-19 Numbers
China says it has 83,000 coronavirus infections. But leaked Chinese data shows the number to be over 640,000.
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Feds Arrest Professor For Allegedly Hiding Funding From Communist China. Another Professor Pleads Guilty To Similar Charges.
Federal law enforcement officials arrested a professor at the University of Arkansas for allegedly concealing his involvement in a program that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses to steal intellectual property from U.S. institutions. “Simon Ang
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Why Are Coronavirus-Stricken Countries Suddenly Singing China's Praises?
In January, Chinese consulates across the world issued an urgent call for personal protective equipment (PPE) in order to fight the new coronavirus epidemic.
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Has China Compromised Every Major Mainstream Media Entity?
It seems a number of major US media outlets have financial ties to the Chinese Communist Party, and it shows in their coverage of coronavirus.
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Senator Ted Cruz to Introduce Legislation to Punish Hollywood/Chinese Alliance
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has proposed a way to discourage Hollywood from profiting off of Communist Chinese propaganda. It’s not news that Hollywood production companies edit and censor their films according to the dictates of the Chinese government.
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‘THIS IS CRAZY!’: Chinese-Made Drones Are Monitoring Streets In 20 States To Enforce Social Distancing. U.S. Officials Are Concerned About Spying.
An MSNBC segment from late last week sparked controversy after it shined a light on a program that some localities across the U.S. are participating in that uses Chinese-made drones to monitor American citizens in an effort to enforce social distancing. &
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AEI Releases ‘Conservative’ Estimate Of China’s True Outbreak Numbers. It’s Staggering.
The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) released a new “conservative estimation” on the true extent of China’s coronavirus outbreak and determined that China, even when given every benefit of the doubt, has severely and “deliberate
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Coronavirus: Government’s testing chief admits none of 3.5m antibody kits work sufficiently
The UK government’s new testing chief has admitted that none of the 3.5 million antibody tests ordered from China are fit for widespread use. Professor John Newton, who was appointed by health secretary Matt Hancock to oversee testing, reportedly said the
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How to Hold China Legally & Politically Accountable
The rest of the world is entitled to restitution from China for its mishandling of the coronavirus crisis, and there may be ways to enforce this.
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Communist China Was Always One Lab Accident Away From Becoming a Supervillain
Communism enforces dishonesty and China's lies mean it cannot be trusted as long as communists rule.
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Is the U.S. Media Parroting China’s Propaganda?
re U.S.-based media companies and journalists deliberately pushing Communist China’s propaganda and disinformation about COVID-19 to protect their Chinese media partners and profits? Regrettably, it wouldn’t be the first time American media entities serve
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As Long As Communist China Controls The WHO, It's Unreliable
The WHO’s peddling of CCP narratives as the pandemic grew, mimicked by health officials and politicians, no doubt contributed to the spread of the virus.
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China Sends Hundreds Of Thousands Of Coronavirus Tests, Masks To Nations. Many Reportedly Don’t Work.
Communist China, in an attempt to salvage its image over the coronavirus outbreak, has started to deliver hundreds of thousands of testing kits and masks to nations around the world, which reportedly do not work. “In Spain, which currently has the f
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TikTok’s Communist China Ties Make It The Worst Way To Waste Time In Quarantine
Communist China hampered the dissemination of information that could have prevented a pandemic, and we're spending the resultant quarantine with TikTok.
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Communist Quality Control: Beijing Sends 150,000 Wuhan Virus Testing Kits to Prague, 80% Fail
The Communist thugs in charge of China have been trying to have it two ways on coronavirus: Playing the aggrieved victim of racism/biological-warfare/whatever, and acting like the international bigshot who, having solved the crisis at home, is now eager t
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Chinese State Communist Propaganda Promotes Hillary’s Coronavirus Attacks On Trump | The Daily Wire
Chinese state communist propaganda promoted a tweet from Democrat Hillary Clinton on Friday that contained misleading information about President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus, which originated in China. “The president is
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We'll Be Alright, and Then We Must Reckon with Communist China
China's communists unleashed the coronavirus and there must be a reckoning for their lies.
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Media And Corporate Elites Act As PR Machine For Communist China
The Chinese Communist Party is in an all-out propaganda war to deny its hand in coronavirus, and American corporations and media elites are helping.
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Democrats And The Media Are Running Cover For A Communist Country To Blame For A Global Pandemic
During this time of crisis, it is fortunate that Democrats and the media have remained focused on the most crucial issues. That is why, even now, as the number of infected rises and mass closures and shut downs threaten to send the economy into a tailspin
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Inside China's high-stakes campaign to smear the United States over coronavirus
It's a high-stakes strategy for the Asian nation fighting to keep its superpower status amid a national lockdown and palpable anger over claims of a cover-up made worse by an economic crisis.
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Why China's Government Is Like Something out of '1984’
The Chinese communist government increasingly poses an existential threat not just to its own 1.4 billion citizens but to the world at large. China is currently in a dangerously chaotic state. And why not, when a premodern authoritarian society leaps wild
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AG Barr Highlights Greatest Threat To U.S.: ‘Should Vastly Outweigh All Other’ Priorities | The Daily Wire
Attorney General William Barr sounded the alarm to the greatest threat facing the United States on Thursday during a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, saying that few are aware of the repercussions of China’s rapid advanc
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14 Times U.S. Companies Self-Censored Or Apologized To Appease China
Out of fear of financial backlash, U.S. businesses are quick to issue groveling apologies and fold to the demands of both Chinese consumers and authorities.