In the early hours of July 3, 2026, Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri was pulled from his jail cell in southern China. He assumed he was being transferred to another prison. Only when he arrived at the...
U.S.-Taiwan arms delivery backlogs and the future of deterrence
Washington is seeking to push older Chinese technology out of the nation’s core networks. On June 26, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) moved to bar the importation of all equipment and...
The United States is looking to catch up with China’s expanding biotechnology sector. On June 23, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a new proposal to accelerate clinical trials...
Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, said earlier this year that “AI is no longer a single breakthrough or application — it is essential infrastructure. Every company will use it. Every nation will build...
The Pentagon just fired a warning shot at Beijing — and Wall Street. On June 8, the Pentagon released its updated Section 1260H list, which designates Chinese companies as supporting Beijing’s military-civil...
A joint campaign to defend the island would struggle to operate effectively.
The late, great historian David McCullough fondly compared the American story to The Little Engine That Could. It was a common theme across his historical treatment of American marvels ranging...
For two days in Beijing last week, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping leaned into the familiar theater of great-power diplomacy. Trump said it was an “honor” to be Xi’s friend...
Excerpt President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping left their Beijing summit speaking the same language. The official White House readout issued Sunday mirrored Xi’s...
The Beijing summit was pageantry; Xi’s ambitions are not
The president’s post-China-summit comments about arms for Taipei invite trouble.
The United States and China remain stuck in a stalemate, but Beijing isn’t likely to be disappointed. President Trump and Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping convened in Beijing on May 14 to 15 to...
Trump and Xi met face-to-face, but their minds are worlds apart. Both sides described this week’s summit as constructive and there were no major surprises, but based on initial readouts, the two leaders...
A bombshell report this week laid bare a startling truth: Hong Kong is the lifeline for the Iranian regime and its terrorist proxies. Hong Kong-registered shell companies are funneling billions...
Trading the island’s security for rhetoric from Beijing would be a strategic blunder of historic proportions.
Taiwan will ramp up arms purchases following the approval of new defense spending. On May 8, Taiwan’s legislature passed a $25 billion supplement to the island’s annual defense budget, ending months...
The bombs may have stopped falling on Iran — for now — but that doesn’t mean the regime isn’t still under attack, including its illicit oil trade with China. The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday...
After a long search, the law finally caught up to the laptop. On April 27, the Department of Justice released an indictment of Xu Zewei, a Chinese national accused of participating in state-sponsored...