China has sentenced a fourth Canadian citizen to death on drug charges in less than two years following a sharp downturn in ties.

The United States is responding to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “unrestricted warfare” strategy by ratcheting up its war of words and escalating its countermeasures—a more hard-hitting approach to a threat that previous administrations failed to fully recognize, according to experts. Top U.S. officials, as well as politicians from both sides of the political aisle, […]

Commentary It’s the oddest thing. The more America’s Big Tech companies such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter have contributed to keeping America’s economy afloat during the coronavirus lockdown, the louder the voices get to break them up or to tie them up into regulatory knots. At the same time that the White […]

How is the Chinese regime forcing nations to choose between the Chinese and American models, and punishing countries like Australia and the United Kingdom that fail to comply with its demands? How is the Chinese Communist Party exploiting the protests and riots in America following the killing of George Floyd for propaganda? How has the […]

A U.S. official said he is preparing an executive order to hand to President Donald Trump that would help relocate medical supply chains from overseas to the United States, as the coronavirus outbreak exposes the vulnerabilities of foreign supply chains. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, told CNBC that […]

U.S. officials recently introduced legislation to address China’s human rights violations in the Xinjiang region. On March 12, U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) proposed a new bill, called the Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act, which would require U.S.-traded companies that do business in Xinjiang to review and disclose information about their supply chains—particularly whether their […]

Foreign-born researchers working at U.S. agencies secretly joined China’s payroll, sending sensitive U.S.-funded research to the country while U.S. government agencies took almost no defensive measures against a major recruitment operation, a Senate investigation found. Researchers linked to the Chinese government formed a Chinese cell within the Department of Energy, attained access to American genomic […]

Now that the election is out of the way, Canada’s new minority government has little time to lose in tackling multiple significant issues facing the country, including national unity, the economy, Beijing’s aggression, and a revamping of foreign policy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ruled out forming a governing coalition, vowing to work with other […]

News analysis European Union officials are pushing President-elect Ursula von der Leyen to update its Standards Policy to favor EU tech firms by slapping tariffs on the United States and China. During the rise of globalism and internationalization of supply chains, the European Union supported multilateral standards development organizations (SDOs), with the argument that they […]

Apple Inc has asked its major suppliers to assess the cost implications of moving 15 percent to 30 percent of their production capacity from China to Southeast Asia as it prepares for a restructuring of its supply chain, according to a Nikkei Asian Review report on June 19. Apple’s request was a result of the […]

Unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, have become popular in recent years for their diverse applications, such as photography, mapping, crop surveying, shipping, and surveillance. However, Beijing can exploit these drones, undermining U.S. national security, according to the latest U.S. government warning. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the warning against Chinese […]

Commentary Concern about Taiwan is growing. The tiny nation of around 23 million people has been a democratic success story, showing, to the shame of the giant nation on the mainland, that they can indeed govern themselves. And while governing themselves, the Taiwanese have stood firm, facing down the giant military of the People’s Republic […]

WASHINGTON—For the first time, persecuted faith groups in China and human rights organizations are forming a coalition to advance religious freedom in China, with the backing of the Trump administration and members of Congress. Sam Brownback, the U.S. ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom, and Rep. James P. McGovern (D-Mass.), the newly appointed chairman […]

Commentary Many recent studies related to cybersecurity have addressed the vulnerability and threats in mobile devices, such as the current hot topic of banning Huawei and ZTE equipment. Yet, not many reports have focused on the security risks associated with Chinese mobile apps. Most people think that mobile apps’ security issues are often related to […]

Commentary For more than a year, various media outlets, journalists, and social media personalities have spun narratives outlining how special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation is preparing major indictments of people affiliated with the Trump campaign for collusion with Russia through WikiLeaks’ publication of stolen Democratic emails. Story after story supposedly detailing damning new evidence obtained […]

Apple hoped to offset slowing demand for iPhones by raising the prices of its most important product, but that strategy seems to have backfired after sales sagged during the holiday shopping season. Results released Jan. 29 revealed the magnitude of the iPhone slump—a 15 percent drop in revenue from the previous year. That decline in Apple’s […]

The Australian government confirmed late Jan. 23 that Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been detained in China, just as Australia’s Defence Minister Christopher Pyne embarks on an official visit to Beijing. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade was alerted on Jan. 23 that Yang, a novelist and influential online commentator, had been detained. “On […]

SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is considering suspending operations at one of its mobile phone manufacturing plants in China due to slumping sales and rising labor costs, the Electronic Times reported on Aug. 13. Samsung might stop producing mobile phones this year at Tianjin Samsung Telecom Technology, located in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, the […]