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The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on May 2, probing worldwide threats against the United States. They focused on China and how the country is strengthening its ties to Russia and other malign actors.

The Coalition for a Prosperous America released a new report to Congress that details the alarming extent to which U.S. asset managers and index providers are actively funneling billions of dollars of U.S. investor capital to Chinese Communist Party-linked companies, including Chinese firms that have been sanctioned by the U.S. government for human rights abuses […]

Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding, who served as senior director for strategic planning on the White House National Security Council, tells NTD about his assessment of the Chinese communist regime and global events. He includes comments on the war in Ukraine, trade relations, unrest in the Middle East, and tensions in the Indo-Pacific.

The Biden administration is sanctioning nine Chinese companies for their role in supporting Russia during its ongoing war in Ukraine. The companies directly worked in the Russian technology sector or provided support to Russia’s defense sector, according to a statement from the Commerce Department. The China-based companies are listed among some 300 other entities issued […]

American sentiment toward China has plunged to its lowest point in years. A recent survey shows over 80 percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of communist China. One more Chinese app is under scrutiny: Temu is an online mega-shopping platform from China, and 70 million Americans are using it. But are their personal data […]

BEIJING—A section of a highway collapsed after heavy rains in a mountainous area in southern China, sending cars tumbling down a slope and leaving at least 36 people dead, authorities said Thursday. The Meizhou city government said that 23 vehicles have been found after a 17.9-meter (58.7-foot) long section of the highway gave way about […]

A majority (58 percent) of Americans believe that China uses TikTok to shape U.S. public opinion. Around 13 percent disagreed, and the rest were unsure or didn’t answer the question.

House lawmakers last week sent a letter to the IRS, calling on the agency to investigate U.S.-based nonprofit groups with financial links to China, which are helping to organize anti-Israel protests. Retired Col. Grant Newsham, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy and the author of “When China Attacks,” tells NTD that supporting […]

A new law went into effect in Utah on May 1, which stops health insurance companies from paying for organ transplants in countries such as China, due to the Chinese regime’s practice of forced organ harvesting. Dr. Torsten Trey, founder and executive director of Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting, says more doctors should learn about […]

China’s communist regime spent $710.6 billion on its military in 2022, more than three times Beijing’s publicly stated totals, according to a report from the Washington-based American Enterprise Institute (AEI). “Considering that the Pentagon has labeled China the ‘pacing challenge,’ this revelation should cause concern,” the April 29 report reads. “When compared globally, China’s estimated […]

How much money does Beijing actually spend on its military? A new report reveals shocking estimates. The Biden administration is sending a new signal to American businesses: “not to operate” in Xinjiang. That’s amid Washington’s efforts to press Beijing to stop human rights violations in the region. In Georgia, a bill banning Chinese agents from […]

The House Foreign Affairs Committee Indo-Pacific Subcommittee holds a hearing to evaluate “the Taiwan Relations Act and Assessing the Future of U.S.-Taiwan Relations” at 2:00 p.m. ET on May 1. Witness: Daniel J. Kritenbrink, assistant secretary, Bureau of East Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State

NEW YORK—Communist believers from a group called “Revcom Corps” are calling for “physical revolution … at the soonest possible time” in the United States and were handing out fliers in support of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University on Monday. The fliers say “From Palestine to the U.S., Revolution, Nothing Less!” Many of the pro-Palestinian protesters […]

On April 30, the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control delved into China’s money laundering efforts in the fentanyl supply chain. Experts said combating the flow of fentanyl requires international efforts. Fentanyl production traces back to mainland China, where most of the drug’s precursor chemicals are made.  

TikTok’s content recommendation algorithm has once again come under the spotlight after the United States ordered its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the App’s U.S. assets or get ousted from U.S. app stores. How does it work?  

A top Chinese virologist has been protesting outside his lab after authorities reportedly shut down his facility and barred him from entering. Zhang Yongzhen is the first scientist in China to publish a genomic sequence of the COVID-19 virus. In January 2020, Mr. Zhang published his research on the COVID-19 virus without permission from authorities. […]

China’s communist regime is attempting to broker a new era of cooperation between rival Palestinian factions as hostage negotiations with Hamas sputter. This comes as the regime is attempting to bolster its influence in the Middle East at the expense of the United States. Fatah and the Hamas terrorist group have expressed a willingness to […]