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January 20, 2021

China says Sec. Pompeo is 'doomsday clown’ following allegations of genocide in Xinjiang

China’s Foreign Ministry described outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday as a “doomsday clown” and said his designation of China as a perpetrator of genocide and crimes against humanity was merely “a piece of wastepaper.”

January 19, 2021

Chinese scientists develop gene therapy which could delay aging

Scientists in Beijing have developed a new gene therapy which can reverse some of the effects of aging in mice and extend their lifespans, findings which may one day contribute to similar treatment for humans.

January 19, 2021

Panel: China, WHO should have acted quicker to stop pandemic

A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier and questioned whether the U.N. health agency should have labeled it a pandemic sooner.

January 19, 2021

Incoming Biden secretary of state: Trump right to take ‘tougher stance’ on China

President-elect Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said in a confirmation hearing Tuesday there is “no doubt” China poses the greatest threat of any nation to the U.S.

January 19, 2021

Clyburn won't say whether China committing genocide of Uighurs: 'I try to stay out of these foreign affairs'

House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., declined Tuesday to take a stance on whether China is committing genocide against ethnic Uighur Muslims in the northwestern province of Xinjiang, telling "America Reports" that "I try to stay out of these foreign affairs matters."

January 19, 2021

Pompeo designates China's treatment of Uighurs an 'act of genocide'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused China of a state-sanctioned “genocide” of its Uyghur population in the Xinjiang province.  

January 19, 2021

Biden DNI nominee Haines says aim should be to 'out-compete China'

President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said, if confirmed, she would focus on providing intelligence to support efforts to "out-compete China," while committing to doing more training to educate Americans on the country's malign foreign influence.

January 19, 2021

Chinese Communist Party an 'existential' threat that Biden must confront: Pompeo

Departing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed the incoming Biden administration on Tuesday to take the Chinese Communist Party seriously as an "existential" threat to the country, saying the "American people are counting on it."

January 19, 2021

Chinese hiker goes missing in California's Yosemite, officials seeking information

Officials at California's famed Yosemite National Park are calling for aid in the search for a Chinese hiker who went missing last weekend. 

January 19, 2021

US counter-intel chief warns Biden admin of China's malign foreign influence: 'One of the bigger challenges'

EXCLUSIVE: National Counterintelligence and Security Center Director Bill Evanina said no country poses a "broader, more severe" threat to America than China, telling Fox News that its malign foreign influence campaign against the United States will be one of the "bigger challenges" for the incoming Biden administration.