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February 10, 2021

State Department says 'jury still out' on WHO's Wuhan coronavirus investigation

State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Tuesday "the jury's still out" on the findings of an investigation by the World Health Organization that suggests the coronavirus was transmitted from animal to human, effectively shelving other theories, including that the highly infectious virus was leaked from a lab in Wuhan into the surrounding community.

February 9, 2021

New York Times columnist dismisses ‘bad stuff with the Uighurs,’ says America should be more like China

China is a much better place than America despite those pesky accusations of genocide against Uighurs, according to New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.

February 9, 2021

Merkel under fire for failing to choose sides between communist China and capitalist US

EXCLUSIVE: President Biden’s government has been outmaneuvered by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on critical security fronts, Richard Grenell, the former acting director of national intelligence for the Trump administration, told Fox News.

February 9, 2021

Pompeo: 'Significant evidence' coronavirus originated in Wuhan lab, despite WHO claims

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said "significant evidence" remained that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory, casting doubt Tuesday on the World Health Organization's assessment that it likely spread from animals to humans.

February 9, 2021

WHO drops investigation into whether COVID-19 virus leaked from Wuhan lab, calling theory unlikely

A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic downplayed the possibility that the virus leaked from a lab near Wuhan, China, during a news conference on Tuesday.

February 9, 2021

Rep. Mark Green: Cancel culture eerily similar to Communist China playbook to control its people

Censorship is something we’re used to seeing in China, but we should be shocked when we see signs of it in our own backyard.

February 9, 2021

US aircraft carriers train in South China Sea amid tensions early in Biden administration

Two U.S aircraft carrier strike groups conducted joint exercises in the disputed waters of the South China Sea on Tuesday, amid increasing attention on how the Biden administration will handle threats from China.

February 8, 2021

Cotton: Biden's liberal media 'friends' finally coming around to calling for Wuhan lab investigation

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Monday that he was "glad to see Joe Biden singing a different tune" in regards to the US' foreign policy stance on China, but criticized the President for not outlining what the specifics of his strategy might be. 

February 8, 2021

Biden officials believe China to be 'greatest long-term national security threat' to the US, McCaul says

President Biden’s Secretary of State Tony Blinken and White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan believe that China poses the "greatest long-term national security threat to the United States," Republican Rep. Michael McCaul told Fox News after speaking with the officials, but McCaul said they will have a "different approach" to China than the Trump administration.

February 8, 2021

'Credible case' China is carrying out genocide against Uighurs: legal opinion

There is a "very credible case" that China is carrying out genocide against Uighurs, according to a formal legal opinion recently published in the United Kingdom and cited by the BBC on Sunday.