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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.

February 8, 2021

China says no new local COVID-19 infections for first time in two months: report

China’s National Health Commission announced Monday that for the first time in about two months, its mainland recorded no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases.

February 7, 2021

China Ambassador Cui Tiankai suggests WHO investigate coronavirus origins in US in CNN interview

China’s ambassador to the United States suggested in a televised interview Sunday that the World Health Organization should investigate whether the coronavirus outbreak began somewhere in America rather than Wuhan.

February 6, 2021

Washington Post editorial board calls for answers from China on pandemic origins; panned, praised on Twitter

The Washington Post's Editorial Board is gathering both critical and positive reaction on social media after publishing a piece on Friday which called for answers from China on the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

February 5, 2021

China cool to Biden administration attempt to negotiate nuclear deal

China pushed back Friday on calls from the Biden administration to address growing concerns about Beijing's nuclear stockpile, calling Washington's worries "groundless" and a "vilification."

February 5, 2021

Uighur internment camp survivor reveals China's horrifying 're-education' tactics

Tursenay Ziawudun is a survivor of the secretive Chinese camps where over a million Uighur Muslims have been detained

February 5, 2021

Hunter Biden still ‘working to unwind’ investment in Chinese firm

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter maintains a holding in a Chinese investment firm, though the White House says he is "working to unwind his investments."

February 5, 2021

WHO warned in 2020 against China travel bans, as coronavirus cases grew

On Feb. 4, 2020, the World Health Organization warned against banning travel to and from China as COVID-19 cases surged past 20,000.