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January 26, 2021

Pompeo: Chinese Communist Party looking for a 'soft underbelly' in Biden's administration

The Chinese Communist Party is looking for the "soft underbelly" of the Biden administration in the hope of achieving a series of endeavors Donald Trump stymied as president, according to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

January 25, 2021

WaPo reports on 'British, South African COVID variants' after condemning Trump's 'China Virus' label last year

The Washington Post is getting called out for tying variants of the coronavirus to the countries of origin they were discovered in after previously condemning President Trump for his "dangerous" rhetoric about the China-borne illness. 

January 25, 2021

11 Chinese miners rescued after 14 days trapped in gold mine after explosion

Almost a dozen survivors were rescued, having survived on liquid food sent through a makeshift shaft.

January 25, 2021

China pushes fringe theories on COVID-19 pandemic origins, vaccines

Some worry that when the state pushes fringe theories, it encourages poor public health policy by fostering skepticism about the virus.

January 25, 2021

Chinese warplanes enter Taiwan airspace days after Biden takes office

China ratcheted up activity in Taiwan airspace on Sunday by flying 15 fighter jets between mainland Taiwan and the Pratas Islands in the South China Sea, a report said.

January 24, 2021

Sen. Cotton: China sanctions are 'insidious escalation' of 'effort to influence American policy'

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., argued on Sunday that sanctions against former Trump administration officials are a "dangerous" and "insidious escalation of China's effort to influence American policy."

January 24, 2021

Russia, China benefiting from a Biden presidency, not America: Rep. McCarthy

House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., argued on Saturday that "our adversaries," not the American people, are benefiting from President Biden's actions during his first week in office.

January 23, 2021

Wuhan returns to normal as world still battling pandemic

A year ago, a notice sent to smartphones in Wuhan at 2 a.m. announced the world’s first coronavirus lockdown, bringing the bustling central Chinese industrial and transport center to a virtual standstill almost overnight. It would last 76 days.

January 23, 2021

Biden agrees with Trump State Department on one issue: China committed genocide against Uyghurs

In a rare occasion of agreements, Joe Biden is on the same page with the Trump administration when it comes to the Chinese Communist Party’s treatment of Ethnic Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang region: It is a genocide.

January 23, 2021

Hawley, Stefanik call for investigation into Chinese role in coronavirus outbreak, as Biden restores WHO ties

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., are calling for an international investigation into the origins of the coronavirus outbreak and China’s role in it -- just as President Biden moved to rejoin the World Health Organization (WHO).