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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.

January 18, 2021

Is anything being done to stop another pandemic emerging from China?

A year since the words "novel coronavirus" crept into news headlines, and over 2 million lives have been claimed as a result of the disease – officially termed COVID-19. Moreover, it has permeated every pocket of the planet, morphed into dozens of different strains, shuttered the world economy, overwhelmed health care resources, and rendered millions with unknown long-term ramifications.

January 18, 2021

China gold mine explosion: At least a dozen workers still alive after being trapped for a week, reports say

Chinese state media say 12 out of 22 workers trapped for a week by an explosion in a gold mine are alive, as hundreds of rescuers seek to bring them to safety. 

January 18, 2021

Fred Fleitz: Biden, GOP and Dems must work together on these national security challenges

When Joe Biden becomes president of the United States at noon Wednesday he will need bipartisan cooperation to launch his national security policies and get members of his national security team confirmed by the Senate.