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July 24, 2020

China accuses US of 'petty tricks' and 'Cold War mindset' after Pompeo's speech

Tensions between the U.S. and China have reached new heightened levels after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. will regarding China with a new strategy of “distrust and verify” and China accuses the U.S. of backward thinking.

July 24, 2020

Singaporean man pleads guilty to acting as secret agent for Chinese government

A Singapore national pled guilty to working as an agent of the Chinese government in federal court Friday over charges brought forward by the FBI.

July 24, 2020

Biology researcher accused of visa fraud, working with Chinese military, to appear in court

The Chinese biology researcher accused of lying on applications to obtain a visa and gain access to the United States is expected to make a court appearance via video conference Monday afternoon.

July 24, 2020

Pompeo announces end of 'blind engagement' with communist China: 'Distrust and verify'

Declaring at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library that "the old paradigm of blind engagement with China has failed," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday announced a new approach toward the Chinese Communist Party (CCP): "Distrust but verify."

July 24, 2020

ODNI 'primarily concerned' with China, Russia, Iran 'seeking to compromise' campaigns in 2020 election

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence warned Friday that adversaries like China, Russia and Iran are “seeking to compromise” private communications of U.S. political campaigns, candidates and other political targets to influence the 2020 election.

July 24, 2020

Dan Crenshaw says Chinese Consulate in Texas tried to 'burn all their evidence'

The latest move on behalf of the State Department to shutter a Chinese consulate in Houston over concerns of intellectual property theft should serve as a reminder that the Chinese are "not good actors" and disregard "all the values we hold dear,"  Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw said Friday.

July 24, 2020

Sen. Marco Rubio: Trump right to shut Chinese consulate in Houston — it was a massive spying operation

The Chinese consulate in Houston served as a front for the Chinese Communist Party and a central node in the massive spying operation that China uses to undermine the United States.

July 24, 2020

China orders US to close Chengdu consulate in apparent retaliation for Houston shutdown order

China on Friday ordered the United States to close its consulate in the western city of Chengdu in an increasingly rancorous diplomatic conflict.

July 23, 2020

Martha MacCallum presses Pompeo: 'Are we in a Cold War with China?'

"The Story" host Martha MacCallum pressed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on whether rapidly increasing tensions with China have led the two world powers into a Cold War, similar to the U.S.-Soviet relationship in the 20th century.

July 23, 2020

China says US is closing Houston consulate based on 'vicious slander'

Chinese officials said Thursday that “vicious slander” is behind America's decision to close the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas after government officials cited threats of espionage and intellectual property theft.