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July 9, 2020

Professor charged over scheme to use $4M in US grant money to conduct research for China

A criminal complaint filed in May alleges that Song Guo Zheng was a participant in a Chinese Talent Plan, a program established by China to recruit individuals with access to foreign intellectual property. 

July 9, 2020

Trump administration sanctions Chinese officials over human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims

The Trump administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on three Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials over its treatment of minorities in the Xinjiang region, where Uyghurs and other minorities are suffering forced labor and other human rights abuses.

July 9, 2020

Pope scraps prepared remarks on China’s security law in Hong Kong, raising concerns: report

Pope Francis skipped any mention of Hong Kong during his weekly address last Sunday, even though the issue was reportedly included in his prepared remarks.

July 8, 2020

Mexico's reported coronavirus cases hit 1-day high during president's visit to Washington

Mexico set a new record for daily coronavirus cases reached in a single day with nearly 7,000 new cases reported Wednesday by the country’s Ministry of Health, along with 782 new deaths.

July 8, 2020

China experts expect TikTok ban 'by end of this week' as pressure mounts on Trump administration

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expanded on his considerations to ban the mobile app TikTok, saying it was only one of a number of Chinese companies that need to be held accountable for threatening Americans' data.

July 8, 2020

Ortagus says both parties guilty of not seeing China's leaders 'for who they really are' over past 40 years

State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus acknowledged on "Bill Hemmer Reports" Wednesday that the foreign policy establishment in both parties is guilty of "not seeing the Chinese Communist Party for who they really are" over the past four decades.

July 8, 2020

US will act to deny Chinese access to American data

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the U.S. will take steps to make sure the Chinese government cannot access American’s private information through social media accounts and telecommunication services.

July 8, 2020

China churches ordered to praise Xi Jinping's handling of coronavirus before reopening, watchdog says

Under Chinse Communist Party instruction, state-run churches in China say they were required to praise Xi Jinping's handling of the coronavirus pandemic in order to reopen, a watchdog reports.

July 8, 2020

Rep. Biggs on COVID-19: If people are relying solely on Fauci and Birx, that’s 'a problem'

Relying solely on the expertise of White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci is a "problem," Arizona Republican Congressman Andy Biggs said Wednesday.

July 8, 2020

Hogan Gidley: Joe Biden defends WHO, 'protects China' but won't speak up to condemn rioting

Hogan Gidley on Wednesday blasted presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for defending the World Health Organization after its mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.