June 5, 2020 James Carafano: US vs. China — 5 smart ways to keep pushing back Foreign policy doesn’t stop for turmoil here at home. The U.S. can’t afford attention deficit disorder overseas.
June 4, 2020 Hong Kong passes bill making it a crime to disrespect China’s national anthem Hong Kong passed a law Thursday making it a crime to disrespect China’s national anthem, but pro-democracy activists disregarded the new rules and proceeded to hold a candlelight vigil in Victoria Park to commemorate the 31st anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square massacre.
June 4, 2020 Ex-MI6 boss says coronavirus likely engineered in Wuhan lab A former head of the British intelligence agency MI6 was quoted in The Telegraph's Planet Normal podcast that he believes the COVID-19 outbreak was engineered in a lab and spread through coincidence.
June 4, 2020 Police fire pepper spray at demonstrators during Tiananmen Square memorial Police officers fired pepper spray at a crowd of Hong Kong demonstrators at a Tiananmen Square memorial, after protesters defied a police ban Thursday, according to Reuters.
June 4, 2020 James Clapper: China, Russia will exploit human rights abuses 'in our own streets' China and Russia will exploit ongoing unrest by pointing out U.S. "hypocrisy" and "abuse of human rights in our own streets," former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper argued Thursday.
June 4, 2020 Arthur Herman: US coronavirus lockdown — China seizes chance to fulfill these global ambitions Our current lockdown strategy may or may not defeat the coronavirus. But the Chinese clearly see it as a big win for them.
June 4, 2020 China knife attack at a kindergarten injures at least 39 A school security guard injured at least 39 people in a knife attack at a kindergarten in southern China on Thursday morning, state media reported. The motive remains unknown.
June 3, 2020 College Republicans, Democrats groups both call for closures of Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes Both the College Republican National Committee and the College Democrats of America signed an open letter specifically aimed at Communist China last month, demanding the closure of Confucius Institutes that are stationed at U.S. college campuses across the country.
June 3, 2020 Trump administration banning Chinese airlines from operating incoming flights as of June 16 The ban is set to take effect as of June 16, or earlier, depending upon the orders of President Trump.
June 3, 2020 Wuhan claims it has tested nearly entire city for coronavirus and only found 300 asymptomatic cases The Chinese city where the coronavirus originated is claiming Tuesday that a massive testing effort targeting nearly all of its 11 million residents has resulted in just 300 new cases – all of which are asymptomatic.
