“These companies sold narcotics, addicted Americans, maybe killed Americans and we’ve seen the PRC awarding money to these companies.” —Rep. John Moolenaar

“We are under attack and I think it’s intentional. We need to take a hard look at our response.” — Former DEA Chief Ray Donovan.

“We asked the CCP repeatedly to regulate their chemical companies and put them on notice that the drug trafficking they do abroad is ILLEGAL UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS.

They didn’t issue a public notice to their own companies until just a few months ago.” — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi

Without Chinese support, Russia would not have been able to conduct its war in Ukraine. China also does not like to have the kind of responsibility that comes with international mediation. So no, I did not share the hope that China would mediate in 2022, and I don't share it now.

'This occurred after TikTok launched Project Texas to separate U.S. user data from ByteDance.'

'I literally worked on a project that gave U.S. data to China,' Turner says. 'They were completely complicit in that. There were Americans that were working in upper management that were completely complicit in this.'

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We can debate about the extent TikTok sends data to China, how useful the data is, how unique TikTok's data security issue is comparing with other companies, etc. What is undebatable is that this company lies all the time and keeps getting caught but continues to lie.

'U.S. intelligence agencies are working on a report expected to reveal extensive corruption and hidden wealth held by Chinese Communist Party leaders, including President Xi Jinping' archive.is/45UI5

Deployment of conventional intermediate-range weapon to Philippines.

This was illegal under INF treaty just 5 years ago (thanks to Trump admin for withdrawing) and critics said Asian allies would never allow it to be deployed so we shouldn’t develop it. usarpac.army.mil/Our-Story/Our-…

.TikTok Policy keeps saying “Facts matter.” It’s literally their X bio.

Why, then, does TikTok continuously lie about the one fact that matters most: its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party?

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Chinese propaganda, to Americans: America is a fascist hellhole that oppresses Black people

Chinese propaganda, to Chinese people: America is an anarchist hellhole destroyed by Black crime

A classic example of how official Chinese photos of foreign leaders' and CEOs' encounters with Xi put him out front in a commanding posture, holding forth imperial-style w/o bothering to make eye contact with the supplicant foreign leader two steps behind, errand boy-style.

“As President Reagan once said, ‘If you want more of something subsidize it.’

Through its actions, the Chinese Communist Party is telling us that it wants more fentanyl entering our country.

It wants the chaos and devastation— and that means more dead Americans.” -Rep. Gallagher Press Office

Barr says CCP ‘knee deep’ in intentionally facilitating and incentivizing fentanyl exports - says US govt suspected this for years but now compelling evidence including ‘ownership stakes’ of chemical precursor companies and subsidies and protection of Chinese mafia

FINDINGS RELEASED: Our bipartisan investigation reveals, for the FIRST time, that the CCP actively PROMOTES the fentanyl epidemic in the U.S. through government programs, PROTECTS fentanyl trafficking and directly BENEFITS from the crisis.

See the evidence for yourself… 👇

As the US reinforces relationships across the Indo-Pacific, some thoughts from Clifford Coonan on China's strange relations with its neighbors: 'It's kind of amazing how few friends China has...'

🚨Extremely concerning news from Belgium - a parliamentary hearing in May 2021 featuring Uzbek activist Kelbinur Sidik, which had to be cancelled following a PRC sponsored cyber attack, was reportedly orchestrated by a PRC agent linked to a 🇧🇪 politician.

I don't know of anyone, not a single reputable expert on Eastern Europe, and Russia in particular, who thinks the Biden administration has succeeded in its policies towards the region, Russia, and Ukraine. There may be various reasons for this, but the failure is undeniable.

A Tagesspiegel report suggests that Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz Scholz still believes in the falsified Steinmeier doctrine of 'Rapprochement through interweaving'. According to this foreign policy paradigm, economic ties with autocracies lead to mutual dependency and stability. A short 🧵/1

Spoke to Hindustan Times's Sutirtho Patranobis/সুতীর্থ পত্রনবিস on Xi-Ma meeting in Beijing. I said: Given the evolving sentiments towards China in Taiwan, Ma faces difficulty in selling the notion of prioritising relations with China in Taiwan & among Taiwanese.

hindustantimes.com/world-news/the…