Editors note: Is Chairman Xi setting his sights on consuming Hong Kong next? TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwanese officials in Hong Kong have been told their visas will not be renewed unless they sign a document supporting Beijing’s claim to Taiwan under its “one China” policy, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.…
Editors Note: More of this is needed A Motor City bicycle maker has left its training wheels in the dust. [Sam Jones | July 15, 2020 | Detroit News] Founded nine years ago, Detroit Bikes LLC now produces up to 10,000 bikes a year, says CEO Zak Pashak. And it’s poised this month to begin assembling 500 copies of Schwinn’s…
Though it has not been covered by the mainstream media, one of the major success stories of the Trump Administration can be found in U.S. solar manufacturing. Over the past three years American solar manufacturing capacity has increased nearly ten-fold, with factories opening and expanding in nearly a dozen states. This includes investment from some…
Editor’s Note: The China hawks are not just “loose” but are in a hurry towards a containment policy. PHOENIX — As President Trump speeds toward an election during a pandemic, an economic crash and domestic unrest, he is blaming China for his and America’s troubles. With no more deals in sight, Trump’s attitude shift has…
Editor’s Note: The Biden campaign recently released its infrastructure and clean energy plan. It is below. At this moment of profound crisis, we have the opportunity to build a more resilient, sustainable economy – one that will put the United States on an irreversible path to achieve net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by no later than 2050.…
Editors Note: CPA has long been pushing to deregister Chinese companies from US stock market because they will not share their financial records with the public or regulators. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration plans to soon scrap a 2013 agreement between U.S. and Chinese auditing authorities, a senior State Department official said, a move…
Editor’s Note: Michael Stumo is CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA). Follow him on Twitter @michael_stumo. It’s not a stretch to say that President Trump has been a fervent champion of economic nationalism or that he’s actively confronted China’s predatory trade practices. As president, Trump has imposed 25 percent tariffs on a broad…
Editors note: FBI Director Wray explicitly lays out how China is using every tool available to dominate globally and to erode America’s economic and military strength. China’s Attempt to Influence U.S. Institutions: A Conversation with FBI Director Christopher Wray [Walter Russell Mead & Christopher Wray | July 7, 2020 | Hudson Institute] Walter Russell Mead:…
Editor’s Note: A Londoner view on the Great Decoupling from China. New cost calculus and COVID-19 offer opening if investment in competitiveness [Diana Choyleva | July 10, 2020 | Nikkei Asian Review] Growing disillusionment with China, heightened by misgivings over Beijing’s initial handling of the coronavirus pandemic, presents the U.S. with the opportunity to launch…
Editors note: Message from China’s ambassador to the UK, “ [I]f you want to make China a hostile country, you will have to bear the consequences.” At last, the Western world is waking up to an obvious truth: The Chinese Communist Party is a deeply unpleasant regime that is hell-bent on world domination, and is most…
