Congressman Calls on California to Fire Pension Official Tied to Chinese Spy Program

Fund manager has poured millions into regime-linked companies

Yuichiro Kakutani
February 14, 2020 5:35 PM

A Republican lawmaker urged California to fire a top pension fund official because he participated in a Chinese program that the FBI has called "non-traditional espionage against the United States."

Lawmakers Demand Investigation Into Chinese Propaganda Published in NYT, WaPo

DOJ asked to review China Daily ads following Free Beacon report

Yuichiro Kakutani
February 6, 2020 5:10 PM

Lawmakers are calling on the Justice Department to launch a "full-fledged investigation" into China Daily after the Washington Free Beacon found that the propaganda outlet ignored federal law.

U.S. Confirms Its Eighth Case of Coronavirus; Pentagon to Provide Quarantine Housing

Reuters
February 2, 2020 12:37 PM

U.S. health officials on Saturday confirmed an eighth case of the fast-spreading new coronavirus in the United States and the Pentagon said it would provide housing for people arriving from overseas who might need to be quarantined.

U.S. Declares Coronavirus a Public Health Emergency

Reuters
January 31, 2020 5:51 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Friday declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak and said it would take the extraordinary step of barring entry to the United States of foreign nationals who have traveled to China.

Germany Has Proof That Huawei Worked With Chinese Intelligence

Reuters
January 29, 2020 7:26 AM

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government is in possession of evidence that Huawei [HWT.UL], the leading maker of telecoms network equipment, has collaborated with Chinese intelligence, the Handelsblatt daily reported on Wednesday.

Congress Threatens Massive Scale Back in U.S.-U.K. Intel Sharing Over Huawei Threat

Adam Kredo
January 27, 2020 5:45 PM

Leading GOP lawmakers are threatening to scale back the level of intelligence sharing with the United Kingdom over its willingness to allow Chinese state-controlled telecom Huawei to take over its mobile networks.

Chinese Propaganda Organ Defies Feds

Rep. Banks asks Justice Department to investigate media org

Yuichiro Kakutani
January 23, 2020 3:05 PM

A Republican congressman is asking the Justice Department to investigate a Chinese propaganda organ that has defied a federal order to register as a foreign agent.

U.S. Urges China to Join Nuclear Arms Talks With Russia

FILE PHOTO: Trump meets Xi at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan

Reuters
January 21, 2020 12:20 PM

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States urged China on Tuesday to join trilateral nuclear arms talks with Moscow, calling Beijing's secrecy around growing stockpiles a "serious threat to strategic stability".

Lawmaker Demands Hearing on Spread of Chinese Propaganda in Congress

Rep. Banks seeks to expose China Daily's subversion of U.S. law

Adam Kredo
December 23, 2019 1:35 PM

Rep. Jim Banks (R. Ind.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, is pressing congressional leaders to hold a hearing on the proliferation of Chinese Communist government-funded propaganda across Capitol Hill, according to official communications obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

China Violates Disclosure Law to Publish Propaganda in NY Times, WaPo

China Daily gave media outlets millions to publish ads disguised as news stories

Yuichiro Kakutani
December 18, 2019 5:00 AM

China routinely broke federal law by not disclosing how much it spent to publish regime propaganda in the New York Times, Washington Post, and other newspapers, an expert review of foreign agent registration filings concluded.