The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 18 agreed to hear TikTok’s case challenging a law requiring it’s China-based parent company to divest of the app by Jan. 19, 2025. The court will hear oral arguments on Jan. 10, 2025. TikTok had challenged the divestment law as unconstitutional under the First Amendment, and a three-judge panel […]

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles is now investigating a Chinese national who was arrested and accused of flying a drone over the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Dec. 9 for more serious offenses. Yinpiao Zhou had been apprehended by authorities at San Francisco International Airport just before boarding a flight to […]

The European Commission announced a probe into TikTok on Dec. 16, alleging a breach of the EU’s Digital Services Act by allowing interference in the Romanian presidential elections Nov. 24. “We must protect our democracies from any kind of foreign interference,” European Commission President stated Ursula von der Leyen. “Whenever we suspect such interference, especially […]

The United States needs to change from a purely defensive to an offensive cyber strategy, and American tech firms can help, said Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), the incoming national security adviser for the Trump administration. “We need to start changing behaviors on the other side rather than just having this escalation of their offense and […]

A federal appeals court on Dec. 13 denied TikTok’s request to delay the Jan. 19, 2025, deadline for it to cut ties with the Chinese communist regime, shortly after the app filed its final argument for a delay. In an unsigned, expedited order, the three-judge panel denied the request and found there was no precedent […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Dec. 11 the fourth charter flight in six months to deport Chinese nationals found unlawfully residing in the United States. The large-frame charter flight departed from the United States on Dec. 9, according to a department statement. The DHS said the removal of Chinese illegal immigrants was […]

The Treasury Department on Dec. 10 sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity company and one of its employees for compromising tens of thousands of firewalls worldwide, including those of U.S. critical infrastructure companies. The cyberattack involving Sichuan Silence Information Technology Company occurred in April 2020, according to a department statement. The Justice Department on Tuesday unsealed an […]

The Chinese communist regime’s State Administration for Market Regulation announced on Dec. 9 that it had launched a probe of technology company Nvidia Corp over suspected violations of China’s anti-monopoly law. Chinese state media reported that the investigation is focused on Nvidia’s acquisition of Israeli–American chip designer Mellanox Technologies, which China approved four years ago […]

The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on an annual defense bill, which includes $3 billion to remove Chinese telecom equipment from American wireless networks. The 1,800-page update to the National Defense Authorization Act was published on the evening of Dec. 7, increasing funding for networks’ reimbursement under the Secure and Trusted […]

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said Dec. 8 that China has nearly doubled its number of warships around Taiwan in the past 24 hours. Fourteen ships were spotted nearby the island, up from eight the previous day. The ministry also reported four Chinese balloons flying over the Taiwan Strait, a narrow body of water between China and […]

A three-judge panel on Dec. 6 rejected TikTok, ByteDance, and a group of TikTok users’ challenge of a law that requires the app to cut ties with the Chinese communist regime in order to continue operating in the United States. TikTok now faces a Jan. 19, 2025, ban, unless President Joe Biden issues a 90-day […]

In a rare coordinated response to Washington, Chinese industry associations told Chinese companies on Dec. 3 that U.S. chips are “no longer safe” to buy. The warning was issued a day after the U.S. Commerce Department expanded rules to block China from accessing advanced semiconductor technology and added 140 entities to an export control list. […]

A martial law order from South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has again put communist influence in the country under the spotlight. For the first time in nearly four decades, the South Korean leader invoked the authority, accusing the opposing Democratic Party of aligning with communist North Korea. He revoked martial law hours later after […]

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued several restrictions on Dec. 2 aimed at blocking the Chinese communist regime from accessing advanced semiconductor technology and modernizing its military. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said in a statement that the new rules are meant “to impair” China’s ability to produce […]

South Korean fighter jets scrambled as 11 Russian and Chinese military aircraft entered South Korea’s air defense identification zone on Friday for more than four hours, according to the South Korean military. The air defense identification zone is different from the nation’s airspace, which the military aircraft did not breach. Russia and China do not […]

Lithuania expelled three staff members of China’s representative office in the country on Nov. 29, citing violations of international and Lithuanian law. The Lithuania Foreign Ministry did not provide details of the violations but said the three non-accredited Chinese staff members had been declared persona non grata for behavior that was incompatible with the Vienna […]

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology Anne Neuberger hosted telecommunications executives for a meeting on Nov. 22 to share intelligence after several networks were reported hacked. The Wall Street Journal was the first to confirm that major telecommunications companies including AT&T and Verizon were […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Nov. 22 blacklisted 29 Chinese companies over the use of forced labor, bringing the total to 107. The companies produced a wide range of goods, from foods to pharmaceuticals to gold and technology. “Forced labor is a violation of basic human rights,” Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. […]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Nov. 21 ordered all state agencies to conduct risk assessments and withdraw state funds from investments in China. “I direct Texas investing entities that you are prohibited from making any new investments of state funds in China,” Abbott wrote in a letter to agencies. “To the extent you have any […]

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III met with his Australian and Japanese counterparts in Darwin, Australia, on Nov. 17 for the 14th trilateral meeting between the countries, highlighting concerns about the Chinese communist regime’s “destabilizing actions” in its neighboring waters and announcing new joint military exercises. “Today, more than ever, we’re taking concrete actions […]