A top White House official has said that Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeted “very senior” American political figures and recorded their phone calls. Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies, told reporters at a security conference in Bahrain that Chinese hacker group “Salt Typhoon” had stolen a large volume of Americans’ metadata. […]

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former Georgia senator David Perdue as his pick to be the next U.S. ambassador to China. “As a Fortune 500 CEO, who had a 40-year International business career, and served in the U.S. Senate, David brings valuable expertise to help build our relationship with China,” Trump wrote in a Dec. […]

Chinese state-sponsored hackers compromised at least eight U.S. telecommunication companies, a top White House official said on Dec. 4. Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies, provided an update on the Chinese threat actor group called “Salt Typhoon” during a press briefing on Wednesday. The threat group is believed to have […]

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te arrived in Hawaii on Nov. 30, his first foreign visit since being elected, to promote “values-based diplomacy,” reiterating Taiwan’s commitment to peace amid China’s growing aggression in the region. “Peace is priceless and war has no winner. We have to fight—fight together to prevent war,” Lai told allies during his two-day […]

The Chinese regime said four of its nationals had returned home in a diplomatic agreement with the United States, which saw Beijing freed three American citizens previously imprisoned for years in China. Mao Ning, spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, said during a daily briefing on Nov. 28 that three Chinese citizens “have returned safely to […]

The Group of Seven (G7) countries are “increasingly aligned” in their efforts to confront economic and security risks posed by communist China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Nov. 26, after the group’s foreign ministers ended their two-day meeting in Italy. “The bottom line is this: We are much stronger, we’re much more effective, […]

TAIPEI, Taiwan—A Taiwanese surgeon and four other individuals have been charged with illegally brokering organ transplantation in China, a case that a local medical advocacy group said is alarming given that Beijing sources organs from prisoners of conscience. The surgeon, Chen Yao-li, is accused of orchestrating a criminal group that helped send 10 Taiwanese patients […]

NEW YORK—A film that highlights the state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting in China, “State Organs,” has received an award for its efforts in raising awareness on the abuse. Martha Flores Vasquez, Democrat district leader for the 40th district of the New York State Assembly, presented the award during a screening of the film at Cinema Village […]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued two more executive orders targeting Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence in his state, after announcing an initial order on Nov. 18 aimed at protecting local dissidents from the Chinese regime’s harassment. Abbott signed Executive Order No. GA-49 on Nov. 20 to safeguard critical infrastructure from cyberattacks and issued Executive […]

An independent federal agency is recommending that lawmakers strip the Chinese regime of its trade privileges with the United States, ending what is known as permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status, which Beijing has enjoyed for more than 20 years. In its annual report to Congress released on Nov. 19, the U.S.–China Economic and Security […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed that it deported a group of 109 Chinese nationals unlawfully present in the United States on a charter flight back to China on Nov. 16. The department said in a Nov. 18 press release that the latest deportation marks the third charter flight to China in less […]

TAIPEI, Taiwan—About 5,300 individuals dressed in color-coordinated clothing put together a giant display on the island’s iconic Liberty Square on Nov. 17 in an event aimed at inspiring people around the world to embrace the goodness in human nature. Three giant Chinese characters in bright yellow, each formed by more than 400 participants, represented the […]

Chinese state-sponsored hackers have breached several U.S. telecommunication providers, in a cyber campaign aimed at stealing data from individuals working in government and politics, according to federal investigators. In a joint statement issued on Nov. 13, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) described the Chinese hacking campaign as “broad and significant […]

NEW YORK—Audience members who attended a weekend screening of a documentary about forced organ harvesting said more people should learn about the sinister state crime that’s happening in China. Nabil Hamati, a Brooklyn resident working in the medical field, told The Epoch Times that the film, which played on Nov. 9 at Village East by […]

Eight China-based companies and eight Chinese nationals have been charged with federal crimes related to trafficking synthetic opioids and fentanyl precursors, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Oct. 24. The defendants “openly advertised their ability to thwart border officials,” used evasive tactics such as mislabeling the contents of shipments, and had shipped “a stable […]

Communist China’s officials will likely be more confident in countering the United States over the next decade, as the regime is pursuing the “most rapid expansion” of its nuclear arsenal in history, according to a new assessment published by the Pentagon’s intelligence agency on Oct. 23. The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) said in its 2024 […]

TAIPEI, Taiwan—A U.S. congressional delegation has arrived in Taiwan to meet with senior Taiwanese officials and participate in the island’s National Day celebrations on Oct. 10. Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) led the delegation, which arrived in Taiwan on Oct. 6 for a six-day visit, according to a press release from Taiwan’s foreign ministry. Lesko is […]

Federal prosecutors have charged five Chinese nationals with allegedly lying and trying to conceal their actions, more than a year after authorities spotted them near a remote Michigan military site where thousands of troops had gathered for summer drills. The five defendants, who were undergraduate students at the University of Michigan at the time of […]

The United States and four of its allies conducted joint maritime exercises in a part of the South China Sea on Saturday, as China held its own military exercises in the disputed ocean territory. The day-long exercise involving the United States, the Philippines, Australia, and Japan took place in Manila’s exclusive economic zone in the […]

WASHINGTON—A bipartisan House committee on China has prioritized legislation restricting U.S. investment in China, according to the panel’s chair. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, said that U.S. investors should not be “funding our own demise.” “We have to have an outbound investment regime that basically […]