A Chinese national was sentenced in the United States to 10 years in prison, accused of laundering $62 million in illegal drug money for Mexican cartels.
On Capitol Hill, three new bipartisan bills are introduced, aiming to hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for fueling the fentanyl crisis in the United States.
China is expanding its infiltration and transnational repression in the United States. Why is the CCP doing that? China expert and author Gordon Chang breaks it down: “The CCP believes it is in an existential struggle with the United States, and it believes it’s in an existential struggle not because of anything that we say or do, but because of who we are.”
China is experiencing a sluggish economy. Retail giant Alibaba is selling its department store business there, and taking a billion-dollar loss in the process.
The United States and its allies are boosting their efforts in the space race. Is China catching up?
1. Chinese National Sentenced for Laundering $62 Million
2. Bills to Hold CCP Accountable for Fentanyl Crisis
3. How Does Fentanyl Crisis Affect Communities?
4. Gordon Chang: Beijing in Existential Struggle With US
5. Alibaba to Sell Department Store Chain for $1.3 Billion Loss
6. Australia Picks Team to Build Its First Lunar Rover
7. Can UK Have Both Money and Security in China Affairs?
8. German Car Sales Lose Market Shares in China
9. Pentagon: North Korean Troops Killed in Combat