In a rare move last week, British spy agency MI5 issued a warning to members of Parliament about ongoing political interference by a known Chinese agent on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party. The identified Chinese agent is Christine Ching Kui Lee, a U.K.-based lawyer and immigrant from Hong Kong. MI5 has kept an eye on Lee for several years…
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The worst perpetrator of religious persecution is no longer North Korea or China. The most difficult and dangerous place to be a Christian is now Afghanistan, according to a recent report by Open Doors USA. Afghanistan takes the lead thanks to its recent seizure by the Islamic militant group, the Taliban, which violently enforces its peculiar brand of Muslim extremism.…
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Since the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China more than two years ago, the Chinese government has adopted “zero tolerance” Covid policies and frequently relied on harsh measures such as lockdowns and mandatory quarantines to try to stop the virus. Most Chinese people chose to comply with the government’s orders and endure any negative consequences quietly. However, in recent days, even…
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The Federalist staff joined Ben Domenech on Fox News’s “The Ben Domenech Podcast” to share their predictions for the year 2022. Mollie Hemingway “Republicans will have an extremely good November, they will have a massive takeover of the House of Representatives, and they’re on pretty good footing in the Senate as well,” Senior Editor Mollie Hemingway said. “The failure of…
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In late July, China’s People’s Liberation Army tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile. According to reports from the Financial Times, U.S. officials were surprised by the maturity of the Chinese technology. As one source put it: “We have no idea how they did this.” Yet we do have an idea how they did this, because we know that American technology was used…
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Intel joined a long line of American companies last week by apologizing to China after its letter to suppliers drew backlash from Chinese state media and nationalist Chinese netizens. Intel recently sent a letter to suppliers advising them not to source from Xinjiang, a region where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has committed genocide against Uyghur Muslims and other minorities, including mass…
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Michael Anton makes a compelling case for not resisting a Chinese takeover of Taiwan with force. I agree with the vast majority of his historical and strategic assessments and arguments. But I disagree that abandoning a U.S. policy commitment to help Taiwan maintain its independence is a wise choice. Americans have spent too much of the past several decades embroiled…
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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recently said Communist China’s frequent incursions into Taiwan’s air defense zone amount to a “rehearsal” for an eventual invasion of the island. Many China observers are convinced it is only a matter of time before China’s People’s Liberation Army invades Taiwan. Taiwan is trying to boost its defense. Still, realistically speaking, the difference in military power between mainland China…
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“Public health” is a nice, altruistic-sounding phrase, but more often than not, it’s just an amorphous category, controlled by a select group of individuals. Yielding dominion to those unelected individuals often creates a honeypot for any malicious actor who intends to leverage “public health” for personal gain. There is perhaps no better example of this than the relationship between the…
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The Biden administration reportedly cut the video feed of a Taiwanese minister during the Summit for Democracy to appease China last week, after he displayed a map showing Taiwan colored differently than China. According to a report from Reuters, sources familiar with the matter claim “the video feed showing [Digital Minister Audrey Tang] was cut during a panel discussion and…
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A new report indicates the Biden administration lobbied a Democrat senator to water down language in a bill blocking the importation of Uyghur forced-labor goods from China, and it’s damning for Democrats. According to a report in The Washington Post, Deputy Sec. of State Wendy Sherman communicated to Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., in October that the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention…
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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is calling out The New York Times for purportedly covering up the role Chinese leader Xi Jinping played in the genocide of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region of China. The moment comes following the release of bombshell documents that show more about how much Xi and leading members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were…
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In case anyone still needed to be convinced that the World Health Organization is a puppet of China’s communist regime, WHO decided last week to skip the letter “Xi” of the Greek alphabet in naming the next COVID-19 variant, jumping straight to Omicron, in an apparent effort not to offend the Chinese dictator Xi Jinping. The WHO also skipped the…
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NBA star Enes Kanter is now an American citizen and has legally changed his name to Enes Kanter Freedom. The Boston Celtics center, who frequently speaks out against oppressive governments such as China and Turkey, passed his citizenship test and was sworn in as an official citizen of the United States on Nov. 29. I am proud to be an…
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As far as The New York Times is concerned, major conflicts of interest are only a small part of a major investigation it conducted spanning three continents and involving multiple reporters. In two lengthy articles, the paper offered an in-depth look into how, while international agencies and the Biden administration are promoting electric cars, China has acquired a near-monopoly on…
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The U.S. Department of Defense recently released its annual report on China’s military power, which shows that China’s military has made astounding advancements to “modernize its capabilities and improve its proficiencies across all warfare domains” in a relatively short period. The report also made it clear that one of the main objectives of the Chinese military’s modernization is to fight…
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In a press briefing on November 10, Pentagon spokesman retired Adm. John Kirby gave further evidence of the Biden administration’s incoherent national strategy. He refused to distinguish between China and “climate change” as threats to U.S. national security. In response to a question of “which is a bigger threat, the climate or China?” Kirby said, “You’ve heard the secretary talk…
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According to Sen. Josh Hawley, American men are in trouble. Beginning with a speech at the recent National Conservatism conference, Hawley has highlighted the crisis of American masculinity, arguing that our society disdains manhood, and that consequently many men are “withdrawing into the enclave of idleness, and pornography, and video games.” Hawley is right, and the growing national conservative movement…
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A majority of Americans disapprove of Major League Baseball’s decision to allow the relocation of batting helmet production to communist China, a new poll from the Trafalgar Group suggests. In a survey of 1,084 likely voters polled from Oct. 26 through Oct. 28, Trafalgar found that 63 percent of American voters do not appreciate the decision by sports equipment company…
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President Joe Biden will leave for the United Nations global summit on Climate Change in Glasgow next week to seek an international deal to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement. The world must limit warming to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) compared to preindustrial levels, so the story goes, with a preferential target set at below…
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