Sen. Marco Rubio: Hong Kong has US support to defend freedom and autonomy against Chinese aggression
As tensions remain high in Hong Kong, the United States has just sent its clearest message yet to Beijing: we will lead the world in standing with the people of Hong Kong as they defend their long-cherished freedoms and autonomy against the Chinese Communist Party’s growing aggression. In November, President Trump signed my Hong Kong Human Rights […]
Exclusive: White House considered kicking Huawei out of U.S. banking system – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration considered banning China’s Huawei from the U.S. financial system earlier this year as part of a host of policy options to thwart the blacklisted telecoms equipment giant, according to three people familiar with the matter. FILE PHOTO: A Huawei company logo is pictured at the Shenzhen International Airport in […]
California Man Charged With Smuggling Fabricated U.S. Secrets to China
The United States ran a double-agent operation against China’s Ministry of State Security, an indictment unsealed in California revealed on Monday, as it announced that it had arrested an American citizen and charged him with smuggling what he thought were classified American secrets to China’s leading intelligence agency. The charges against Xuehua Peng, 56, of Hayward, […]
ICE set up a fake university, then arrested 250 people granted student visas
By Katie Mettler and Antonia Noori Farzan November 28, 2019 at 11:04 a.m. EST It has been 10 months since unsealed federal court documents revealed that U.S. immigration officials created a fake university to lure foreign-born college students who were trying to stay in the country on student visas that might not have been legal. The University […]
ICE arrests 90 more foreign students at fake university created by DHS in Michigan
DETROIT – About 90 additional foreign students at a fake university in metro Detroit created by the Department of Homeland Security have been arrested in recent months. A total of about 250 students have now been arrested since January on immigration violations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of a sting operation by federal agents who enticed foreign-born […]
Trump signs bill supporting Hong Kong protesters despite strong opposition from China
The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act mandates sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials who carry out human rights abuses and requires an annual review of the favorable trade status that Washington grants Hong Kong. The second bill prohibits export to Hong Kong police of certain nonlethal munitions, including tear gas, pepper spray, rubber […]
Arrest in feces attack on Asians
A 23-year-old man is under arrests in Toronto, accused of throwing liquid fecal matter on his victims, reports CP24. All the victims appear to be Asian, but authorities don’t think this was racially motivated. “(The victims) were Asian, however, we don’t think that might be the connection because we have different parts of Asia in there. […]
Ex-CIA officer gets 19 years for conspiring to spy for China
A former CIA case agent was sentenced to 19 years in prison Friday for espionage conspiracy after prosecutors say he received hundreds of thousands of dollars from China to divulge names of human sources and spycraft intelligence. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 55, pleaded guilty to conspiring with China to commit espionage in May, but prosecutors and defense lawyers disagreed about whether Lee succeeded […]
Kissinger, in Beijing, warns US-China trade war could spark conflict worse than WWI
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told an audience in Beijing on Thursday that China and the United States are in the “foothills of a Cold War,” warning that the current trade war between the two nations could escalate into an armed conflict worse than World War I if left unresolved. Kissinger, who as President Nixon’s secretary of state flew to Beijing […]
Trump expected to sign Hong Kong bill after it clears House, Senate amid Chinese threats
President Trump is expected to sign a bill aimed at protecting human rights in Hong Kong amid an escalating pro-democracy movement in the semiautonomous city after the legislation cleared both chambers of Congress this week, with overwhelming support on both sides of the aisle. HONG KONG PROTESTERS’ FAMILIES FEAR UNIVERSITY SHOWDOWN COULD SPARK ‘TIANANMEN 2.0’ The Hong Kong Human Rights […]