Past Washington Times articles from 2021
Northrop Grumman gets $1.4 billion contract for new Army battle-command system
Dec. 23, 2021
The Pentagon announced Thursday the awarding of a $1.4 billion contract for initial production of the Army's revolutionary new battle-command system for air and missile defenses.
U.S. vows to move more forces closer to Russia if Moscow invades Ukraine
Dec. 23, 2021
The Biden administration warned Moscow on Thursday that Russia risks drawing U.S. and allied troops and arms closer to its borders if President Vladimir Putin goes ahead with an invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
Pacific military command adopts software tool to monitor Chinese anger
Dec. 21, 2021
The Pentagon's Indo-Pacific Command recently unveiled a software application that military officials say will monitor Chinese military anger at U.S. activities in the region in a bid to reduce tensions.
U.S. sanctions Chinese companies linked to illicit surveillance
Dec. 16, 2021
The Treasury Department on Thursday blacklisted eight Chinese companies, including global drone market leader DJI Technology, as part of a campaign to punish what U.S. officials say is illicit surveillance of minority Uyghurs and other Chinese ethnic and religious groups by Beijing.
Software flaw prompts concerns of 'cyber pandemic'
Dec. 14, 2021
A software security vulnerability in widely used computer networks is being compared to a "cyber pandemic" by security analysts and the government.
Justice Department upgrading curbs on foreign influence agents
Dec. 9, 2021
The Justice Department is upgrading and modernizing rules for applying restrictions to foreign influence activities first covered under a Depression-era law.
Pentagon warns China is preparing for military campaign to take over Taiwan
Dec. 8, 2021
China's military is actively preparing for a potential attack against Taiwan and the Pentagon is working closely with the island's military to deter a direct assault and develop asymmetric weapons to fight off Beijing, senior Biden administration officials told Congress on Wednesday.
Chinese diplomats have Twitter links to porn sites banned at home
Dec. 8, 2021
Chinese diplomats and Communist Party officials are using free and open American social media sites to follow sexually explicit material that is banned in China, a review of multiple officials' Twitter accounts reveals.
Pacific chief says China's military buildup largest since World War II
Dec. 6, 2021
China's buildup of military forces is the largest the world has seen since World War II and has driven Australia and other nations around the world to seek closer security ties to the United States, according to the commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
Defense secretary voices concerns over Chinese hypersonic missiles
Dec. 2, 2021
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the United States is concerned about China's development of hypersonic missiles, including the orbiting weapons tested in August.
Missing Chinese tennis star linked to Xi, Beijing power struggles
Nov. 20, 2021
Revelations of a sordid sexual affair and abuse made by a leading female Chinese tennis pro against a former member of the Chinese Politburo's standing committee are the latest sign of increased tensions among senior party leaders in Beijing, according to American specialists on China and the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
U.S. threatens military response to China in South China Sea dispute
Nov. 19, 2021
The State Department on Friday warned China that it risks military action from the United States in response to Chinese coast guard efforts to block the resupply of a Philippines island outpost.
Rubio blocks nominee for U.S. ambassador to China
Nov. 18, 2021
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio has blocked a confirmation vote for President Biden's nominee to be ambassador to China over concerns the Biden administration is reverting to conciliatory policies toward Beijing.
Chinese military now set for invasion of Taiwan, says Hill commission
Nov. 17, 2021
China's military now is capable of a full-scale invasion of Taiwan and has added new missiles and amphibious ships to the People's Liberation Army for an attack on the island democracy, according to the latest annual report of a congressional China commission.
China, Russia used pandemic disinformation to undermine U.S., report says
Nov. 15, 2021
China and Russia spread disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic in a bid to undermine the United States and support Chinese and Russian narratives around the world, according to a report by the RAND Corp. made public Monday.
Biden to press Chinese leader on Taiwan, human rights, global rules of the road
Nov. 15, 2021
President Biden will raise issues such as China's recent stepped-up military coercion of Taiwan, human-rights abuses and Beijing's weakening of the international order Monday at his first face-to-face, virtual summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Biden administration rejects Chinese 'Maoist' demands for policy changes
Nov. 14, 2021
The Biden administration has rejected as unserious appeals two lists of demands made by the Chinese government as preconditions for resetting ties, The Washington Times has learned.
House GOP members say VOA stonewalling probe of Persian service official
Nov. 10, 2021
Seven House Republicans want the U.S. Agency for Global Media to explain why its director rehired a friend at Voice of America who was slated to be dismissed for improper activities.
Pentagon: China's navy is now world's largest with 460 warships by 2030
Nov. 8, 2021
China's navy is now the world's largest maritime military force and will deploy 460 warships by the end of the decade, according to the Pentagon's latest annual report on Chinese military power.
Pentagon: China on track for 1,000 warheads by 2030, blowing past earlier estimates
Nov. 3, 2021
The Chinese military is rapidly building up its strategic missile forces and is on track to deploy up to 1,000 warheads by 2030 -- nearly four times the previous estimates, the Pentagon acknowledged in its annual report on Chinese military power made public Wednesday.
Loss of Chinese agents undercuts U.S. COVID-19 origin probe
Nov. 2, 2021
American intelligence agencies remain unable to pinpoint the source of the COVID-19 pandemic without Beijing government help -- a sign spy services continue to suffer from the wholesale loss of Chinese informants more than a decade ago.
Trump presidential commission weighed $10 trillion from China for pandemic damage
Nov. 2, 2021
President Trump, before the 2020 election, considered setting up a blue-ribbon panel of experts to study the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic along with seeking as much as $10 trillion in reparations from Beijing for the damage, according to a book by former White House aide Peter Navarro.
Ex-Air War College professor with access to secrets pleads guilty in China case
Oct. 26, 2021
A civilian professor at the Air Force's Air War College with a secret level security clearance pleaded guilty this week to lying to federal agents about his contacts with a government official in China.
China launches suspected anti-satellite weapon into space
Oct. 25, 2021
China has launched a new satellite that analysts say can be used as a weapon capable of grabbing and crushing American satellites.
Climate reports outline Biden administration fears on global warming
Oct. 21, 2021
Small increases in global average temperatures since the 1800s pose risks of increased political instability in the developing world, possible food and water shortages, and potentially more military competition in the Arctic but do not represent existential threats to humankind, according to a series of government climate reports that the Biden administration made public Thursday.
Pompeo accuses China of 'deep' subversion of the United States
Oct. 17, 2021
China's Communist Party is engaged in aggressive influence and intelligence operations inside the United States, targeting federal, state and local governments, according to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
China blames U.S. for poor military-to-military ties
Oct. 14, 2021
China's military is blaming the United States for poor military-to-military relations after the U.S. and Chinese militaries held their first video conference of the Biden administration last month.
Milley war-scare calls to Chinese general questioned
Oct. 12, 2021
President Trump and his closest aides insist they were never informed of intelligence in late 2020 suggesting China's military was prepping for a surprise U.S. attack, information that prompted the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to launch private, back-channel diplomacy to de-escalate supposed war tensions.
'Must be fulfilled': Xi Jinping calls for Taiwan annexation as tensions rise
Oct. 10, 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose military has been engaging in unprecedented provocations against Taiwan, said over the weekend that China's goal of absorbing the tiny island democracy "must be fulfilled" -- an assertion that has triggered swift pushback from Taiwan's leaders.
Xi blames Taiwan standoff on past Chinese weakness, vows to retake island nation
Oct. 9, 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday vowed to retake Taiwan and blamed the decades-long separation of the island state on past Chinese weakness.
Army deploys Iron Dome missile defense to counter Chinese threats
Oct. 7, 2021
The Army is moving one of its newest missile defenses, the U.S.-Israeli-developed Iron Dome system, to the western Pacific island of Guam to counter threats from Chinese missiles.
U.S. cutting nuclear warhead stockpile despite major China, Russia buildups
Oct. 6, 2021
The number of U.S. nuclear warheads declined over the past seven years and currently includes 3,750 nuclear warheads, both weapons deployed on missiles and bombers and many others kept in storage, according to Energy and State Department fact sheets made public this week.
China sharply escalates warplane provocations near Taiwan
Oct 4, 2021
China's military stepped up provocative aerial incursions near Taiwan on Monday with its biggest sortie to date, sending 58 warplanes, including 12 nuclear-capable bombers, inside the island's air defense zone, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry said.
Pentagon loosens access rules to secret programs, raising security leak fears
Sept. 27, 2021
The Pentagon has revised rules that will make it easier for political appointees and congressional staffers to gain access to the Defense Department's most secret programs, raising concerns among security officials.
Huawei exec cuts deal with U.S. prosecutors, poised to return home after long extradition battle
Sept. 24, 2021
A legal battle spanning three countries that soured China's relations with the U.S. could be ending as a top executive of Chinese high-tech giant Huawei reached an agreement with federal prosecutors.
Congress urged to revive State probe of COVID-19 origin, Chinese bio-weapons push
Sept. 21, 2021
Congress should require a new investigation by the State Department's arms compliance office into the possible role of China's Wuhan Institute of Virology in the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, a report by two former State Department officials says.
Beijing calls new U.S.-U.K.-Australian alliance 'irresponsible'
Sept. 16, 2021
China's communist government served up relatively mild criticism Thursday of the announced tripartite security pact between the United States, Australia and Britain.
China following Russian model with large-scale buildup of nuclear forces, says DIA
Sept. 14, 2021
China's large-scale buildup of nuclear forces is part of a Beijing strategy to emulate the nuclear forces of Russia, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency disclosed Tuesday.
Al Qaeda rebuilding for U.S. attacks in one to two years: CIA, DIA
Sept. 14, 2021
The defeat of the American-backed government in Afghanistan has increased the danger that the al Qaeda terrorist group will launch another attack against the United States very quickly, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency said Tuesday.
Stanford academics slam Justice Department program targeting Chinese researchers
Sept. 13, 2021
A Justice Department program launched during the Trump administration targeting Chinese illicit technology theft is under fire from a group of Stanford University academics.
Ex-CIA analyst: Anti-Trump officials politicized intelligence, undermined U.S. security
Sept. 9, 2021
U.S. intelligence officials waged a politicized campaign to undermine President Trump and his administration, and the politicization undermined American security, according to a former U.S. intelligence analyst.
Chinese media accuse U.S. of biological warfare
Sept. 7, 2021
The Chinese Communist Party has stepped up a war of words against the U.S., airing direct accusations that Washington engaged in biological warfare against China.
U.S. spent $84 billion in military aid to equip, train Afghans, Defense Dept. says
Sept. 2, 2021
The Pentagon spent more than $84 billion over two decades to train and arm the Afghan national security forces and large numbers of U.S. arms and equipment are now in the hands of the Taliban, a spokesman said Thursday.
China tests new missiles in simulated Taiwan strike
Aug. 31, 2021
China's recent test of reported new missiles appears to have been a simulated attack on a Taiwanese airfield and a possible test launch of a new hypersonic weapon, according to a U.S. Air Force research center analysis.
House defense bill targets Chinese influence operations
Aug. 30, 2021
Congress is seeking regular U.S. government reports outlining Chinese influence operations targeting the United States and its allies.
China calls on Taliban to reject terror
Aug. 20, 2021
China's government is calling on the Taliban to reject support for Islamic terrorism as Beijing holds off recognizing the new regime in Kabul until a new government is formed.
China sends bombers into Taiwan air defense zone
Aug. 19, 2021
China's military stepped up flights of H-6 bombers near the southeastern tip of Taiwan, triggering air defense forces of the island state, the Taiwan defense ministry said Thursday.
China emerging as a strategic winner in U.S. rout in Afghanistan
Aug. 17, 2021
China will gain strategically from the removal of troops from Afghanistan after the stunning collapse of the U.S.-backed government and military there, American analysts say.
China building third missile field for hundreds of new ICBMs
Aug. 12, 2021
China is building a third missile field that will hold more than 100 new DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles, The Washington Times has learned.
China circulates 'fake' document, Pompeo says, in anti-U.S. COVID propaganda offensive
Aug. 10, 2021
Chinese state-controlled social media have circulated what former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says is a forged U.S. government document as part of a propaganda offensive blaming the U.S. Army for COVID-19, which was first reported in Wuhan, China.
China's military is armed wing of ruling Communist Party, warns U.S. Air Force report
Aug. 9, 2021
China's military is unlike traditional armies charged with defending national sovereignty and instead is tasked with backing the Chinese Communist Party, according to a new U.S. military assessment.
Beijing plays hardball at talks despite U.S. concessions
July 27, 2021
China this week demanded that the Biden administration reverse its hard-line policies toward Beijing despite the recent American concessions of dropping federal prosecutions of several Chinese researchers accused of hiding their links to the country's military.
'Fox Hunt': U.S. charges covert operatives in illegal hunt of Chinese dissidents
July 22, 2021
The Justice Department on Thursday indicted nine people, including Chinese nationals and an American private investigator, on charges they were part of a Chinese government covert operation called "Fox Hunt" that forcibly repatriated opponents of the Beijing regime.
'Name and shame' campaign offers rare glimpse into China's cyber operations
July 20, 2021
China's Ministry of State Security civilian intelligence is facing new global scrutiny following a coordinated U.S. and allied "name and shame" campaign this week to expose Beijing's massive covert cyber operations.
U.S., allies say Chinese intelligence service behind massive Microsoft hack
July 19, 2021
The Chinese Ministry of State Security intelligence service was behind a major international cyberattack this year involving tens of thousands of computers penetrated through security flaws in Microsoft software, the White House charged Monday in coordination with a group of major U.S. allies.
Chinese national gets 3 1/2 years in jail for scheme to buy U.S. commando craft
July 16, 2021
A Chinese national was sentenced to 3 ˝ years in prison on Friday as part of what U.S. officials said was a plot to illegally export inflatable military boats that are used by special operations commandos to China.
China begins military flights from disputed South China Sea bases
July 13, 2021
China's military recently deployed electronic warning and surveillance aircraft and helicopters on two disputed islands in the South China Sea in what analysts say is a sign that the People's Liberation Army has begun routine air operations from the bases.
U.S. launches fresh salvo over Chinese repression in Xinjiang
July 13, 2021
China's communist government remains engaged in genocide and "horrific" human rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other minorities in western China, the State Department said on Tuesday.
Navy says Chinese military's claim of driving destroyer out of South China Sea is 'false'
July 12, 2021
U.S.-Chinese tensions heightened Monday as the Biden administration, amid Chinese claims that its military had driven an American destroyer from the South China Sea, restated that any attack on the Philippines in the disputed sea would trigger a defense treaty.
U.S. Pacific intel chief: Coming Chinese attack on Taiwan could target other nations
July 8, 2021
China's growing military power in Asia has increased the danger Beijing will launch a war against a neighboring state, with Taiwan just one of several likely future targets, the admiral in charge of intelligence for the Pentagon's Indo-Pacific Command warned this week.
Pentagon sidesteps Japan's vow to help defend Taiwan from Chinese attack
July 6, 2021
The United States is committed to preventing China from militarily taking back Taiwan, but a Pentagon spokesman sidestepped questions Tuesday about a Japanese minister's pledge to join any U.S.-led defense of the island democracy in a conflict.
Ex-Communist insider says Chinese regime used U.S. to strengthen neo-totalitarian control
July 1, 2021
China's Communist Party regime has remained hostile to the United States with little chance of evolving into a normal nation-state despite decades of engagement by Democratic and Republican governments, a former high-ranking party official said.
Chinese defection rumors coincide with Communists' loyalty drive
June 24, 2021
Rumors about the defection of a high-ranking Chinese intelligence official to the United States circulated recently at the same time that the ruling Chinese Communist Party staged an unusual loyalty campaign to bolster ideological purity within the ranks of the 93 million-member ruling party.
Sustaining war against China would be a 'significant challenge,' Joint Chiefs chairman says
June 23, 2021
Supporting military operations in a war against China would pose serious problems for the U.S. military, but American forces currently are stronger than Beijing's army, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress on Wednesday.
Navy warship challenges China with Taiwan Strait voyage
June 22, 2021
A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed through the disputed Taiwan Strait on Tuesday in the latest show of force aimed at keeping the status of the 100-mile waterway as international waters and challenge claims by China.
White House says China risks isolation by opposing virus origin probe
June 21, 2021
China is facing mounting international pressure and isolation unless Beijing cooperates with efforts to uncover the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, the White House said Monday.
Joint Chiefs head says China lacks 'capability' to capture Taiwan
June 17, 2021
China's military forces have not developed the ability to carry out a military assault against the island of Taiwan, despite a large-scale build-up by Beijing in recent years, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress on Thursday.
Spy agencies to release secrets in countering China, Russia info threats
June 17, 2021
The Pentagon's intelligence agencies plan to release classified information to the public and to allies as part of efforts to counter information threats from China and Russia, senior Pentagon and military officials told Congress.
USS Ronald Reagan carrier group in South China Sea amid tensions with Beijing
June 15, 2021
A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS Ronald Reagan began conducting operations in the disputed South China Sea on Monday amid mounting U.S.-China tensions.
Pompeo has 'high confidence' Wuhan lab is linked to China's military
June 14, 2021
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he has "high confidence" in an assessment published by the State Department in January linking the controversial Wuhan Institute of Virology to the Chinese military.
Blinken presses China to join coronavirus origin probe
June 10, 2021
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday pressed a senior Chinese Communist Party official for cooperation with an international investigation into the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Biden administration official said.
Legal watchdog sues DNI, State for coronavirus origin documents
June 10, 2021
Two lawsuits seeking documents from the State Department and the Office of Director of National Intelligence on the origin of the COVID-19 virus have been filed.
House GOP leaders warn Biden on rapid China nuclear build-up
June 9, 2021
China's military is engaged in a rapid nuclear buildup and Beijing's refusal to hold arms talks with the United States may violate an international treaty, three House Republican leaders warned in a letter to President Biden.
Former Trump aides want Beijing punished for pandemic
June 8, 2021
China's government is continuing to stonewall the international community by hiding details and information related to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by a group of former Trump administration officials.
Pentagon identifies Chinese companies for sanctions
June 4, 2021
The Pentagon on Friday released a list of 47 Chinese military-linked companies operating in the United States as part of American efforts to thwart Beijing's military-civilian technology "fusion" program.
Contrary to 'myth,' U.S. partnerships with Asian allies are strong, former White House adviser says
June 3, 2021
Japan's military views the defense of Taiwan as a major national security priority, says Matt Pottinger, a deputy national security adviser in the Trump administration.
For CIA, protecting defectors is a daunting task
June 1, 2021
The CIA is quietly providing lifetime security for several hundred high-value defectors who worked secretly for the United States and fled Russia, China and other hostile states, says the former head of the CIA's defector resettlement program.
China continues proliferation of nuclear tech, missiles: Report
May 26, 2021
China is continuing to sell dangerous nuclear technology and missiles around the world, mainly to North Korea and Iran, according to the Congressional Research Service.
COVID-19 origin dissent 'suppressed' by intelligence community, House GOP report finds
May 24, 2021
U.S. intelligence failures related to the COVID-19 global pandemic include suppression of dissenting views on the origin of the virus, a recent report by House Republicans on the intelligence oversight panel concluded.
Navy denies China's claim it 'expelled' U.S. warship on patrol in South China Sea
May 20, 2021
A Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed near disputed islands in the South China Sea in a challenge to expansive Chinese claims to own most of the waterway, the Navy said Thursday.
House GOP intel panel members seek major probe of COVID-19 origins
May 17, 2021
Republicans on the House intelligence oversight panel are pressing President Biden to launch a major probe into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Researcher gets 3-year prison term for covert China work
May 14, 2021
A professor in Ohio was sentenced to 37 months in prison Friday for failing to disclose work for China funded by federal grants in what prosecutors say was an immunology research fraud scheme.
U.S. intel suspects Putin link to pipeline ransomware attack
May 13, 2021
American intelligence officials are concerned Moscow may have covertly carried out the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack disguised as a criminal group, according to a U.S. official familiar with intelligence reports who said suspicions of the Russian government link are based on comments Russian President Vladimir Putin made last month.
Space Force general: Chinese lasers, jammers threaten GPS satellites
May 10, 2021
China's space weapons include missiles and killer satellites, but Beijing's most worrying arms are lasers and electronic jammers capable of destroying or disrupting Global Positioning System navigation satellites used by the U.S. military, the general in charge of space says.
U.S. would lose war with China over Taiwan, retired USMC major writes in Chinese propaganda paper
May 8, 2021
A civilian Marine Corps official has published an opinion piece in the Chinese Communist Party's most aggressively anti-American propaganda outlet arguing the United States would lose a war with China over Taiwan.
Defense Department officials: No sign yet U.S. funds went to suspect Chinese lab
May 4, 2021
Pentagon officials offered a qualified denial Tuesday saying they have found evidence that any of the nearly $40 million in defense money given to a non-government organization may have been used for research at the Chinese military-linked Wuhan Institute of Virology, a suspected potential origin point for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Xi claims ultimate authority, adopts Mao's title 'helmsman'
May 3, 2021
Chinese President and Communist Party General-Secretary Xi Jinping continues to consolidate power and has reached new status, adopting the title "helmsman," a descriptor not used since Mao Zedong and denoting ultimate authority, according to U.S. intelligence officials.
U.S. approves $2.4 billion sale of maritime patrol jets to India
April 30, 2021
The Biden administration announced it will sell six P-8 maritime patrol aircraft and related gear to India worth $2.42 billion. The jet sale was announced by the State Department and the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation agency notified Congress of the sale Friday.
China nuclear buildup faster than expected, U.S. now believes
April 29, 2021
China's military is advancing its nuclear arsenal and delivery systems so fast the Defense Intelligence Agency has had to move up its estimate of when Beijing will double its warhead stockpile, the general in charge of military intelligence told Congress on Thursday.
Tibetans see repeat of own repression in China's treatment of Uyghurs
April 28, 2021
Tibetans are experiencing mass repression in China similar to that being enforced on ethnic minority Uyghurs in the western part of the country, the outgoing president of the Tibetan government in exile said.
China nixed meeting on biowarfare concerns as coronavirus queries increased
April 25, 2021
China canceled an online meeting with American officials last year to discuss mounting concerns regarding secret Chinese biological weapons work in possible violation of an international treaty, according to a new report.
China engaged in 'breathtaking' nuclear expansion, STRATCOM commander warns
April 21, 2021
China's military is engaged in a "very rapid" expansion of nuclear forces, which threatens U.S. security and is complicating efforts to deter both Russia as well as China, the commander of the Strategic Command told Congress on Wednesday.
Not an 'existential' threat: Intelligence agencies challenge Biden's climate change alarmism
April 20, 2021
The U.S. government's intelligence analysts are failing to match the heated rhetoric used by President Biden and his administration in describing threats posed by climate change, instead dubbing vague "direct" or "indirect" dangers from global warming.
Economists sound alarm on China gaming free market to gain world domination
April 15, 2021
China is exploiting access to the capitalist economic system to achieve global dominance and ultimately seeks to control the world economy, two former Trump administration China experts warned a congressional commission on Thursday.
FBI investigating Antifa for violent attacks, Director Wray says
April 15, 2021
The FBI is investigating far-left Antifa radicals linked to violent attacks around the country, FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress on Thursday.
U.S. intel chief: Coronavirus originated either from Chinese lab breach or infected animal
April 14, 2021
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told Congress on Wednesday the COVID-19 pandemic began either from an accident at a Chinese laboratory or through an infected animal who passed it along to humans.
China, Russia are prime threats to U.S. security, interests, intelligence survey finds
April 13, 2021
China is advancing its global power as it seeks to replace the United States, while Russia also is determined to challenge key American interests, according to the annual intelligence survey of national security threats released Tuesday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Antony Blinken warns China against attacking Taiwan
April 11, 2021
Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China on Sunday not to attack Taiwan amid increased tensions and activities across the Taiwan Strait.
Marine assault vessel joins U.S. carrier group in show of force in South China Sea
April 9, 2021
Thousands of Marines aboard an assault vessel joined a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group sailing in the South China Sea on Friday for integrated military exercises in disputed waters China has claimed as its maritime territory.
'Baseless conspiracies': State Dept. fights China's disinformation campaign on COVID-19 origins
April 8, 2021
As the Chinese government is engaged in a global disinformation campaign regarding the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, the State Department has been quietly pushing back against "baseless conspiracies" around the world, according to the department's Global Engagement Center.
Hypersonic missile fails to deploy in Air Force flight test as Russia, China press ahead
April 6, 2021
The first booster vehicle flight test of a new Air Force ultra-high speed "hypersonic" missile failed this week when the AGM-183 test missile failed to release from a B-52 bomber.
'Spiral out of control': China's 'confrontational' provocation on U.S. allies tests Biden's resolve
March 31, 2021
China is stepping up provocative activities targeting regional American allies in Asia in recent days, with an escalating number of military flights around Taiwan and the massing of more than 200 fishing ships near a disputed Philippines reef.
VOA reporters battle parent over federal records law and source communications
March 31, 2021
The agency that oversees the U.S. government's overseas broadcasting operations is facing controversy over rules requiring reporters at Voice of America to document conversations with sources under federal record-keeping law.
WHO report fails to quell questions over COVID-19 origins, possible lab leak
March 30, 2021
A team of international virus experts working with Chinese counterparts failed to pinpoint the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic during a visit to China, amid mounting questions over stonewalling by Beijing and whether the virus escaped from a Chinese research laboratory.
Biden vows to block Chinese bid for supremacy
March 25, 2021
President Biden said Thursday he will not allow China to become the world's most powerful nation and promised to hold Beijing accountable for human rights abuses and aggressive action in the Asian seas.
China's confrontational military buildup to be laid bare by U.S. spy agency in unprecedented reveal
March 21, 2021
U.S. public and private researchers are about to get an unprecedented look at the scope of China's military buildup.
'No way to strangle China': Fiery rhetoric, clashes besiege U.S., Beijing at Alaska meeting
March 18, 2021
Senior Biden administration officials squared off against their Chinese counterparts in Alaska on Thursday, with the two sides trading charges of global coercion and undermining international order.
'Three Warfares': U.S. pummeled by covert disinformation war waged by Russia, China
March 16, 2021
China and Russia are engaged in sophisticated information warfare against the United States, spreading false narratives to undermine social cohesion and sow division, senior Pentagon intelligence officials disclosed Tuesday.
U.S. plans to deploy long-range missiles in Asia to deter 'our greatest strategic threat'
March 10, 2021
The U.S. military plans to deploy long-range missiles in Asia capable of threatening China as part of efforts to deter a conflict with Beijing, the commander of American military forces in the Pacific said Tuesday.
Biden takes U.S. national security strategy to the left -- with nods to Trump
March 8, 2021
President Biden and his administration plan a leftward shift in U.S. national security strategy while adopting some America-centered policies of the Trump administration such as countering technology theft by China.
Virus experts demand new probe into origins of COVID-19
March 4, 2021
An international group of virus experts on Thursday called for a new "full and unrestricted" international forensic probe of the emergence of the coronavirus, expressing concern over China's dissembling and lack of transparency on the origins of the pandemic.
Touted Chinese drama revives U.S. biological weapons disinformation
March 1, 2021
Chinese state media recently broadcast decades-old disinformation claiming that the U.S. military used biological weapons against Chinese troops in the Korean War.
Facebook's false fact check protected a viable source of COVID-19: Wuhan Institute of Virology
Feb. 23, 2021
Over a year ago, I reported in this newspaper that the Wuhan Institute of Virology has links to the Chinese military and was being eyed as a potential source of the coronavirus pandemic. As of today, every word of my story has been confirmed.
Pompeo: Reckless Chinese virus labs threaten the world
Feb. 23, 2021
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Chinese laboratories conducting virus research pose a threat to the world and China's government should be held to account for the global coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. voices concerns on new China maritime law
Feb. 19, 2021
The United States is raising concerns that a new Chinese maritime law authorizing coast guard vessels to fire on ships in the South China Sea may escalate disputes in the region.
VOA executive fired under Trump rehired by Biden
Feb. 13, 2021
The embattled Voice of America has rehired a Persian-language director who was removed from her post by the agency's previous management last month for allegedly misusing funds and falsifying her resume.
White House warns WHO not to be influenced by China on virus origin probe
Feb. 13, 2021
The White House warned the World Health Organization on Saturday not to be influenced by the Chinese government in conducting its investigation into the origin of the deadly coronavirus.
China rapidly expanding military assets in South China Sea, admiral says
Feb. 11, 2021
China's military increased both warship and warplane missions in the South China where two U.S. aircraft carriers recently conducted operations to bolster international rights to the seas there, the commander of a carrier strike group in the region said.
WHO team unable to pinpoint how virus jumped to humans
Feb. 9, 2021
A team of international virus investigators from the World Health Organization and experts from China said Monday the deadly pathogen behind the global pandemic began in Wuhan, China but virologists were unable to pinpoint with certainty how the virus may have jumped from bats to animals and then humans.
U.S. Navy calls China's 'play with fire' bluff, cruises USS McCain through Taiwan Strait
Feb. 4, 2021
A U.S. Navy destroyer conducted a passage through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, the first transit through the contested waterway since President Biden took office.
Nuclear war with China or Russia 'a very real possibility,' U.S. Strategic Command chief warns
Feb. 1, 2021
The United States must be ready for a nuclear war with China or Russia and seek new ways to deter both countries' use of newly acquired advanced strategic weapons, the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command is warning in a major new review of the global balance of nuclear forces.
Declassified U.S. intelligence bolsters Wuhan lab theory in coronavirus outbreak
Jan. 26, 2021
U.S. intelligence findings recently declassified by the State Department provide fresh evidence for the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic likely began at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, China's sole high-security laboratory that has links to the country's military.
Biden administration faces early tests from China, Russia
Jan. 24, 2021
America's main international rivals have wasted no time in testing the resolve of the Biden administration to defend U.S. allies and values.
Chinese incursions seen as early test of Biden administration
Jan. 24, 2021
A group of 15 Chinese warplanes intruded into Taiwan's air defense zone on Saturday prompting the new Biden administration State Department to voice its concern for military pressure by Beijing on the island state.
U.S. declares China engaged in genocide against Uighurs
Jan. 19, 2021
The U.S. government on Tuesday declared China's communist government guilty of carrying out a policy of genocide and crimes against humanity for its mass repression campaign against Uighur minorities in western China.
China building 'greatest expansion of a nuclear arsenal' since Cold War, State Department warns
Jan. 14, 2021
China has rapidly expanded its nuclear and conventional missile forces over the past decade, nearly tripling its ballistic missile production capability and deploying a wide array of nuclear and conventional missile systems, according to an intelligence assessment released by the State Department.
MIT professor charged with illegal work for China
Jan. 14, 2021
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor was arrested Thursday and charged with secretly working for China's technology collection programs and failing to disclose the work to the Energy Department.
Once-secret strategy document reveals stepped-up U.S. spy operations against China
Jan. 12, 2021
A once-secret White House strategy document reveals that the U.S. has stepped up intelligence activities directed against China's extensive spying operations in the United States and around the world.
China state organ says Beijing must 'strike back' at U.S. over Taiwan
Jan. 12, 2021
President Trump ordered the banning of eight Chinese software applications Tuesday over concerns Beijing is using the apps to spy on Americans and steal massive amounts of data to support its communist system.
Pompeo slams anti-American 'woke-ism' at Voice of America, U.S. broadcast outlets
Jan. 11, 2021
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday criticized "wokeness" and political correctness within the official government Voice of America broadcaster after some employees protested his plan to speak to official U.S. broadcasters at VOA headquarters.
Trump executive order bans 8 Chinese apps
Jan. 5, 2021
President Trump ordered the banning of eight Chinese software applications Tuesday over concerns Beijing is using the apps to spy on Americans and steal massive amounts of data to support its communist system.
China relents, will admit WHO team probing virus origins
Jan. 11, 2021
China's government agreed Monday to allow virus inspectors from the World Health Organization into the country as part of a probe to learn the origin of the coronavirus.
State Department lifts all restrictions on government contacts with Taiwan
Jan. 10, 2021
The State Department on Saturday ended restrictions on diplomatic and military contacts with Taiwan in a move designed to upgrade ties with the island state and end “appeasement of China.”
China: Population policies protect Uighur women from fate as 'baby-making machines'
Jan. 8, 2021
China's embassy in Washington stated this week that repressive policies toward minority Uighurs in western China include birth control designed to stop Uighur women from becoming "baby-making machines."
In another about-face, Chinese firms again blocked from New York Stock Exchange
Jan. 7, 2021
The New York Stock Exchange, under pressure from the Trump administration, reversed itself for a second time this week and has agreed to block trading in three major Chinese telecommunications firms over their links to China's military.
Trump executive order bans 8 Chinese apps
Jan. 5, 2021
President Trump ordered the banning of eight Chinese software applications Tuesday over concerns Beijing is using the apps to spy on Americans and steal massive amounts of data to support its communist system.
Russia likely source of massive SolarWinds hack, U.S. intelligence says
Jan. 5, 2021
U.S. intelligence agencies have formally linked Russia to the massive ongoing cyberattack targeting thousands of sensitive government and private-sector computer networks, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said on Tuesday.
U.S. officials press China over growing nuclear arsenal
Jan. 4, 2021
China is engaged in a nuclear arms buildup and is stonewalling the international community regarding its strategic weapons intentions, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Trump's chief arms control negotiator said Monday.
China excludes elderly from vaccine rollout
Jan. 4, 2021
Chinese officials announced this week they have begun mass vaccinations against the coronavirus pandemic but are limiting shots to people aged 18 to 59, leaving the elderly in the lurch, according to state media.