House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) is reintroducing a bill on Thursday that would require the federal government to detail any funding flowing to companies in communist China, The Epoch Times has learned. The bill, named “Our Money in China Transparency Act,” is the latest effort to track U.S. investment in China amid rising concerns about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) espionage efforts against the United States and its citizens. “The CCP is a national security threat; it’s time we act like it. And this means knowing every cent the federal government is sending to China,” Mr. Green of Tennessee said in a statement to The Epoch Times. “While Xi Jinping is busy scheming, we must be proactive instead of reactive.”...
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SAN FRANCISCO—A man was taken away on Wednesday after attacking an NTD reporter covering the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. The incident unfolded near the intersection of 4th Street and Market Street, a few blocks from the Moscone Center, where many APEC meetings are being held. The attack was caught on a cellphone video filmed by Jason Blair, a reporter working for NTD, a sister media outlet of The Epoch Times. In an interview with The Epoch Times Wednesday night, Mr. Blair said the man, likely in his 20s, first targeted Falun Gong practitioners before attacking him. The practitioners have been putting up large banners at the location to raise awareness of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 24-year persecution against their faith as CCP leader Xi Jinping is in the city for the APEC summit.... 
Recent reports from official Chinese media have highlighted a rapid spread of respiratory infections, initially identified as mycoplasma pneumonia, particularly affecting children across various regions of China. Alarmingly, signs of a similar outbreak have emerged in South Korea, intensifying public concern. However, a Chinese doctor has revealed this surge in infections is a variant of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) rather than mycoplasma pneumonia, a perspective shared by some experts. According to an announcement made on Nov. 11 by the Korean Disease Management Agency, the number of patients hospitalized for mycoplasma pneumonia from Oct. 29 to Nov. 4 tripled compared to the same period last year, reaching 168 cases....
A main federal retirement fund will not invest in the Hong Kong stock market, as the risks of Chinese securities are increasing amid U.S. efforts to counter the communist regime. The Federal Thrift Retirement Investment Board (FTRIB), a government agency that manages the federal retirement plan, voted unanimously to adjust the benchmark index it uses for its international stock investment fund, excluding all investment in Hong Kong, the board said in a Nov. 14 statement. The fund doesn’t invest in mainland China, and its previous plan to invest in Chinese stocks was halted amid strong opposition in Washington. The decision comes as tensions between the world’s two largest economies remain high, including over the U.S. investment restrictions and export ban on sensitive technologies that could be used to help the Chinese Communist Party’s military modernization or undermine American national security....