A House China panel asked the Department of Homeland Security to explain how it investigates and catches Chinese companies that evade tariffs with trade fraud. In a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday, House Select Committee on China Chair Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and member Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Ill.) alleged China’s Qingdao Sunsong, a Chinese manufacturer of automotive fluid transfer hoses and lines, as being 0ne such perpetrator. “Reviews of Qingdao Sunsong’s public disclosures lay out a case of blatant trade fraud that is having a catastrophic impact on American manufacturers,” they wrote. “Indeed, one American company has been compelled to accumulate significant debt, divest itself of two business divisions, and most recently lay off one-quarter of its workforce due to Sunsong’s trade fraud.”...Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-china-panel-probes-dhs-on-enforcing-trade-fraud-penalties-5501281
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings has agreed to pay over $26 million to settle charges that it bribed Chinese officials to get advertising contracts, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Thursday. The U.S.-based company was accused of violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) through the actions of its agency, Clear Media Limited, which at the time was a majority-owned subsidiary in China. The SEC said Clear Media allegedly bribed Chinese officials from 2012 through 2017 to obtain contracts for selling advertising services to companies for display on public bus shelters and other outdoor displays. Charles Cain, chief of the SEC Enforcement Division’s FCPA unit, said that Clear Media bribed Chinese officials with expensive gifts and entertainment and used off-book consultants to obtain contracts from Chinese authorities.... 
The United States on Friday appointed veteran diplomat Mark Lambert as its top official for China policy amid strained relations between the two countries over geopolitics and trade issues. Mr. Lambert will be China coordinator and deputy assistant secretary of state for China and Taiwan, filling the post that had been vacated by Rick Waters in June, the State Department said on Sept. 29. He will head the Office of China Coordination, which facilitates the department’s implementation of the Biden administration’s “invest, align, compete” strategy with the Chinese regime. “It is a key component of the Secretary’s modernization agenda, which is focused on equipping the Department to meet the challenges and seize the opportunities of the decade ahead,” the department stated....
A global information war worth billions is buying up the media and booting critics from apps like TikTok. A new report shows how Beijing controls what details you see about China. Celebrities and politicians on TikTok beware: a new risk could see their closest personal contacts exposed. American companies face a growing risk in China. We take a look at the latest example of Beijing’s exit bans. Tensions in the Taiwan Strait are flaring up, with the island detaining 17 fishermen on Friday after a coast guard collision. An iconic absence at Washington’s National Zoo: its three pandas will soon say farewell to visitors and head back to China, as a unique form of diplomacy dries up....