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
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....
Gen. Wei Fenghe, the first People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officer to receive the rank of general by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the man he promoted as commander of the Rocket Force, and the man whom he appointed Defense Minister, has ended his 53-year military career, falling in a political purge of the Rocket Force. All happened in months because Mr. Xi lost trust in the leadership of the Rocket Force. The PLA Rocket Force, formerly known as the Second Artillery Corps, controls China’s land-based ballistic, Hypersonic, and cruise missiles—including nuclear weapons. Gen. Wei was the Rocket Force’s first commander....
The use of the Mongolian language for schools in China’s Inner Mongolia has been fully cut, following a three-year transition process. The move leaves many ethnic Mongolians concerned about the complete loss of their culture among younger generations. “This is a systematic and planned policy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government to eliminate the Mongolian nation,” said Enghebatu Togochog, a U.S.-based Mongolian activist, regarding the mandatory switch, which is being billed as “bilingual education.” Mr. Enghebatu is the director of the New York-based Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC). Mongolian activists outside of China often refer to their homeland as Southern Mongolia, rather than the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, as it is called by Beijing....