Senators Want US to Invest in Defense Startups to Compete With China

The bill—sponsored by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), as well as Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) and Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas)—will encourage private capital to invest in small defense firms producing advanced capabilities like hypersonics.

DOJ Charges 40 Chinese Communist Party Officers With Allegedly Targeting US Residents, Spreading Propaganda

“The Chinese government deploys an elite task force of its national police—the 912 Special Project Working Group—as a troll farm to attack Chinese dissidents in our country for exercising free speech that the [Chinese communist] government disfavors, and spread disinformation and propaganda to sow divisions within the United States,” Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said in a statement.

US Sanctions 5 Chinese Firms Allegedly Involved in Uyghur Repression

“We are very aware, based on credible reporting from the NGO and other communities, that there’s a significant number of companies that are operating in Xinjiang or around Xinjiang that are engaging in those abhorrent practices, and we want to name them, and we want to ensure that their goods do not come into this country,”

Lawmakers Call for US to Defend Chinese Protesters

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Dec. 1 sent a letter to China’s ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, warning of “grave consequences for the U.S.–China relationship” if the communist regime carries out a violent suppression of demonstrations similar to 1989’s Tiananmen Square massacre.