"We now have to make sure that we understand what an adversary #China is, and make sure that we're not playing into our own demise," says Alberta premier Danielle Smith.

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Musk is involved with business deals in #China, raising concerns of whether the communist regime would use its hefty market as leverage over #Musk to influence the operations of #SpaceX’s Starshield that provides military services to the federal government.https://www.ntd.com/musk-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-control-tesla-and-spacex-given-risks-to-national-security-involving-china-tesla-market-gordon-chang_992925.html

Jeff Ferry, chief economist for the Coalition for a Prosperous America, spoke with NTD about the Biden administration’s tariffs on #EVs, how the United States would combat #China’s efforts to circumvent the tariffs, and what the United States should be doing to rebuild its economy. https://www.ntd.com/usmca-trade-agreement-wont-help-us-rebuild-its-economy-economist_993334.html

As the United States intensifies efforts to reduce trade with #China by hiking #tariffs, it has greatly boosted imports from Vietnam—which relies on Chinese inputs for much of its own exports, data show.
https://www.ntd.com/as-us-hikes-china-tariffs-imports-soar-from-china-reliant-vietnam_993412.html

Russian President Vladimir #Putin visited Beijing, with his visit to #China symbolic of deepening ties between the two countries as tensions with the West grow. During his two-day visit, Mr. Putin spoke with Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping about trade, energy, and security. They also discussed the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, as well as Taiwan’s sovereignty.
https://www.ntd.com/deepening-russia-china-ties-forcing-nations-to-choose-between-global-south-global-west-former-intel-officer_993408.html

#Taiwan’s new president has been sworn into office, calling on #China to stop its military and political intimidations in a speech unlikely to deter the communist regime’s ambition to seize control of the self-ruling island.
https://www.ntd.com/taiwans-new-president-sworn-in-calling-on-china-to-stop-intimidation_993887.html

#China hit #Boeing and two other U.S. defense contractors with #sanctions for selling arms to #Taiwan. The sanctions came the same day Taiwan’s new president was sworn in.
https://www.ntd.com/china-sanctions-boeing-over-arms-sales-to-taiwan_994069.html

#China’s CDC openly admitted that, as of May 12, at least 25 people across the country were infected with the #KP2variant.
https://www.ntd.com/china-cdc-admits-kp-2-covid-variant-appeared-in-china_994368.html

The Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) announced sanctions against former Republican Rep. #MikeGallagher, who was a vocal critic of communist #China before leaving Congress.
https://www.ntd.com/china-sanctions-former-chairman-of-house-select-committee-on-ccp_994517.html

#China’s CDC openly admitted that, as of May 12, at least 25 people across the country were infected with the #KP2variant.

https://www.ntd.com/china-cdc-admits-kp-2-covid-variant-appeared-in-china_994368.html