#Russian authorities recently raided the homes of five #FalunGong practitioners.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual mediation practice that has been heavily persecuted in #China since 1999.

NTD spoke to retired Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding about the incident, and he also gave insight into recent revelations about Chinese tech giant Huawei’s funding of cutting-edge research at American universities. https://www.ntd.com/russia-is-a-proxy-for-china-gen-spalding_991059.html

The #EuropeanUnion pressed #China over its unfair trade practices as communist regime leader #XiJinping began his official visit aimed at bolstering relationships with European leaders.
https://www.ntd.com/eu-leaders-confronts-chinas-xi-over-trade-at-paris-summit_991060.html

A recent Pew Research Center poll found that 40 percent of Americans now view #China as an enemy as opposed to a competitor or a partner, compared to just 25 percent two years ago. To help us understand the findings, NTD’s Chris Beers spoke with Bradley Thayer, co-author of “Understanding the China Threat.” https://www.ntd.com/americans-should-view-chinese-communist-party-as-the-existential-enemy-china-expert_990972.html

#China’s efforts to acquire U.S. technology is getting harder to detect alongside a million-dollar award used as bait to lure U.S. innovation. A new case reveals that Chinese tech giant #Huawei has been secretly funding researchers at top U.S. schools, including Harvard. https://www.ntd.com/huawei-secretly-funds-us-research-via-contest-report_991068.html

#Russian authorities in early May raided the homes of #FalunGong practitioners, a group heavily persecuted by the Chinese communist regime. Sam Brownback, co-chair of the International Religious Freedom Summit, tells NTD that human rights get diminished when nations align with communist #China. https://www.ntd.com/ccp-views-religious-freedom-as-existential-threat-wants-faith-communities-under-control-co-chair-of-international-religious-freedom-summit_991319.html

#China’s foreign ministry accused an Australian aircraft of deliberately flying close to a Chinese jet, saying it had endangered China’s maritime security. However, #Canberra said a Chinese jet fired flares in front of the Australian helicopter—forcing the pilot to “take evasive action in order to not be hit by those flares.” https://www.ntd.com/chinese-jet-fires-flares-forcing-australian-helicopter-into-evasive-action_991305.html

U.S. and Chinese climate envoys held in-person meetings in Washington. Andrew Harding, research assistant at the Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center, says communist #China is hurting American #EnergySecurity by leveraging the #climate agenda. https://www.ntd.com/communist-china-hurting-american-energy-security-by-leveraging-climate-agenda-analyst_991551.html

The Heritage Foundation is launching a new project titled “Chinese Handcuffs: China’s Immobilizing Trap on U.S. Energy, Security, and Prosperity.” Matthew Tragesser, a senior communications manager for media and public relations at the Heritage Foundation, tells NTD that the Biden administration’s #climate agenda makes the United States more reliant on #China. https://www.ntd.com/bidens-climate-agenda-makes-us-more-reliant-on-china-analyst_991755.html

#China’s communist regime has revealed what it claims was an agreement with the #Philippines from 2016 that allegedly involves its gaining access to further islands in the South China Sea. NTD speaks to retired Marine Col. Grant Newsham, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy and the author of “When China Attacks,” who says Beijing is choosing this path now to create political difficulties for the current Philippines administration—which is cooperating much more closely with the United States than its predecessor. https://www.ntd.com/china-revealing-2016-agreement-now-to-create-political-difficulties-for-philippines-administration-security-expert_991829.html

The Biden administration announced that it will impose a 100 percent tariff—quadrupling the current 25 percent—on #ElectricVehicles imported from #China in 2024. In addition to EVs, the White House has significantly increased tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum products, lithium-ion batteries, and solar cells.
https://www.ntd.com/washington-quadruples-tariffs-on-chinese-evs_992637.html

U.S. officials have cut off funding to a nonprofit that funneled government money to a laboratory in #China located in the same city where the first #COVID19 cases appeared. https://www.ntd.com/biden-admin-suspends-funding-to-nonprofit-that-funneled-money-to-china_993014.html

Tesla CEO Elon #Musk is involved with business deals in #China, raising concerns of whether the communist regime in Beijing would use its hefty market as leverage over Mr. Musk to influence the operations of SpaceX’s #Starshield that provides military services to the U.S. federal government. In light of the apparent national security risks, Gordon Chang, a political commentator and the author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” says U.S. lawmakers should make Mr. Musk choose between controlling Tesla or SpaceX, but not both. 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

Russian President Vladimir #Putin began his two-day state visit to #China. In the past weeks, authorities in Russia and Serbia have detained several Falun Gong practitioners for their faith.
https://www.ntd.com/putin-visits-china-amid-ccp-transnational-repression_993110.html

The United States is taking another step to uproot #China from the #biotech supply chain as a new bill passes a House Committee. Meanwhile, big drugmakers are already bracing for changes ahead.
https://www.ntd.com/house-advances-bill-to-restrict-chinese-biotech_993126.html

U.S. officials have cut off funding to a nonprofit that funneled government money to a laboratory in #China located in the same city where the first #COVID19 cases appeared.

https://www.ntd.com/biden-admin-suspends-funding-to-nonprofit-that-funneled-money-to-china_993014.html

The White House said it is unacceptable that Chinese companies are helping #Russia wage its war against #Ukraine. Retired Col. Grant Newsham, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy, tells NTD that communist #China benefits when the United States is distracted by chaos at home and wars abroad. https://www.ntd.com/communist-china-benefits-when-us-distracted-by-chaos-security-policy-expert_993142.html

The United States is taking another step to uproot #China from the #biotech supply chain as a new bill passes a House Committee. Meanwhile, big drugmakers are already bracing for changes ahead.

https://www.ntd.com/house-advances-bill-to-restrict-chinese-biotech_993126.html

"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