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The movement to ban TikTok: What the midterms could mean for the future of the app
Adding to the pressure is a bipartisan group of state attorneys general who announced an investigation in March into TikTok’s effect on the physical and mental health of children and teens. And nearly two years ago, the Federal Trade Commission ordered TikTok and eight other online services to turn over documents about data-handling.
US eyes new role for research funding in diplomacy
The White House review also expresses admiration for Horizon Europe, the ongoing European Union plan for collectively spending more than $100 billion over seven years on research and innovation work among member countries.
Silicon Valley Innovator Keith Krach Calls on Universities to Withdraw Investments in Communist China
Krach said the universities are trustworthy institutions but they don’t realize Chinese companies have enforced unfair and inhuman labors to make products they have procured and that those companies are actually part of CCP military.
Global Class: Get Ready to Enter the World Stage With Klaus Wehage
Cultural curiosity, global-mindedness, and cultural sensitivity are key…This is what we believe will become the most sought-after mindset/skillset over the next decade.
Boot Chinese Stocks From ESG Funds, Former State Department Official Says
The case study notes that Chinese solar panels are largely produced in Xinjiang, where the Uyghur genocide is taking place, and many of these companies, if not all, are likely implicated in the use of forced Uyghur labor.
EU-Taiwan relations continue to expand in the framework of the One China Policy
The symbolic dimension is always a sensitive and salient issue when we talk about Taiwan as it was clearly illustrated by Lithuania’s recent decision to upgrade its relationship with the island.
CCP Congress Outcome May Lead China on Warpath Against Taiwan: Analysts
Krach said that ancient Chinese military strategy has dictated that the regime hide its strength and bide its time—which is exactly what CCP leaders since Mao have been doing.
Washington insiders launch Quad fund to take on China
This is the right thing at the right time. We need to put together something that transcends the administrations of all four Quad countries and which advances those countries’ national security interests
US Must Build Trust to Counter CCP Authoritarianism: Nobel Nominee
This “trust principle,” Krach said, was at the heart of his work with the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue University, a bipartisan initiative aimed at bridging gaps in knowledge and experience between innovators and policymakers, and for which he has been nominated for a 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.
A Partnership Approach to America’s International Economic Relations
To compete with China and other malicious actors, Washington must leverage foreign aid to reward pro-Western reformers and countries that support U.S. foreign policy, including through votes at the United Nations. The main effort should be directed toward strengthening economic partnerships that bring to bear the two most powerful tools in our arsenal—economic freedom and America’s powerful private sector.
Path uncertain for US-Taiwan free trade deal despite Hill support
“From Taiwan’s perspective, this is actually the first time that the U.S. has agreed to start this building block process,” Lee said. “This is a breakthrough. This is something that we have been requesting for the last 15, 20 years and never happened, not even a step further to study the possibility, nothing, and now we’re starting to negotiate at least one-third of an FTA.”
US Should Formally Recognize Taiwan, Former Undersecretary of State Says
China has ramped up its hostility toward Taiwan over the past several months, notably since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island in August. One day after the speaker left Taiwan, the Chinese military launched missiles that hit seas south, north, and east of Taiwan, with five landing in the waters of Japan’s exclusive economic zone, according to The New York Times.
