Global pushback against the Chinese Communist Party: Beijing warns U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy not to visit Taiwan. In Europe, the Czech Republic’s House speaker plans to visit Taiwan, too. Back in the United States, a bill aims to prevent American reserve oil from getting sold to China, while some lawmakers are rooting out foreign influence in U.S. schools. And in the Indo-Pacific, alliances with the United States are getting stronger.
Topics in this episode:
- House Speaker Responds to China Over Taiwan Visit
- Taiwan House Speaker Calls China’s Opposition ‘Standard Operating Procedure’
- Bill Aims to Protect U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Would Ban Sale of Oil Reserves to China
- DOD Asked to Probe Private Schools for China Ownership
- U.S. Senator Asks Apple, Google for TikTok Ban
- Canadian Lawmakers Back Resettlement for Uyghurs
- U.S. Secures Deal on Philippine Bases to Counter CCP
- NATO Chief Warns of Chinese Military Build-Up
- Australia, UK Ministers Hold Bilateral Talks
- Former Shanghai Bookseller’s Wife Hit With ‘Exit Ban’
- China, U.S. Tracking New Omicron Strain ‘Orthrus’
- Chinese People Are Starting Believe Societal Change Is Possible: Lantos Swett