Washington, July 25 (IANS) A bipartisan group of influential US senators has urged Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to impose sanctions on support vessels that enable China’s vast distant-water fishing fleet, arguing that targeting the logistical backbone of the operation would disrupt what they described as widespread illegal fishing, environmental destruction and forced labour linked to the Chinese Communist Party.Led by Senator Ted Cruz, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee o…
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Washington, June 4 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday commemorated the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, saying the world continues to remember those killed while demanding democratic reforms and warning that “no amount of censorship can erase the past.” In a statement issued on the eve of the June 4 anniversary, Rubio said the Chinese Communist Party had ordered troops to attack “thousands of peaceful demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square” in 1989.”Ch…
Washington, June 3 (IANS) The United States must strengthen its fisheries, maritime infrastructure, shipbuilding capacity and workforce development to remain competitive in the rapidly expanding global blue economy, lawmakers and industry leaders told a Senate hearing.At a Congressional hearing on “The Blue Economy: Advancing American Fisheries, Maritime Industry, and Coastal Economies,” Sen. Dan Sullivan said America’s oceans, coasts and waterways are central to economic growth, food secu…
Washington, May 12 (IANS) Senior bipartisan US lawmakers have urged President Donald Trump to personally raise the cases of political prisoners and unjustly detained Americans with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their upcoming talks, warning that Beijing’s actions threaten American interests and families.In a letter released on Monday, the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was increasingly using “hostage diplomacy, coerc…
Washington, Feb 28 (IANS) From Russian and Chinese military activity near Alaska to drone incursions at the US–Mexico border, American senators pressed two Pentagon nominees on how they would defend the homeland while preserving civil liberties during a closely watched confirmation hearing.The Senate Armed Services Committee examined the nominations of Mark Roosevelt Ditlevson to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas Security Affairs, and Brian D. Birdwell to be A…
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) The United States is already engaged in an active and escalating cyber conflict with its adversaries, senior American lawmakers have warned, cautioning that attacks on critical infrastructure and national systems are occurring in real time and growing harder to detect or deter.Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker during a confirmation hearing said cyber threats are no longer hypothetical. “This is not a theoretical threat,” he said. “This is an on…
Canberra, Jan 7 (IANS) The Australian judiciary appears complicit in the Chinese psychological warfare campaign by allowing the controversial trio of Hong Kong National Security Law judges to enter Australia and engage with the judicial figures — posing a national security risk. Australia’s judiciary does not seem concerned by the judgments of Hong Kong’s “bogus court”, a report said on Wednesday. “In March of this year, a trio of Hong Kong National Security Law judges landed on Aust…