Tag: department-of-defense
Taliban Forces Overrun US Military Assets, But Can They Use the High-Tech Equipment?
As the United States nears the end of its military presence in Afghanistan, the Biden administration is being criticized for leaving high-tech military equipment behind, besides the American citizens and Afghan allies. These military assets...
US Formally Lifts Securities Ban on China’s Xiaomi, Reversing Trump Era Action
A U.S. court has removed the Communist Chinese military company (CCMC) designation from China’s Xiaomi Corp., a designation former President Donald Trump labelled the company with just prior to exiting the White House in January....
Trump Tightens American Capital Flow, Cutting Off Billions Invested in Chinese Military Companies
In 1999, a law was passed that required the Pentagon to compile a list of companies affiliated with the Chinese military. The Pentagon has only last year begun complying with the mandate, 21 years after...
Pentagon Shakes Up Defense Policy Board, Removes Major Advisors
The U.S. Department of Defense has removed 11 influential advisors from its Defense Policy Board. The directive was sent out by Pentagon’s White House liaison Joshua Whitehouse, with the purge done quietly on the eve...
More Confucius Institutes Closed in Line With Pentagon Policy
Three universities in the United States announced in late April that they will terminate their Confucius Institutes (CI), the Chinese language education programs funded by the Chinese government. The decisions by the University of Oregon,...
