China Raises Defense Budget by 7.2 Percent as It Pushes for Global Heft and Regional Tensions ContinueBEIJING—China on Tuesday announced a 7.2 percent increase in its defense budget, which is already the world’s second-highest behind the United States at 1.6 trillion yuan ($222 billion), roughly mirroring last year’s rise. Tensions with the U.S., Taiwan,

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The Real Story of January 6 | DocumentaryThe House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party holds a hearing on “Growing Stakes: The Bioeconomy and American National Security” at 9:00 a.m. ET on March 7. Witnesses Dr. Jason Kelly, CEO, Ginkgo Bioworks Dr. Tara O’Toole, senior fellow and

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Chinese Military Saw Winnipeg Lab as a ‘Base’ to Further Its Virus ResearchThe Chinese military saw Canada’s top bio-safety laboratory, and one of its scientists who was eventually fired for security breaches, as important assets to further its own virus research, government records show. Canadian scientist Qiu Xiangguo, who worked

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