A congressional commission has put together a list of political prisoners in China and is asking President Joe Biden to use it when talking to Chinese leader Xi Jinping at this month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the chair and co-chair, respectively, of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, sent a letter to President Biden on Nov. 8, asking him to submit the list to Mr. Xi and “discuss with him the reasons political prisoners are a critical concerns of the United States” in bilateral relations. “For the past decade, PRC officials have refused to accept lists of political prisoners from the United States and have limited our access to information on individual detainees’ treatment and location,” the lawmakers wrote, referring to China’s official name, the People’s Republic of China....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/bipartisan-commission-provides-biden-a-list-of-political-prisoners-to-hand-to-chinas-xi-5526307
Foreign ministers from the G7 countries on Nov. 8 vowed to crack down on China’s “malign” practices, including the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) illegitimate technology transfers that “distort the global economy,” but they stressed the need to work together with Beijing to tackle an array of global challenges. Top diplomats from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the European Union, and the United States—the Group of Seven—made the pledge during a G7 meeting in Tokyo, Japan, which has assumed the G7 presidency this year. G7 members said they are “prepared to build constructive and stable relations with China” and recognize the “importance of engaging candidly and expressing our concerns directly” to Beijing....
America’s top diplomat is dashing around Asia to tackle hot issues in the region, and sharing an important message from his travels. How strong is the China threat that’s unnerving U.S. allies there? NTD White House correspondent Iris Tao gets a reply from the State Department after asking about China’s efforts to block an American company from performing in South Korea. A tug of war is taking place between world powers over ports in South Asia sitting on crucial trade routes that supply the world’s oil. A congressional investigation looks into whether American retirement funds are helping a top adversary....
China is setting out to mass produce human-like robots in two years, an ambitious plan that it hopes to put Beijing as the leader of the field. In a blueprint issued to local authorities across China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the goal to establish an innovation framework for humanoid robots and ensure that the country can make core parts of the robots on its own. The products, under the plan, will reach advanced international standards in quality. They will see applications in harsh environments, manufacturing, as well as service sectors, according to the directive. Like smartphones, computers, and new energy vehicles, humanoid robots have the “disruptive” potential to “revolutionize” people’s lives, the document said....