The United States has seen no evidence that Chinese manufacturer Huawei can make advanced smartphone chips “at scale,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told lawmakers on Sept. 19. Huawei recently launched the Mate 60 Pro phone that some analysts described as a “milestone” for China, spotlighting a 7-nanometer chip built domestically by China’s top chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. Beijing has hailed the new device as Huawei’s “triumphant return” four years after the United States moved to cut off the firm’s access to essential chipmaking technologies. Ms. Raimondo acknowledged that she was “upset” upon hearing about China’s technological breakthrough during her trip to the country last month....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/no-evidence-china-can-make-advanced-chips-at-scale-us-says-5496480
Republican senators are demanding answers from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, over the national security threats posed by a surge in Chinese nationals illegally entering the United States via the southern border. Led by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), five senators wrote a letter (pdf) to Mr. Mayorkas on Sept. 20, pointing out that over 18,000 Chinese nationals have illegally crossed the southern border in fiscal year 2023. The lawmakers expressed concerns that these illegal Chinese immigrants could engage in espionage activities on U.S. soil at the direction of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Moreover, the lawmakers alleged that some of the more than 18,000 individuals could have ties to the CCP military, formally known as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).... 
Mount Hope Chinese Association, a Chinese Organization in New York, holds a “Wake up to the CCP Threat” seminar at 7:00 p.m. ET on Sept. 21 in Poughkeepsie, New York, to expose the Chinese Communist Party’s threat to the United States. ...
John Lee Chi-kin, the new president of the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), said his top priority was to enhance prospective teachers’ awareness of ethics and to promote national security education, further tightening Beijing’s ideological grip over the former British colony. Mr. Lee, a member of Beijing’s Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in Hong Kong, told media on Sept. 15 that the university would reform its education curriculum from the 2024–2025 academic year and strengthen “teacher ethics training.” All students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education program are required to take a guidance course on conduct before starting their internship....