Republicans in Congress urged President Joe Biden to reverse his approach toward China, demanding that Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping “demonstrate [his] seriousness” in improving ties with the United States before they two leaders meet next week. A group of 13 Republicans on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, led by chairman Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), penned a letter to President Biden, expressing their concerns over the administration’s continuing efforts to engage with the Chinese regime. The letter made public on Nov. 9 came shortly before the official announcements from the White House and China’s foreign ministry confirming that the two country’s top leaders will meet in the San Francisco Bay area next week.... China Should Prove It ‘Truly’ Wants to Improve Relations Before Biden, Xi Meeting, Republicans Say
Republicans in Congress urged President Joe Biden to reverse his approach toward China, demanding that Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping “demonstrate [his] seriousness” in improving ties with the United States before they two leaders meet next week. A group of 13 Republicans on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, led by chairman Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), penned a letter to President Biden, expressing their concerns over the administration’s continuing efforts to engage with the Chinese regime. The letter made public on Nov. 9 came shortly before the official announcements from the White House and China’s foreign ministry confirming that the two country’s top leaders will meet in the San Francisco Bay area next week.... 
The United States is viewed much more favorably than China in 24 countries, most of which are high-income nations, amid growing competition between the two nations, according to the Pew Research Center. According to the latest survey by the Washington-based think tank released on Nov. 6, 22 out of 24 countries view the United States more positively than China. “This year, overall views of the United States are much more positive than views of China in most places surveyed,” Pew Research noted. “But this has not always been the case in our nearly two decades of favorability polling, and views of the countries have fluctuated alongside views of their leaders.”...
Taiwanese businessman Lee Meng-chu witnessed firsthand the ongoing persecution of Chinese citizens and religious groups—particularly the oppression faced by Falun Gong practitioners—in a Chinese prison. Chinese authorities detained Mr. Lee during a business trip to China in 2019. He returned to Taiwan in September this year after he was imprisoned for 22 months on charges of allegedly conducting espionage activities. He was also prohibited from leaving China for two years and given a “supplementary punishment” of “deprivation of political rights,” meaning he could not vote or participate in elections. During the two-year “supplementary punishment,” Mr. Lee visited more than 100 Chinese cities and learned about the atrocities occurring inside prisons, particularly the abuses perpetrated against Falun Gong adherents....
WASHINGTON—A congressional resolution that would formally recognize Taiwan’s independence has earned 50 cosponsors for the first time. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) earlier this year, seeks to resume formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan and end the United States’s “One China” policy. “It is long past time for U.S. policy to reflect the objective reality that Taiwan has never been under the control of the People’s Republic of China or part of its territory for even a single day,” Mr. Tiffany told The Epoch Times in an email. “This important milestone shows that momentum is growing to turn the page on this failed 1970s-era policy.”...