Inside Communist China’s Plans to Dominate the Middle East—Michael Doran | American Thought Leaders “When I started to think about what the Middle East looked like from Beijing, the place suddenly looked very different.” The Chinese Communist Party is seeking to, step by step, dominate the Middle East, says Hudson Institute senior fellow Michael Doran—from building ports in strategic locations to expanding its naval presence in the ...
79 rivers exceed flood warning levels in China; Beijing blocks Taiwan-Germany vaccine deal Capitol Hill is debating the Endless Frontier spending bill. But one amendment has already passed — blocking funding for ‘gain of function’ virus research in China’s Wuhan lab. The lab leak theory resurfaces in news headlines. U.S. President Biden says he’s asked the intelligence community to dig deeper into the origins of the pandemic. China’s flood ...