On one hand we're saying 'the window is now, we're in a dire, volatile situation in the Taiwan Strait' but also 'we won't get you the weapons you need for another decade-plus.' That's on us. We need to do a better job.

'The US should participate in joint resupply missions [to Second Thomas Shoal] with Filipino forces...[it] cant repeat the same mistakes it made in 2012, when China set a terrible precedent by using military coercion to seize control of Scarborough Shoal.”
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'We have a natural instinct in the US to try to solve problems; to fix things. There are some problems that cannot be so easily solved...Preventing a conflict over Taiwan and maintaining the current status quo may, for now, be the best we can do.'

Surrounded by TikTok lobbyists, send help.

“The U.S., Japan and the Philippines will launch joint naval patrols in the South China Sea later this year, according to a U.S. official and a foreign diplomat familiar with the planning.” politico.com/news/2024/03/2…

Taiwan is INDISPENSABLE to the United States's national security and economic interests.

WATCH Heritage Foundation's Kevin Roberts make the case:

.🧵India supports #Philippines ’ sovereignty, EAM Jaishankar said in Manila, which sparked a response from Chinese MoFA that called on “third countries” not to “interfere”
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'The USG banned the use of TikTok on government phones in 2022, acknowledging the national security threats...If the product is unsafe for government employees, why would we allow it to contaminate the phones of millions of American youth?'
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'The American Case for Taiwan'

Event this Thursday March 28, 10:00am at Heritage.

Michael Cunningham will discuss his groundbreaking new Special Report, releasing this week.

'Keeping Taiwan free from the grasp of the CCP is a vital interest of the US.'
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'Seeking to liberalize China through free trade and US capital investments has been tried for decades and has failed miserably...China was supposed to grow freer as it grew richer; instead it grew more repressive at home and aggressive abroad'-Bryan Burack heritage.org/asia/report/th…

'The USG banned the use of TikTok on government phones in 2022, acknowledging the national security threats...If the product is unsafe for government employees, why would we allow it to contaminate the phones of millions of American youth?'
washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/…

⚠️ Senators got a 'shocking,' classified briefing on TikTok's spy potential.

Lawmakers say Americans would be frightened by the app's ability to access and track their personal data.

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Washington’s momentum to tackle TikTok is back, and it couldn’t come a minute too soon. The app is the CCP’s greatest asymmetric advantage over the United States.

My latest, in The Dispatch thedispatch.com/article/defang…

SCOOP: Some China hawks in Congress are considering blacklisting lobbying firms that represent TikTok or ByteDance who ask for meetings with congressional offices for any of their clients, four people familiar with the conversations told me. politico.com/newsletters/po…

'It’s disgusting. Former members of Congress lobbying on behalf of TikTok.' thehill.com/homenews/house…

What the US and India have achieved in the last 20 years was unthinkable

IndiaToday Rahul Kanwal #IndiaTodayConclave2024

🚨 New poll from State Armor:

State Armor teamed up with Marist Poll & found an overwhelming majority of Americans see Communist China as America's defining threat. They want CCP infiltration rolled back across the board through statehouse action.

Results below

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I'm shocked by the amount of disinformation being spread about the 'TikTok bill' by people that should know better.

TO BE CLEAR: The bill ONLY targets apps/websites CONTROLLED BY FOUR SPECIFIC FOREIGN ADVERSARIES. Anyone who says otherwise is lying or grossly misinformed.