Staying Tough On China | Polaris National Security

The Chinese Communist Party is the greatest danger to the United States since the Soviet Union – they threaten us militarily, economically, technologically, and societally.

Instead of meeting the threat, Biden wants to defund our military, he won’t stand up to China’s manipulative trade practices, he won’t block Chinese technology, and there’s been no action against the woke companies who kowtow to Beijing.

Earlier this year, Biden’s representatives—Secretary of State Blinken and National Security Advisor Sullivan—were openly mocked by China on American soil at the Alaska summit. Chinese officials lambasted the American negotiators with talking points ripped straight from Critical Race Theory and told them that the U.S. “does not have the qualification to say that it wants to speak to China from a position of strength.”

The CCP is Responsible for Every Death From COVID

China unleashed a deadly virus on the world, then they lied, arrested, and bullied anyone who tried to tell the truth about dangers of the virus.
Coronavirus research centers are pretty rare in the world. But the Wuhan Institute of Virology was only a quarter mile away from where the first known case of COVID was discovered. We don’t know for sure, but parts of our intelligence community have assessed that COVID leaked from the Chinese lab in an accident. The only way to know is for the CCP to come clean, but they have obstructed the investigation at every turn.
Here’s what we know: that China arrested scientists and doctors who tried to warn about the dangers of COVID. We know they lied to the World Health Organization about how deadly the disease was. We know they shredded and burned thousands of documents at the Wuhan Institute of Virology right after this disease emerged.
The Chinese Communist Party enabled COVID to escape China and infect the world, killing nearly a million Americans. They must be held accountable. Unfortunately, the Biden Administration isn’t putting pressure on China to tell the truth. One of Biden first acts as president was to shut down the State Department’s investigation of COVID’s origin. Worse, he rejoined the World Health Organization and gave them $200M even when they helped China cover up the investigation and claimed China was doing everything right.

The CCP is Conducting a Genocide in Xinjiang

Under President Trump, Secretary Pompeo declared that China was conducting a genocide against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang. Over a million Uyghur people are locked up in concentration camps, subjected to brutal torture and brainwashing. Unfortunately, President Biden hasn’t taken the problem seriously.
Worse, the Biden Administration is lobbying against other steps to hold China accountable for the Uyghur genocide - there are reports that Wendy Sherman - the Deputy Secretary of State – and John Kerry were lobbying Congress to stop a bill by Marco Rubio that would prevent taxpayers’ dollars from supporting the genocide.
From the moment they took office, President Biden should have worked to organize an alternate Winter Games along with free democracies in Europe - who make up the bulk of competing nations. According to a poll, 60% of Americans say they supported moving or delaying these Olympics. Biden’s team dropped the ball here.
They also should have announced the diplomatic boycott much earlier and then rallied free nations to join our lead as well - instead we’re just now at the inflection point when other nations have already decided their participation - that’s not exactly an example of bold and decisive leadership.

China’s Military is Almost Beating Ours

The Chinese military, known as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), combined with China’s economic and information warfare presents the most capable and aggressive threat to U.S. interests and security in our nation’s history. Worse, the Biden Administration is not meeting the challenge.
The Chinese military nuclear build-up is occurring at a rapid pace, far exceeding original U.S. intelligence and Pentagon predictions. In 2020 the United States predicted that China would hold 400 nuclear warheads by 2030. A year later, the same U.S. prediction skyrocketed to 1,000.
In 2021, the Pentagon revealed that China is equal to or exceeds the United States in shipbuilding, land-based ballistic missiles, and integrated air defense systems.
China’s strategy is based on countering specific U.S. advantages, particularly our more advanced air and maritime capabilities. In direct conflict, China would target U.S. aircraft carriers in an attempt to handicap the United States’ strongest advantage.
The Biden Administration recognizes this threat but so far has failed to fund the U.S. military at the necessary rate to keep pace with China’s advances, nor has it prioritized Great Power Competition as administrations of both parties focused on the Middle East and other theatres. Biden refuses to develop a military capable of deterring the CCP’s aspirations, leaving Americans and our allies more vulnerable to China’s authoritarian rule.

Why We Need to Defend Taiwan

China wants to bully nations around the world with their military. They’ve used force to expand into islands in the South China Sea. Back in 2014, they built islands out of the water as massive aircraft carriers. It’s all part of their plan to invade Taiwan. We have to stand with Taiwan – they are a peaceful democratic country who stand as a bastion of freedom against Communist China.
Taiwan has a central role in global semiconductor production that affects U.S. economic and national security. Taiwan represents ~19% of the world’s semiconductor wafer manufacturing capacity. For comparison, mainland China represents ~20%; and while the U.S. leads in global chip design and intellectual property, it weighs in at only ~11% of global capacity.
As a result, not only does Taiwan represent an important symbol of America’s commitment to a rules-based international order, but it is a key enabler of American economic security as well. Just think of how the chips shortage hurt the car industry. Now imagine China controlling the global chips industry – they would have key leverage over the United States.
The best way to protect Taiwan is to make sure there’s never a war over the country. The only way to do that is to have a military strong enough to deter China from ever starting a war. That requires a strong military, but Biden is trying to cut defense spending instead of increasing it – while he increases spending on every other category.

China’s Technological and Societal Threat

China is trying to take control of the leading technologies and data about every American. What will they do with this information? The only limit is the imagination of the Chinese Communist Party. They’ve used Western data and technology firms for facial recognition they used to conduct a genocide, they’ve unleashed pandemics, created islands for military bases that may one day be used to attack our aircraft carriers.
China tries to censor Hollywood – and our elites go along with it. Instead of standing up to China’s vision of oppression, companies line up to make more money. Can you imagine if that happened when the Soviet Union worked to defeat the United States?
We need to stand up against China across all parts of American society – from higher education to finance, to technology and data. And we need a Congress and a President dedicated to standing up to China – not kowtowing and apologizing.

Policy Memorandums

Chinese Military Build-Up

The rapid Chinese military build-up has outpaced U.S. intelligence and Pentagon predictions. Instead of preparing the U.S. military to deter the rising Chinese threat, Biden calls for decreasing military spending to levels members of his own political party refuse to propose.

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THE RED 10: The Ten Worst Corporate Appeasers of Communist China

The list of the CCP’s aggressive acts grows monthly – from supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to flying a spy balloon over the continental United States. Such actions merit a robust response – not just from the U.S. government from every segment of society. The monumental task of preventing the CCP from carrying out its goals of domination cannot be achieved without the cooperation of the American business community.

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China is Responsible for COVID-19

The Chinese Communist Party lied, engaged in a cover-up, and bullied anyone that demanded accountably for COVID-19. Worse, Biden did nothing when the CCP banned the World Health organization from investigating the origins of the virus.

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Why Defending Taiwan Matters

China’s growing authoritarian role in the world runs directly counter to U.S. interests and our security— their dangerous ambition to rule the world as they see fit is a direct threat to U.S. security, our interests, and the interest of freedom in the world. Taking over Taiwan would be a crucial first step in the CCP’s long-term plan and endanger the United States immensely.

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The CCP's Genocide in Xinjiang

Since 2014, the CCP has placed over one million Muslims of the Uyghur minority group in forced detention camps. This is a human rights abuse at a scale not observed since Hitler’s concentration camps during the Holocaust. In January 2021, the Trump Administration formally recognized that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is committing genocide against the Uyghur People.

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03.21.2024

Morgan Ortagus Joins The Bottom Line

Morgan Ortagus joins The Bottom Line on Fox Business to discuss the precarious relationships between American businesses and the CCP and how it impacts U.S. national security.

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Corporate America A Huge Stumbling Block For China Policy, Hudson Institute Panel Agrees

Corporate America got called on the carpet for its stand-down approach to China in a one-hour panel discussion at the Hudson Institute on Monday.

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