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Sean Tseng

Reporter · US

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Sep 14, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Sean Tseng

    A Chinese Battery Plant Moved Into This Illinois Town on State Money. Its Residents Can’t Vote It Out. (opens the original)

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    Its fire district took on a two-million-square-foot lithium-battery plant, and the fire risk that comes with it, for about $140,000 a year. The empty Kmart distribution center on the edge of Manteno, Illinois, used to pay about $900,000 a year in property taxes. Then Gotion, a Chinese battery company, moved in, and the local officials who welcomed it capped the company’s property taxes at $2 million a year for 30 years—no matter how much it builds inside. Most of that money goes to the schools,

  2. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Sean Tseng

    Free Flights and Free Hotels: Recruiters Line Up Crowds to Welcome Xi in Washington (opens the original)

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    Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due at the White House on Sept. 24 for a state visit hosted by President Donald Trump. In the weeks beforehand, recruiters working through Chinese-language group chats have been offering people free flights, hotel rooms, meals, and in one case $80 in cash to stand along the route with a flag. Screenshots of those solicitations, obtained by The Epoch Times, describe an arrangement with three consistent features. Costs are covered by the Chinese embassy and affiliated

  3. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Sean Tseng

    The Inner Workings of Beijing’s Security Machine Revealed (opens the original)

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    On the eve of Independence Day, Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri landed in Los Angeles, free after roughly nine months in Chinese prison. Although Jin is a Christian pastor, he wasn’t accused of a crime of a religious nature. Instead, the Chinese regime charged him with illegally using information networks and running an illegal business—internet and commercial offenses. What he had actually done was refuse to install a camera. In 2018, authorities told him to place surveillance equipment in the sanctuary

  4. Article · Aug 8, 2026 · Sean Tseng

    Beijing Sanctions 2 US Labs That Can Prove Where Cotton Grew (opens the original)

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    A cotton fiber carries a record of where it grew. Soil and water leave elemental traces that survive spinning, weaving, dyeing, and shipping. Two American companies have built a business reading that record. On Aug. 5, Beijing barred every organization and individual in China from working with either of them. Applied DNA Sciences and Stratum Reservoir were among six U.S. entities placed on China’s countermeasures list for assisting U.S. sanctions related to the region of Xinjiang. The other four

  5. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · Sean Tseng

    Canada Is Welcoming Chinese Cars. Here’s Why That Matters for America. (opens the original)

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    Chinese-brand cars are sitting at Canadian ports, waiting to be unloaded. The first dealerships of BYD, Geely, and Chery are set to open this fall in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal, with more to follow by the end of the year. And not one of those cars can legally be sold in the United States. That gap—vehicles landing at America’s doorstep that cannot be sold across the border—is the center of a quiet contest now unfolding on the northern frontier. The United States has walled out Chinese cars

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