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Bill Gertz

Bill Gertz

bgertz@washingtontimes.com

Bill Gertz is a national security correspondent for The Washington Times. He has been with The Times since 1985.
He is the author of eight books, four of them national best-sellers. His latest book, "Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China's Drive for Global Supremacy," reveals details about the growing threat posed by the People's Republic of China. He is also the author of the ebook "How China's Communist Party Made the World Sick."
Mr. Gertz also writes Inside the Ring, a weekly column that chronicles the U.S. national security bureaucracy.
Mr. Gertz has been a guest lecturer at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va.; the Central Intelligence Agency in Virginia; the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington; and the Brookings Institution in Washington. He has participated in the National Security Studies Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
He studied English literature at Washington College in Chestertown, Md., and journalism at George Washington University. He is married and has two daughters.
He can be reached at bgertz@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Bill Gertz

Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-17 roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, that China’s pursuit of hypersonic weapons “increases tensions in the region” and vowed the U.S. would maintain its capability to deter potential threats posed by China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Pentagon gets new reporting tasks for China

The House version of the fiscal 2022 defense authorization bill, approved on Tuesday, contains multiple requirements for new and detailed reporting on threats posed by China, from the large-scale nuclear buildup to financial and influence activities by Beijing.

December 8, 2021
In this undated file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, two Chinese SU-30 fighter jets take off from an unspecified location to fly a patrol over the South China Sea. China flew more than 30 military planes, including SU-30 fighter jets, toward Taiwan on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2021, the second large display of force in as many days.(Jin Danhua/Xinhua via AP) **FILE**

Pentagon warns China is preparing for military campaign to take over Taiwan

China's military is actively preparing for a potential attack against Taiwan and the Pentagon is working closely with the island's military to deter a direct assault and develop asymmetric weapons to fight off Beijing, senior Biden administration officials told Congress on Wednesday.

December 8, 2021
Then-White House press secretary Jen Psaki walks to the podium as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, departs after speaking about the COVID-19 variant named omicron during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Omicron prompts new virus origin worries

The emergence of the omicron strain of COVID-19 is raising new questions about the still undetermined origin of the coronavirus outbreak and whether it leaked from a Chinese research laboratory in Wuhan in 2019.

December 1, 2021
In this file photo, Peng Shuai, of China, returns a shot to Maria Sakkari, of Greece, during the second round of the US Open tennis championships on Aug. 29, 2019, in New York. Sexual affair allegations made by Ms. Peng against a former member of the Chinese Politburo's standing committee are the latest sign of increased tensions among senior party leaders in Beijing, according to American specialists on China and the ruling Chinese Communist Party. (AP Photo/Michael Owens, File)  **FILE**

Missing Chinese tennis star linked to Xi, Beijing power struggles

Revelations of a sordid sexual affair and abuse made by a leading female Chinese tennis pro against a former member of the Chinese Politburo's standing committee are the latest sign of increased tensions among senior party leaders in Beijing, according to American specialists on China and the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

November 20, 2021
In this Sept. 14, 2021, photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., questions Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Rubio blocks nominee for U.S. ambassador to China

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio has blocked a confirmation vote for President Biden's nominee to be ambassador to China over concerns the Biden administration is reverting to conciliatory policies toward Beijing.

November 18, 2021
President Joe Biden, left, speaks as he meets virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping, on screen, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden accedes to another Chinese demand on media

The Biden administration has given in to a Chinese government demand, reversing curbs imposed on officials working for Chinese state-controlled media outlets in the United States that were put in place by the Trump administration.

November 17, 2021
In this file photo, China's military personnel perform near a display showing the navy's aircraft carrier in a segment of a gala show ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing on Monday, June 28, 2021. China’s military has carried out a test of a bomb designed to destroy U.S. Navy bases and civilian ports, setting off an underwater explosion in simulating an attack at a Chinese naval port on a “hostile high-piled wharf,” the state-run Global Times reported Oct. 25. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ** FILE **

Chinese military now set for invasion of Taiwan, says Hill commission

China's military now is capable of a full-scale invasion of Taiwan and has added new missiles and amphibious ships to the People's Liberation Army for an attack on the island democracy, according to the latest annual report of a congressional China commission.

November 17, 2021
In this file photo, China's military personnel perform near a display showing the navy's aircraft carrier in a segment of a gala show ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing on Monday, June 28, 2021. China’s military has carried out a test of a bomb designed to destroy U.S. Navy bases and civilian ports, setting off an underwater explosion in simulating an attack at a Chinese naval port on a “hostile high-piled wharf,” the state-run Global Times reported Oct. 25. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ** FILE **

China tests port-destroying bomb

China's military recently carried out a test of a bomb designed to destroy U.S. Navy bases and civilian ports.

November 10, 2021
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks via video link to leaders at the G20 Summit from Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021. President Xi has been absent from the Group of 20 summit in Rome and global climate talks in Scotland, drawing criticism from U.S. President Joe Biden and questions about China's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. (Yue Yuewei/Xinhua via AP)

Pentagon details China info war on U.S.

China is engaged in influence operations targeting U.S. society aimed at building support for the communist nation's policies and strategies, according to the Pentagon's latest annual report on the Chinese military.

November 3, 2021