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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

"I can assure you, if the U.S. says that they are ready to come down to the Chinese level, China would be happy to participate the next day," Fu Cong, a top Chinese official, said. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

U.S. sees opening in Chinese shift on arms talks

The Trump administration on Thursday said it welcomed what it said was China's apparent openness to joining strategic arms control talks, after Beijing earlier rejected three-way negotiations with Russia on limits to its growing nuclear arsenal.

July 9, 2020
In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Carrier Strike Groups steam in formation, in the South China Sea, Monday, July 6, 2020. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jason Tarleton/U.S. Navy via AP) **FILE**

Navy operations send message to China

The commanders of two Navy aircraft carrier strike groups sailing in the contested South China Sea say their operations demonstrated support for the idea of freedom on the seas.

July 8, 2020
White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, June 25, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump aides press railroad pension fund to cut Chinese investments

The White House on Wednesday pressured a second federal retirement fund to pull out hundreds of millions of dollars from American workers' retirement funds from Chinese companies that have been linked to Beijing's military and to human rights abuses.

July 8, 2020
U.S. customs inspectors recently seized a 13-ton shipment of human hair that is suspected to be from Uighur concentration camps in China. (Customs and Border Protection)

U.S. warns on Chinese slave labor

The Trump administration warned American businesses on Wednesday against using products from western China made with prison labor.

July 1, 2020
The Pentagon revealed 20 Chinese companies linked to the People's Liberation Army operating directly or indirectly in the U.S. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Pentagon: Major Chinese companies have close military links

The Pentagon on Thursday revealed the names of 20 Chinese companies linked to the People's Liberation Army operating directly or indirectly in the United States, in a bid to halt Beijing from obtaining military-related goods.

June 25, 2020
China rolled out its DF-17 last year and announced that the hypersonic glide vehicle, which poses a threat to electronics, is close to deployment. (Associated Press/File)

China hypersonic EMP threat

China is developing electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons that can fry all electronics over vast distances and could deploy the weapons on its new hypersonic missiles, according to a report by a security group.

June 24, 2020
U.S. and Chinese national flags are hung outside a hotel during the U.S. presidential election event, organized by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

FCC shutters Chinese ‘border blaster’ on propaganda fears

The Federal Communications Commission has rejected a permit that would have allowed Chinese-language broadcasts from a Mexican radio station in Baja California over concerns that the station would beam Chinese government propaganda into the United States.

June 22, 2020