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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

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on June 19, 2023. Blinken is starting three days of talks with senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing this week. It comes as U.S.-China ties are at a critical point over numerous global disputes. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

PLA gets major information warfare upgrade

Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled a major reorganization of the People's Liberation Army last week, setting up a new strategic service arm in charge of information warfare, according to the Beijing Defense Ministry and state media.

April 24, 2024
A Tomahawk cruise missile is fired off the battleship USS Wisconsin toward a target in Iraq, in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 17, 1991. (AP Photo/John McCutcheon, File)

Army deploys long-range missiles to China’s doorstep

The Army recently dispatched a new long-range missile system to the Philippines for the first time since the U.S. in 2019 exited the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which banned such deployments.

April 17, 2024
A delegate walks to his seat as they arrive at the closing ceremony for China's National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Monday, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Chinese government linked to illicit fentanyl trade

Beijing's communist government is supporting illicit trade in deadly fentanyl by offering tax rebates and other incentives to manufacturers in China, according to a bipartisan report by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.

April 16, 2024
Zhao Leji attends a session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 10, 2023. Zhao, a top Chinese leader will lead a delegation to North Korea this week, both countries announced Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China sends high-level delegation to North Korea

Amid growing North Korea-Russia ties, China's government this week dispatched a high-level delegation to Pyongyang in an apparent effort to woo the regime of Kim Jong Un back into its orbit, according to published reports in Beijing.

April 11, 2024
Delegates applaud as Chinese President Xi Jinping, bottom, arrives to the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Intelligence agencies report on Chinese corruption in highest echelons of its government

U.S. intelligence agencies are working on a report expected to reveal extensive corruption and hidden wealth held by Chinese Communist Party leaders, including President Xi Jinping, who also holds the post of party general secretary. The report is required in law by a section of the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act signed by President Biden in December.

April 10, 2024
Israeli soldiers drive a tanks on the border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Sunday, March 10, 2024. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Chinese weapons found in Gaza, report claims

The war between Israel and Hamas has revealed extensive Chinese support for Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups that the U.S. and Israel consider terrorist organizations, according to strategic analyst Guermantes Lailari.

April 4, 2024
The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba is seen on Jan. 4, 2023. An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U.S. diplomats and other government employees who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed “Havana syndrome,” researchers reported Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, File)

New probe ties Russia to Havana syndrome attacks

U.S. intelligence agencies are increasingly under fire for downplaying what a recent media investigation asserted was Russia's covert use of a new type of beam weapon that inflicted brain injuries on scores of American diplomats and intelligence officials, a condition that has come to be known as the "Havana syndrome."

April 3, 2024