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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

The Apple logo is shown on a sign hanging in front of a new Apple Store, Thursday, July 28, 2016, in the Williamsburg section in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The store opens to the public Saturday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Top U.S. tech executives face grilling on China dealings

America's technology giants came under fire from House Republicans last week, accused of working with China and in the case of Google, indirectly helping the Chinese military improve targeting for a new stealth fighter jet.

August 2, 2020
(Associated Press) ** FILE **

Singaporean national admits to spying for China

A Singaporean national pleaded guilty Friday to operating as a covert Chinese intelligence agent in U.S. who recruited an Army officer, and targeted State Department and Pentagon officials as unwitting agents.

July 26, 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Constitution Center about the Commission on Unalienable Rights, Thursday,  July 16, 2020, in Philadelphia. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP)

Mike Pompeo China speech defends Trump hawkish position

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week will deliver a major speech on the shortcomings of American foreign policy toward China, arguing that the record clearly supports President Trump's new and tougher approach to Beijing.

July 21, 2020
U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr speaks at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, July 16, 2020. The United States has become overly reliant on Chinese goods and services, including face masks, medical gowns and other protective equipment designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Attorney General Barr said Thursday. (Nicole Hester/Mlive.com/Ann Arbor News via AP)

Attorney General Barr hits corporate America’s appeasement of China

China is engaged in an "economic blitzkrieg" aimed at replacing America as the world's leading power, Attorney General William P. Barr said Thursday, asserting that the U.S. and Beijing are locked in an ideological battle that will determine whether the current democratic, free market system is replaced by China's dictatorial, communist system.

July 16, 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced new restrictions on Chinese telecommunications executives on Wednesday. The move specifically targets the controversial company Huawei. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Pompeo hits Huawei execs

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday announced new visa restrictions on Chinese telecommunications executives, including those from the controversial Huawei Technologies.

July 15, 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. China on Monday, July 6, accused the U.S. of flexing its military muscles in the South China Sea by conducting joint exercises with two U.S. aircraft carrier groups in the strategic waterway.(Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jason Tarleton/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. rejects nearly all of Beijing’s South China Sea claims

The Chinese government's expansive claims to own most of the South China Sea are illegal under international law, the Trump administration said Monday as it ramped up U.S. efforts to undermine Beijing's increasingly militarized activities in the strategic waterway.

July 13, 2020
In this file photo dated Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, U.S. chief technology officer at the White House, Michael Kratsios, attends a press conference during a G-7 Industry ministers meeting, in Turin, Italy. Technology adviser Michael Kratsios at the major technology conference WebSummit in Portugal on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, warned about China exporting authoritarianism globally in parallel with its rise as a tech power. (Alessandro Di Marco/ANSA FILE via AP) ** FILE **

White House tech adviser gets Pentagon CTO post

President Trump has designated his White House technology adviser to take up the influential post of chief technology officer (CTO) at the Pentagon, according to White House and Pentagon officials.

July 13, 2020
"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