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China Controls Your Meds

By Betsy McCaughey
Wednesday, March 29 2023

Democrats and Republicans battered TikTok's CEO at a House of Representatives hearing on Thursday -- for good reason. The Chinese app poses a national security risk, accumulating troves of data on its American users. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew's slithery comment that "I don't think spying is the right way to describe it," only heightened concerns. Too bad another Chinese threat – bigger and more immediate – isn't getting the same attention. China has a chokehold on our medication supply chain. Beijing controls many – in some cases, all – active…

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