Commentary NEW YORK (May 27)—Recent news is that Tencent Pictures, a film distributor and production group owned by the Shenzhen-based Chinese technology giant, has dropped financing of “Top Gun: Maverick,” the widely anticipated sequel to the 1986 smash hit film about U.S. Navy aviators at the advanced Fighter Weapons School. Reports say that Tencent thought it was…
‘Maverick’ Is Set to Buzz the CCP’s Tower, and It’s About Time.
Award-Winning Documentary ‘Eternal Spring’ Finishes Screening in NYC
The award-winning documentary “Eternal Spring” had two sold-out screenings in New York this week. It will be screened in Poland at the end of May and will return to the United States in June in New Jersey and Los Angeles, California. “Eternal Spring” was screened at the 2022 Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New…
US Resident Asks UN Human Rights Chief Visiting China to Confirm Her Jailed Husband is Alive in Xinjiang
A Californian resident has urged UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who is visiting China, to help ascertain if her husband, who is under a 19-year prison term for his rights speech, is still alive after four years of being denied visitation, correspondence, and phone calls. Jenny Li, a Hayward-based resident, wrote to Bachelet on…
Leak of Xinjiang Police Files Provides ‘Absolutely Shocking’ Evidence of Mass Persecution: Former US Ambassador
A report released by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, presenting leaked documents from the files of the Xinjiang police, offers “absolutely shocking” evidence of the chronic abuse and brutality inflicted on the Uyghur population in China’s far west region, according to Andrew Bremberg, the foundation’s president and a former U.S. ambassador to the United…
59-Year-Old Falun Gong Practitioner Dies After 14 Hours in Detention
In the early morning of March 28, 2022, Niu Lanyun, a female Falun Gong adherent, rappelled down her rental dwelling but was soon apprehended by the police and taken away. At about 6 a.m., a witness saw Niu climbing down a rope from the third floor, but the rope broke before she got to the…
Hundreds of Chinese Depositors Assaulted by Plainclothes for Protesting Their Frozen Accounts
Hundreds of bank customers in central China were beaten and dispersed by plainclothes police, in the presence of uniformed officers, for protesting the freezing of their accounts in a regional bank that hadn’t provided a credible explanation for disallowing them to access their funds. On May 23, a group of protesters rallied in front of…
CCP Leader Xi Meets UN Human Rights Chief After US Calls Her Visit a ‘Mistake’
Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a video meeting with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on May 25, a day after new documents revealing the regime’s human rights abuses targeting Uyghurs in Xinjiang was published. Bachelet kicked off the six-day trip on May 23, the first by a U.N. human rights chief…
Beijing Locks Down Tiananmen Square, 9 Districts Under Strict ‘Zero-COVID’ Measures
Tiananmen Square—China’s political center and symbol of the communist regime’s power—has been placed under strict lockdown as a COVID-19 outbreak hits Beijing. Chinese authorities have tightened control measures in the capital as per its official “Zero-COVID” policy with nine city districts being included in the lockdown orders. The Beijing Tiananmen District Management Committee announced via…
Falun Gong Remains the Prime Target of Chinese Regime: Leaked Document
Leaked documents from the Political and Legal Affairs Committee (PLAC) in Tieling county of China’s northeastern Liaoning Province reveal that the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) effort to “transform” or “zero out” Falun Gong remains the prime target of the regime. One of the documents titled “Progress Report Submitted to the Provincial PLAC Inspection Group” said…
Chinese Regime Locks Down Mega Port City of 14 Million Under ‘Zero-COVID’ Policy
The Chinese communist regime has locked down another major city—Tianjin in northern China—under its strict “Zero-COVID” policy. Meanwhile, mandatory mass testing is being conducted in the city. Authorities warn those who violate the regulations that they will not only be punished but that it would even “affect their future generations.” Tianjin is one of China’s…
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