Category: Chinese

LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (April 19): Education Secretary Won’t Answer ‘What Is a Woman’ Question; Republicans Block Senator Feinstein Replacement

The Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, dodged questions when asked to explain what a woman is at a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Tuesday. Senate Republicans are throwing up roadblocks at Democrats’ attempt to temporarily replace absent California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein. In just over a year, Chinese police forced 230,000 Chinese nationals living abroad…


Taiwan Watching Chinese Movements but Does Not See Escalation

TAIPEI/BEIJING—Taiwan is keeping watch on a Chinese aircraft carrier but does not expect a large escalation in tensions, the government said on Thursday, after China denounced a meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy—the third highest ranking official in the U.S. leadership hierarchy—and other Republican and Democratic lawmakers met…


China Starts Drills Around Taiwan After US Speaker Meeting

FUZHOU, China/TAIPEI—China began three days of military exercises around Taiwan on Saturday to express anger at Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, as the island’s defense ministry said it would respond calmly. The drills, announced the day after Tsai returned from the United States, had been widely…


Chinese Purchase of US Farmland, Student VISAs, Spy Balloons Under Trump: Chad Wolf | Facts Matter

While in Washington DC, we sat down with Chad Wolf, the former Acting Director of the Department of Homeland Security. He broke down for us some of the ‘inside baseball’ that goes on within the agency which prevents the US government from being able to solve many problems, such as: securing the southern border, preventing…


[Premiering 4/5 at 1PM ET] Chinese Purchase of US Farmland, Student VISAs, Spy Balloons Under Trump: Chad Wolf | Facts Matter

While in Washington DC, we sat down with Chad Wolf, the former Acting Director of the Department of Homeland Security. He broke down for us some of the ‘inside baseball’ that goes on within the agency which prevents the US government from being able to solve many problems, such as: securing the southern border, preventing…


Members of Exiled Chinese Church Detained in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand—More than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were detained in Thailand paid fines for overstaying their visas but remained in police custody Saturday uncertain about their legal status amid fears they would be deported against their will to their home country, where they face possible persecution. The 63 members of…


China’s Industrial Profits Slump Deepens on Soft Demand, High Costs

BEIJING—The slump in Chinese industrial firms’ profits deepened in the first two months of 2023, weighed by lackluster demand and stubbornly high costs as China struggled to fully shake the long-term effects of COVID-19. The sharp 22.9 percent contraction followed a 4.0 percent fall in industrial profits for the whole of 2022, data from the…


Chinese Research Centres Recruiting British-Trained Tech Talent

Three state-funded Chinese institutes have posted job adverts this year targeting Chinese scientists in Britain in a bid to recruit high tech talent. The institutes, which advertised on the Chinese Embassy website, are looking for candidates for the National Natural Science Foundation’s (NSFC’s) Science Fund Programme for Distinguished Young Scholars (Overseas)—a recruitment and funding scheme similar…


Chinese Consulate Beating Investigation Still Ongoing, Manchester Police Say

The investigation into the beating of a Hong Kong protester is still ongoing months after the Chinese diplomats allegedly involved have left the UK, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have confirmed. In an email to The Epoch Times on Friday, a spokesperson confirmed that the investigation was “ongoing,” adding, “We will not be able to comment…


British Defence Industry Taking ‘Forensic Look’ to Minimise Chinese and Russian Infiltration, Minister Says

The UK government and defence suppliers are seriously examining the supply chain for Chinese or Russian infiltration such as Chinese surveillance equipment, Defence Procurement minister Alex Chalk said on Monday. It comes after a recent Mail on Sunday investigation found that at least six army bases had surveillance cameras made by China’s Hikvision or Dahua at their…