TAIPEI—Chinese fighter jets monitored a U.S. Navy patrol plane that flew through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, as China carried out a third day of military exercises to the south of the island Beijing views as China’s sovereign territory. The Chinese communist regime has been incensed by U.S. military missions through the narrow strait,…

TAIPEI—Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Monday that a Chinese carrier group led by the Shandong was about 120 nautical miles off the southeast of the island’s coast, the same ship that took part in China’s war games around the island earlier this month. Taiwan previously reported that the Shandong, commissioned in 2019, had sailed into…

Canada’s acting envoy in Beijing will be sent to Taiwan to take on the unofficial role of ambassador to the self-ruled island amid its rising tensions with China, says a report by Globe and Mail. Jim Nickel, chargé d’affaires in Beijing, has been appointed by Ottawa to become the next executive director of the Canadian…

Beijing is likely to relax or lift its long-held “dynamic zero” coronavirus policy as China faces mounting economic pressure. On March 5, Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the first time changed his wording on the pandemic, dropping talk of a “dynamic zero” and instead urging party officials to “hold the bottom line of preventing the…

A cyber attack on the UK’s Defence Academy last March caused “significant” damage, a retired senior British military officer has revealed. Air Marshal Edward Stringer, who served as director-general of joint force development and led the military’s thinking on the future of warfare, told Sky News that the attack forced the Defence Academy to rebuild…

SHANGHAI—The Chinese regime will require that domestic firms in sectors off-limits to foreign direct investment, such as Internet news and publishing, receive clearances from regulators before they can list their shares outside the mainland. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced the new rules on the clearances on Monday in a statement that also…

Commentary The Chinese regime continues to ratchet up the pressure on the West and it is described as an enemy with new and dangerous tactics. This week, organizers of the freediving championship event in Cyprus removed the Taiwanese flag. Beijing continues to intimidate Taiwan and sends aggressive air flights over the island-nation’s airspace. In addition, the regime…

The persecution of Falun Gong, which started in July 1999 in China, is still going on today. Leaked Chinese Communist Party (CCP) internal documents indicate that Beijing is tightening up control of its political and legal system while keeping the persecution going. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is an ancient Chinese spiritual practice consisting…

Commentary The Chinese regime is busy turning its “three big mountains”—healthcare, education and property—into manageable molehills. The question, though, is “why?” It’s all about control. In China, an uncompromising hierarchy exists. At the top, sit the elites in Beijing. For those who forget their place in society, they’re quickly reminded. If in doubt, just ask…

Commentary The Chinese regime is using video games, the virtual equivalent of opium, to spread powerful, carefully crafted propaganda. Beijing just issued a new set of rules for the country’s gamers: From Mondays to Thursdays, children under the age of 18 are forbidden from playing online video games. Instead, they will be allowed one hour…