Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) holds a hearing at 10:00 p.m. ET on July 11 on the risk of supporting the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights violations that international businesses and corporations face when they are seeking to operate in the PRC or maintaining access to the Chinese market. Witnesses: Panel 1: Robert Silvers, Under…

Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) holds a hearing at 10:00 p.m. ET on July 11 on the risk of supporting the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights violations that international businesses and corporations face when they are seeking to operate in the PRC or maintaining access to the Chinese market. Witnesses: Panel 1: Robert Silvers, Under…

Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) holds a hearing at 10:00 p.m. ET on July 11 on the risk of supporting the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights violations that international businesses and corporations face when they are seeking to operate in the PRC or maintaining access to the Chinese market. Witnesses: Panel 1: Robert Silvers, Under…

The U.S. Congress’s International Religious Freedom Caucus (IRFC) holds a briefing on the “Religious Persecution of Falun Gong by the CCP” at 9:30 a.m. ET on May 23. A panel of experts and IRFC members will share personal experiences of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) persecution of Falun Gong and efforts that the U.S. government…

Military vaccine mandates are now to be repealed. President Joe Biden signed the annual defense funding bill. What does it say, and why do some Republicans say it’s not enough? It costs nearly $2 trillion to avert a government shutdown this year. The House sent the bill to the White House Friday afternoon. There are…

Commentary The FIFA World Cup is finally underway in Qatar. Ever since this quadrennial feast of football was allocated there in 2010, the World Cup, often regarded as the most important and prestigious tournament in the world, has been overshadowed by persistent attacks on the human rights record of the host nation. For example, Amnesty…

South Korea will hold an interagency government meeting on North Korea’s human rights policies for the first time in over two years, as President Yoon Suk-yeol seeks to address Pyongyang’s human rights issues. The meeting will be held on Aug. 25 and be presided over by Vice Unification Minister Kim Ki-woong. Officials from the ministries…

MANILA, Philippines—Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was proclaimed the next president of the Philippines by a joint session of Congress on Wednesday following a landslide election triumph 36 years after his dictator father was ousted in a pro-democracy uprising. The Senate and House of Representatives also declared that his separately elected vice presidential running mate, Sara Duterte,…

Independent Ontario MPP Randy Hillier is facing nine charges stemming from the Freedom Convoy protests in the nation’s capital last month. Arriving at the Ottawa police’s headquarters this morning, Hillier told reporters police called him on March 27 to turn himself in over charges related to the truckers’ protests in downtown Ottawa. “We know [the…

BERLIN—Germany needs a more open discussion on how it can reduce its over-reliance on China in many areas as the COVID-19 pandemic has increased its economic dependency on Asia’s resurgent giant, acting Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Wednesday. “We have experienced and had to experience how dependent we have become on China,” Spahn said…