Month: April 2021

‘Very Dangerous Time’: Beijing Advancing Timeline to Seize Territory in Asian Region, Says Former Navy Intelligence Officer

With the United States still reeling from the pandemic and having recently undergone a change in administration, the Chinese Communist Party now sees a “window of opportunity” to accelerate its plans to expand its territory in the Asian region, according to a former senior intelligence officer for the U.S. Navy. “It’s a very dangerous time…


What Provoked the Downfall of Yet Another Corrupt CCP Senior Official?

Commentary On April 12, Shi Wenqing, former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People’s Congress (SCJPPC), was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes, according to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) media. What actually provoked Shi’s downfall? Shi served in the National People’s Congress, the Inner Mongolia region, and the provinces of Jilin…


Indianapolis Shooting Victims Identified as FBI Reveals Suspect Was Detained for Mental Illness

The eight victims of a massacre at a FedEx facility in Indiana were named by authorities, hours after law enforcement officials revealed the FBI had been alerted to the man about a year before the mass shooting. The victims were identified as Matthew Alexander, 32, Samaria Blackwell, 19, Amarjeet Johal, 66, Jaswinder Kaur, 64, Jaswinder…


Indianpolis Shooting Victims Identified as FBI Reveals Suspect Was Detained for Mental Illness

The eight victims of a massacre at a FedEx facility in Indiana were named by authorities, hours after law enforcement officials revealed the FBI had been alerted to the man about a year before the mass shooting. The victims were identified as Matthew Alexander, 32, Samaria Blackwell, 19, Amarjeet Johal, 66, Jaswinder Kaur, 64, Jaswinder…


Shepherding Love: On Poussin’s Poetic Landscape

Sitting on a high rock, he would sing as he gazed out to sea. … In this way Polyphemus shepherded his love with singing. —Theocritus, “Idyll XI,” trans. Neil Hopkinson Serenity rules over the meadows, peace over the sea. Clouds part as white gulls hover among rocky peaks and rich leaves. It’s in this bucolic…


‘Military-Civil Fusion’ Information Secretly Removed by the Chinese Regime, Leaked Documents Shows

News Analysis A series of internal documents responding to a municipal internet censorship authority reveals that information related to the Chinese Military-Civil Fusion (MCF) strategy was removed from a local bureaus’ official websites in June 2018, only months after a trade war had broken out with the United States. The Epoch Times recently obtained documents…


Long-Lost Adopted Brother and Sister Reunite After Decades Apart, Discover They Were Living ‘Parallel Lives’

Two siblings who were adopted separately as children have been reunited after decades apart. They discovered they were living “parallel lives” in the same state, New York, but never knew the other sibling existed, until recently. “We would love to get [our] story out so other adoptees don’t have to wait as long as we…


The Nation Speaks (April 17): As Riots Return, What Lies Ahead; Supreme Court Under Review; Out of Afghanistan

In Minnesota, former police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for murder, in the in-custody death of George Floyd. Then, last week, barely 10 miles from the courtroom, now ex-officer Kim Potter accidentally shot her gun, instead of her taser, at another black man during a traffic stop, killing 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Demonstrators poured into…


Among the Problems at Laurentian University

Commentary Like most Canadians, I was troubled by the news that Laurentian University is laying off over 100 faculty and cancelling dozens of programs. Senior officials made the cuts after Laurentian declared itself financially insolvent earlier this year. University finances are a Byzantine and opaque affair at the best of times, and one should proceed cautiously before assigning…


UK Christian Leaders ‘Wholly Opposed’ to COVID-19 Vaccine Passports

Over 1,200 Christian leaders in the UK have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to express their opposition to the government’s proposal to introduce COVID-19-status certification for domestic use. In an open letter, the church leaders, who are from various denominations, said they are “wholly opposed” to the scheme. They said the introduction of vaccine…