Month: June 2022

New Report Warns of Confucius Institute Rebrand

WASHINGTON—A new report warns that China has rebranded its Confucius Institutes (CI) in American universities. Out of the 118 CIs in America, about 105 have closed or announced closures. However, at least 38 colleges have replaced their closed CI programs with similar alternatives, according to the report by the National Association of Scholars (NAS), a…


Beijing Winning the ‘Entropic War’ in the South Pacific: Expert

As democratic leaders continue working to shore up alliances with Pacific leaders, one expert has warned leaders that Beijing is already well advanced in fomenting corruption and eroding democratic institutions in the region. Cleo Paskal, senior fellow for the Indo-Pacific at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said foreign officials need to cast off well-worn…


LIVE 6/22 at 10:30AM ET: China Repurposes COVID-19 App as Gulag Fast-Pass; Texas GOP Says Biden Presidency Is Illegitimate

The Chinese regime has repurposed its COVID-19 app as a tool for social control. The regime recently used the app to prevent bank protests by turning the health code of protesters “red,” which mandates them to be sent into two weeks of confinement. Meanwhile, we’ve invited Tiffany Meier, host of China in Focus, to talk…


‘Hong Kong Was Not a Colony?’ Scholar Criticizes CCP for Distorting History

Four of six Citizenship and Social Development textbooks submitted for review by the Hong Kong Education Bureau stated that “Hong Kong was not a former colony,” Hong Kong media Ming Pai Daily News recently revealed. Hong Kong historian Hans Yeung Wing-yu believes that this statement is not based on historical facts. In his view: “The…


3 Hospitalized After Plane Landing Gear Collapses, Catches Fire in Miami

Three people were injured Tuesday when an airplane caught fire after its landing gear collapsed at Miami International Airport, local emergency services said. The landing gear in the nose of the aircraft collapsed and caught fire when Red Air flight 203 from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic arrived at Miami International Airport at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday,…


New South Wales Public Transport Fares Set to Rise

Public transport fares in the Australian state of New South Wales will rise by three percent from July 4, an increase Transport NSW says comes in below inflation to help relieve the cost of living pressures. The three percent rise is lower than the 4.4 percent increase in the Sydney consumer price index to the…


Xi’s Uncertain Visit to Hong Kong Has Police in War Mode, Students Made to Meet and Greet Xi

As 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China, news circulating pointed to the possibility of the China regime leader, Xi Jinping, visiting Hong Kong, to host the new chief executive oath-taking ceremony on July 1, 2022.   The Hong Kong government is ready to lay out the red carpet for the event. …


Jan. 6 Committee Focuses on Trump Efforts to Sway State Legislatures, Secretaries of State

The House Jan. 6 Committee on June 21 held its fourth day of public hearings, during which it argued that President Donald Trump had organized a pressure campaign against state legislatures and secretaries of state to get them to reject the results of elections in their states, which Trump said were rife with fraud. Tuesday’s…


Republican Mayra Flores Sworn In as First Mexican-Born Congresswoman

Congresswoman Mayra Flores, the first Republican to represent her Texas district in more than 100 years, was sworn in to office today by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif). Flores was greeted by shouting and thunderous applause from Congress during the Capital ceremony broadcasted on C-Span. “In this country, if you work hard, you…


Katie Britt Wins Alabama US Senate Primary Runoff Election

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Katie Britt defeated Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) in the Republican primary runnoff election for the U.S. Senate ballot berth in the November general election. Britt received more than 67 percent of the vote as of 9:19 p.m. on June 21, and was declared the winner by Decision Desk HQ with 18 percent of the…