Fewer Australians wanted to buy products made in China, preferring locally made goods, over the course of last year and amid the CCP virus pandemic, according to new figures. The number of Australians more likely to buy products made in China fell to 21 percent, down 9 percentage points, according to market research company Roy Morgan….
Samoa’s Constitutional Crises: PM-Elect Locked out of Parliament
The outgoing Samoan government on May 24 blocked Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata’afa from entering Parliament House to be sworn in, pushing Samoa into its biggest constitutional crisis in decades. May 24 was the last day Fiame and her incoming governing party, Faatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST), could legally be inducted into power under the…
‘Closed and Opaque’: Australia Decries China’s Legal Process for Detained Writer Yang Hengjun
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has called out the Chinese Communist Party’s lack of transparency regarding an impending closed-door trial of Australian writer Yang Hengjun who has been detained in China since January 2019. She indicated that Beijing has failed to conform to the basic standards of international norms of transparency and implored the communist regime to…
China in Focus: Beijing’s Sudden Turn on Tesla: From Friend to Foe?
In this episode of our special report, we look at what’s going wrong with U.S. carmaker Tesla’s love affair with China. Once a darling for the Chinese regime, Tesla is now facing an unprecedented attack from Chinese regulators and state media. Robert Spalding, a national security expert said: “They do this every single time… They…
China in Focus: Beijing’s Sudden Turn on Tesla: From Friend to Foe? [Premiering on 5/14 at 9pm ET]
In this episode of our special report, we look at what’s going wrong with U.S. carmaker Tesla’s love affair with China. Once a darling for the Chinese regime, Tesla is now facing an unprecedented attack from Chinese regulators and state media. Robert Spalding, a national security expert said: “They do this every single time. They…
US Will Not ‘Leave Australia Alone’ in the Face of Beijing Coercion: Blinken
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that the United States would not leave Australia alone in the face of Beijing’s economic coercion, and warned that such tactics against an ally would hinder U.S. ties with China. “I reiterated that the United States will not leave Australia alone on the field, or maybe…
Senators Introduce Bill to Force Colleges to Disclose Financial Ties with Beijing
Lawmakers recently introduced a bill that would force American colleges to disclose their financial ties with the Chinese regime, including its Confucius Institutes, in order to qualify to receive international students. The bill, put forward by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), would make such disclosure a condition to a university’s eligibility to be part of the…
Climate Change Presents Opportunity for Beijing to Expand Global Power: Chinese Professor
The Chinese communist regime views climate change as an opportunity to expand its influence worldwide, according to a prominent Chinese academic. The global emissions reduction agenda can not only help the regime economically but also has “political significance” for Beijing, Di Dongsheng, associate dean of the School of International Studies at Renmin University in Beijing,…
Port of Darwin Lease to Chinese Company ‘Unfathomable’: Sen. Abetz
Liberal senator Eric Abetz has welcomed a review into the Port of Darwin’s 99-year lease to a company with strong ties to Beijing and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), saying it was a “serious mistake that must be rectified.” This comes amid tense relations between Canberra and Beijing, which sharply declined after Australia called for an…
Australian Wine Exports Grow in New Markets, Plummets 96 Percent in China
New data shows that Australia has successfully weathered the storm of Beijing’s economic coercion by finding alternative markets for wine exports, which has seen growth in Europe, the UK, and the United States. Despite losses in exports to China, Australia still managed to sell $12 million worth of wine into that market between December and…
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