Category: CCP

Samuel Chu on Hong Kong’s Future: ‘Once People Have Tasted Freedom, You Can’t Tell Them to Forget It’

May 4, 2022
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Hong Kong’s upcoming executive election has just one candidate. This Sunday, the city will “choose” its next chief executive. Meanwhile, the Chinese communist regime continues to clamp down on the ever-shrinking freedoms in the city. Why do the people of Hong Kong continue to fight for change? I speak with Samuel Chu, a Hong Kong…

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Proposed Defense Budget Puts US at ‘Real Risk’: Sen. Collins

May 4, 2022
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The Biden administration’s proposed defense budget for FY23 would place the United States in a weakened position in the event of conflict with China, according to one senator, who questioned the Pentagon’s desire to reduce the Navy by more ships than it could replace. “There’s real risk in relying on capabilities that won’t be ready…

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Tension Grows Between the CCP and the Chinese People

May 4, 2022
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Commentary During the era of China’s economic reform and opening up to the world under Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese people accepted the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) rule. The principal reason was that the Chinese leadership secured its legitimacy through economic growth. People’s living standards improved substantially, and they expected further improvements ahead. Hence they did not…

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China Using US Media to Spread Propaganda, Misinformation: Blinken

May 4, 2022
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using the United States’ free and open media platforms to spread state propaganda and misinformation, according to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinken said U.S. leadership was “deeply concerned” about the CCP’s efforts to quash press freedoms in mainland China while simultaneously exploiting free media in other nations…

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Gordon Chang: US-China ‘Most Dangerous Period in History’; Who Is Trying to Throw China Overboard?

May 3, 2022
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Chinese tech companies may get a temporary breather after Beijing relaxes its clampdown for a while. But not if Beijing wants to get an ownership stake in the companies. What could be the reason? Is China’s economy at too much of a loss? And what about the man-made COVID-19 crisis and the lockdowns? I speak with…

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China is Studying How US Fights, Designing Systems Intended to Defeat America: Air Force Secretary

May 3, 2022
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to displace the United States as the world’s premier power, and is building the military required to pursue that goal, according to the secretary of the Air Force and Space Force. “China has ambitions to be the great power on the face of the earth,” said Frank Kendall. “They…

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Biden Appoints Alleged ‘CCP-Loving’ Donor

May 3, 2022
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News Analysis President Joe Biden just appointed a major donor, Dominic Ng, as a representative from the United States to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council. The only apparent problems with this appointment are what appears to be a compromise of Biden and Ng’s ethics. Ng donated over $135,000 to Democratic causes in…

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Florida Gov. DeSantis Blames Disney for Kowtowing to China Despite ‘Atrocities’

May 3, 2022
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out again at Disney for profiting off of China while ignoring its long-existing human rights abuses. “Disney has done a lot to partner with the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] and really has made a fortune over there without raising a peep about any of their atrocities,” DeSantis said on May…

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DeSantis Calls out Disney for Partnering With China, Making a ‘Fortune’ There While Staying Silent on ‘Atrocities’

May 3, 2022
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out again at Disney for profiting off of China while ignoring its long-existing human rights abuses. “Disney has done a lot to partner with the Chinese Communist Party and really has made a fortune over there without raising a peep about any of their atrocities,” DeSantis said on May 2…

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‘You Need a Plan’: Former Defense Official Calls for End to US Strategic Ambiguity on Taiwan

May 3, 2022
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine demonstrated the failure of strategic ambiguity, according to one former defense official, who said that the war would have profound implications for Chinese Communist Party (CCP) efforts to forcibly unify Taiwan with the mainland. “I think it should be the declarative policy, it should be a stated policy of the…

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