Commentary Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said on Aug. 28 that “[We] should hold the ground of ideology. [We] should actively and steadily address the ideological issues that involve ethnic factors, and continue to eradicate poisonous thoughts of ethnic separatism and religious extremism.” Xi’s statement is profoundly racist and bigoted…
From Billionaire to Chinese Prisoner: The Shattered ‘Paradise’ of Agricultural Mogul Sun Dawu
On July 28, in the closing statements at his trial, 67-year-old Sun Dawu made an impassioned plea for leniency from the Chinese court officials who that day sentenced him to 18 years in prison. The renowned agricultural entrepreneur, along with family members and colleagues, had spent months in China’s harrowing “residential surveillance” detention system after…
China’s Transnational Repression Must End
Commentary China is the world’s biggest perpetrator of transnational repression globally, according to a new Freedom House report. The report cites “millions of Chinese and minority populations from China in at least 36 countries” affected by intimidation, espionage, threats, cyberattacks, physical assaults, illegal extradition, and rendition. Written by Nate Schenkkan and Isabel Linzer, the excellent report’s…
The Ulterior Motives of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Commentary Xi Jinping’s ascension to supreme power in China has resulted in a number of ChiCom (Chinese Communist) global initiatives being pursued diligently in the mainland and abroad. Perhaps the most important of these is the Belt and Road Initiative. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI, also called One Belt One Road), which Xi announced…
‘Unbelievable,’ Says Tory Candidate of China Ship Deal While ‘2 Michaels’ Remain Imprisoned
The fact that a federal shipbuilding contract ended up going to a Chinese state-owned conglomerate is “unbelievable,” especially when Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor continue to be arbitrarily imprisoned in China, says Conservative candidate Pierre Paul-Hus. Paul-Hus, a Conservative MP and his party’s shadow minister for public safety before the election was called,…
China’s Captive in Vancouver
Commentary Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei’s founder and its chief financial officer, has been fighting extradition to the United States ever since December 2018, when Canadian authorities arrested her at the Vancouver airport at the behest of the U.S. government. Her Canadian lawyers argued, among numerous other points over three years now, that the extradition request…
Condemning Beijing’s Latest Assault on Freedom of the Press
In an escalating campaign to crack down on freedom of speech, China’s communist authorities have arrested and charged eleven Chinese citizens for allegedly providing The Epoch Times with information documenting draconian virus lockdown measures. The eleven citizens were charged and face up to life in prison if convicted, according to the Chinese Communist Party’s Supreme…
What China Learned From 9/11 Could Be Easily Applied in a Military Conflict
Commentary With the 20th anniversary only days away, many Americans are assessing the lessons of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack. As they count the cost in lives and treasure, Americans might also ponder what a major adversary such as the Chinese regime learned from the attack, and how that might play out in any…
For Sanctity of Life, ‘Move the 2022 Games,’ Olympian Once Arrested in Beijing Says
When an Australian Olympian ran into Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 2002 waving a 1964 Tokyo Olympic banner with the words “truthfulness, compassion, tolerance” written on it as a stand against human rights abuses in China, she already knew that the communist country had been awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics. Five years later, in 2007,…
CCP’s Anti-Satellite Weapons Present Complex Challenge for US: Experts
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has continued to develop an array of anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons designed to overwhelm U.S. assets in space, even as advisers to the Biden administration issued calls for cooperation between the two nations. The CCP’s growing arsenal of space weapons now includes missiles, cyberweapons, satellite jamming devices, space robots with grabbing…
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