Category: CCP

With 275 Party Branches, Internet Giant Tencent Works With CCP Internet Inspectors

Chinese internet giant Tencent, one of the world’s top 10 companies by market capitalization, has fully integrated itself with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) by establishing 275 Party branches within it and cooperating with the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC). Tencent, along with Chinese technology giant Alibaba, are among the top 10 companies with the…


Deadly Flood Inundates Zhengzhou City, Trapping People Underground in Subway and on Trains

Almost a year’s rainfall fell in three days on Zhenzhou, the capital city of China’s central Henan province between July 17–20, inundating reservoirs and flooding the underground system for the subway and trains. Many of Zhengzhou’s water reservoirs, including Changzhuang, Guojiazui, and Jialu River, were filled to overflowing. Zhengzhou’s railways, highways, and civil aviation traffic…


From Health Care to Hollywood: How the Chinese Regime Attempts to Control America

Commentary We are fast approaching the two months anniversary of the John Cena apology. For the uninitiated, in an interview for Fast and Furious 9, a movie he was starring in, the professional wrestler and actor made the “mistake” of calling Taiwan a country. Ostensibly, Cena was apologizing to the people of China. In reality, though,…


As Deadly Flood And Power Outages Devastate Chinese City, Critically-ill Patients Rely on Manual Respirators

On July 20 local time, record-breaking rainfall ravaged Zhengzhou, Henan, and other places in China, causing severe floods. Authorities claimed that the scale of the floods was “once in 5,000 years.” In addition to the direct casualties caused by the floods, most urban areas in Zhengzhou, the worst-hit city thus far, have experienced power outages….


The Chinese Regime, NY Times, and the Failure to See the Enemy Clearly

Commentary Bret Stephens is a talented man. A brave individual, Stephens, who is an opinion writer at The New York Times, discusses subjects that would get other journalists fired. Stephens survives because he is excellent at what he does. His writing is lucid, objective, and refreshingly candid. However, his latest opinion piece, China Won’t Bury…


Why US Must Defend Taiwan From China; Interview With Defense Experts Richard Bitzinger & Richard Fisher

Why is an island near China becoming the flashpoint of potentially the biggest global conflict? What role does Taiwan play in the showdown between the United States and China? And why does it matter to the average American family? These are the questions we must ask ourselves. Facing a regime that aims to destroy the…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (July 21)

The one trillion dollar infrastructure spending deal fails in its first vote in the senate, but some senators backing the bill remain hopeful of another chance soon. The FBI says hackers working for the Chinese communist party targeted dozens of American pipeline companies between 2012 and 2013. And they wanted to damage the pipelines. Netflix,…


China’s Rapidly Deteriorating Criminal Justice System, and How It Will Affect the Outside World

Commentary Ever since Xi Jinping consolidated his power, China’s already flawed and fragile criminal justice system deteriorated significantly. Not only have new extra and outright illegal methods of detention and investigation been installed, but existing due process requirements and legal safeguards have been further hollowed out. Safeguard Defenders has been at the forefront with a…


Law of the Sea Court Ruling Continues to Challenge Chinese Aggression

Commentary On July 12, 2016, The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that China had systematically violated essential provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, or the UNCLOS, at the expense of the Philippines. China’s violations included stealing resources from Manila’s maritime Exclusive Economic Zone, or EEZ, and illegally encroaching…


The Silicon Valley Dream and What Went Wrong (Part III)

Commentary (This article is part three of a three-part series) Y2K and the Repercussions Prior to the year 2000, the world experienced the Y2K scare. It had to do with the last two digits in a date. Often dates were written in the format MMDDYY. This format left two digits for the year, which meant…