Category: CCP

Italy ‘Carefully’ Reevaluates Its Participation in China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said at the G7 summit that Italy is reassessing China’s investments in the country “carefully,” shifting away from the pro-Beijing policies of the previous government. Draghi expressed concern about the Chinese Communist regime. “It’s an autocracy that does not adhere to multilateral rules and does not share the same vision of…


Beijing’s Plot Behind Its Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Commentary On May 28, in a speech delivered at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Virginia, President Joe Biden made startling remarks that the United States is “in a battle between democracies and autocracies,” and that Xi Jinping “firmly believes that China, before the year ‘30, ‘35, is going to own America.” Some may think Biden…


‘Not Concerned’: Garneau on Canadian Visa-Application Centres in China Owned by CCP-Affiliated Company

Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said he’s not worried that a Beijing-linked visa application company that the Canadian government has contracted will result in the personal data of applicants falling into the hands of Chinese authorities as security protocols have been put in place. “We are not concerned about VFS Global in China,” Garneau told…


Guangzhou’s Recent Outbreak Brings Renewed Attention to Effectiveness of CCP Vaccines

Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, a province in southern China, was reported to be severely affected by the Indian variant of the CCP virus. More than 60 percent of its residents have already been vaccinated, yet Guangzhou remains a hotbed for the virus, which has raised questions about the vaccine’s effectiveness. On June 5, seven…


Fact Check: China Didn’t Actually Lift 100 Million Out of Poverty Since 2014

Commentary China’s dictator, Xi Jinping, loves to brag about how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) lifted 100 million people out of poverty since 2012, when he took office. The CCP in general boasts of lifting 800 million from poverty since 1990. It typically pluses up the numbers, conveniently leaves out the tens of millions who…


After Nearly 22 Years, Persecution of Falun Gong Still Continues in China

Commentary As I browsed through the last few days of reports on Minghui.org, a U.S.-based website that documents the persecution of Falun Gong, I saw that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is still relentlessly persecuting Falun Gong practitioners for their faith, creating more and more human tragedies. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is…


Under CCP’s Totalitarian System, Injustice Prevails in China

Commentary Under the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) totalitarian system, justice is often dispensed in the opposite way from what most people would expect. In many cases, hard-working citizens who stand up for their rights are sent to prison rather than the true perpetrators. There are a number of examples of this injustice happening in China…


Thousands of Hungarians Rally Against Chinese University’s Planned Campus in Budapest

Thousands of Hungarians gathered in front of the parliament building in Budapest against a Chinese university’s plans to open a campus in Hungary’s capital. Critics expressed their concerns about restrictions to academic freedom and Beijing’s political influence in the east European country. On June 5, a sea of protesters were seen marching toward the Hungarian…


Trump Says US, World Should Demand Pandemic Reparations From CCP

Former President Donald Trump said on June 5 that the United States and the world should demand pandemic reparations from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and urged the Biden administration to raise tariffs on Chinese goods to 100 percent. The former president made the remarks at the annual state Republican Party convention in Greenville, North Carolina. “The…


Hong Kong Citizens Hold Annual Peaceful Candlelight Vigil for Victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre

Hong Kong authorities unexpectedly caved in to demands from citizens and the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China under pressure. Thousands of Hongkongers entered Victoria Park and held a peaceful annual candlelight vigil for those killed in the 1989 military crackdown upon pro-democracy civilians in Beijing. Similar commemorative activities were also…