A lawyer in Hebei Province, northern China, used his social media, Weibo, to expose how police extracted a confession from a prisoner using horrific torture methods. Followers found the techniques cruel, and one viewer commented, “It looks like what Falun Gong has been saying is real.” Li Zhuang, once a Beijing lawyer, posted a video…
US Government’s Narrative of Chinese Spy Balloon Comes Under Fire: ‘Lying to the American People’
A growing number of Republicans are calling on the federal government to provide more information about a Chinese balloon that traversed across the United States earlier this year before U.S. Air Force planes shot it down. A report from NBC News claimed the Chinese balloon was able to transmit data back to Beijing in real time…
Official Chinese Spy Balloon Narrative Comes Under Fire From GOP Lawmakers
A growing number of Republicans are calling on the federal government to provide more information about a Chinese balloon that traversed across the United States earlier this year before U.S. Air Force planes shot it down. A report from NBC News claimed the Chinese balloon was able to transmit data back to Beijing in real time…
Macron in China Urges ‘Shared Responsibility for Peace’
April 6, 2023
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BEIJING—French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday he wants to “engage China toward a shared responsibility for peace” in Ukraine when he meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week. French officials said earlier that Macron planned to urge Xi in talks Thursday to use Beijing’s influence with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but didn’t expect a big…
China Hawks Pushing for Tougher Procurement Law to Counter CCP’s ‘Techno-Authoritarianism’
April 6, 2023
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A group of cross-party MPs are pushing for a new law to require the UK government make a list of “high risk” suppliers that should be barred from getting government contracts and appoint a watchdog to check the list. Alicia Kearns, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said she proposed amendments to the Procurement Bill…
How Money Moves Prices
Commentary The banking crisis is there, but global inflation does not ease quickly. Breaking down the components tells clearly that the non-core components (food and energy) almost vanish while the core ones (mainly services) are still firm. This is true in most of the advanced economies, including Japan. Housing prices are generally coming down (some…
Pelosi Praises McCarthy Meeting With Taiwan President
April 6, 2023
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has commended her successor Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) historic meeting with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in California in a rare sign of support. McCarthy introduced Tsai as a “great friend of America” as he hosted her at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley along with more than a dozen lawmakers from both…
China Makes Its Espionage Public as Police Continue Active Operations on Foreign Soil, Says Former Diplomat and Defector
April 6, 2023
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China has been operating overseas police stations in G20 member states in the name of hunting down fugitives and recovering stolen assets. But according to a former Chinese diplomat, the presence of Chinese officers overseas is an open attack on the free societies in the host nations, and that China’s ruling communist party has shifted from…
NSW Leader Rules Out China Visit, Despite Labor Counterpart’s Scramble to China
April 5, 2023
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Unlike his state counterparts, newly elected New South Wales (NSW) Labor leader Chris Minns will not be jetting off to China in the immediate future. “I’m not going to China. There’s enough on my plate right here in NSW,” he told 2GB radio on April 6. “Cost of living is going through the roof, inflation…
To Counter China, US Trade Rep Seeks Closer Ties to Allies
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is pressing its case for a new approach to global trade, arguing that America’s traditional reliance on promoting free trade pacts failed to anticipate China’s brass-knuckled brand of capitalism and the possibility a major power like Russia would go to war against one of its trading partners. In a speech Wednesday at…
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