Category: China

China, Russia Leading Push to Replace US Dollar as World’s Reserve Currency

Is the world challenging the U.S. dollar’s dominance? Over the last decade, several nations worldwide, led primarily by Russia and China, have ramped up efforts to kick their dependence on the chief international reserve currency. From diminishing the prevalence of non-dollar transactions to reducing dollar holdings in foreign exchange reserves, states are employing measures to…


US Appeasement Prolonging CCP’s Slave-Camp Manufacturing, Says China Expert

Cotton from Xinjiang has brought to light the notorious concentration camps, forced labor, and the Chinese communist regime’s crime of genocide against Xinjiang’s Uyghur population. However, slave labor has been a feature of the regime’s prisons since the communist revolution ended in 1949, and sporadic reports on the issue have never received enough attention from…


CCP’s Slave-Labor Practices Aided by West Turning Blind Eye, Says China Expert

Cotton from Xinjiang has brought to light the notorious concentration camps, forced labor, and the Chinese communist regime’s crime of genocide against Xinjiang’s Uyghur population. However, slave labor has been a feature of the regime’s prisons since the communist revolution ended in 1949, and sporadic reports on the issue have never received enough attention from…


Foreign Interference Eclipses Espionage as a Threat, and Beijing Takes the Lead: CSIS Veteran

The threat from foreign interference, with Beijing as the main culprit, has evolved to become more dangerous to the state than traditional espionage, a former executive with Canada’s spy agency told MPs. “What we’ve seen, in the last 30 years, is that foreign interference has eclipsed classic espionage as a national security threat, both in…


NSA Cybersecurity Head Calls Chinese-Owned TikTok a ‘Trojan Horse’

The head of the U.S. National Security Agency’s cybersecurity division said that the Chinese-owned application TikTok is China’s “trojan horse” and poses a long-term security threat to Americans, according to Bloomberg. Instead of only looking at the direct threat of TikTok’s manipulated content, Rob Joyce said that the U.S. government should monitor TikTok’s China-based parent…


China’s Genocide in Tibet

Commentary The exiled leader of Tibet, Penpa Tsering, said in a hearing on March 28 that his people face a “slow death.” Group death through cultural assimilation, enforced by torture and execution, is more than murder or a crime against humanity. It is genocide, and co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), Rep. Christopher…


Human Rights Group Shares Expertise in Handling Anonymous Threats Against Overseas Hongkongers

Hong Kong Watch (HKW) Canada has received several requests for assistance from Hong Kong residents in Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary who have received anonymous threatening messages from pro-China individuals who suspect their personal movements are being monitored. HKW Canada’s Policy Advisor Katherine Leung reminds Hong Kong’s residents not to panic if they receive similar messages…


Key US Ally Saudi Arabia to Join Regional Bloc Led by Moscow, Beijing

Saudi Arabia this week came one step closer to joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a formidable bloc of Eurasian states led by Moscow and Beijing. On March 28, Riyadh approved a memorandum to begin the process of joining the SCO as a “dialogue partner,” according to the Saudi Press Agency. Dialogue partner status is…


TikTok Suspected of Retaining Code That Can Switch to CCP Censorship Mode

TikTok recently received international attention as its CEO was questioned on Capitol Hill. A U.S. Congress member revealed that TikTok retains the censorship code for Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, that can be switched to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) censorship mode and access U.S. data. On March 23, the U.S. Congress held a hearing…


Daniel Andrews’ ‘Secretive’ China Trip Under Scrutiny for Lack of Transparency

Victoria’s Opposition has called for an inquiry into Premier Daniel Andrews’ controversial visit to China as concerns continue to be raised over what shadow immigration minister Dan Tehan describes as Andrews’ “secret trip.” Andrews is currently in China for a four-day visit before he returns to Melbourne on April 1; Andrews has been criticised for…