Category: China

Australia to Buy US Nuclear-Powered Submarines

Nuclear-powered submarines are the focus of the latest deal between the United States and Australia. Australia is set to get up to five from America, and sooner than expected. But China isn’t happy, with its officials slamming the news as a “cold war mentality.” President Joe Biden, meanwhile, says the deal will boost stability in…


Police Charges Against Anti-CCP Activist Drew Pavlou Dropped

SYDNEY, Australia—A local court in Sydney has thrown out all charges brought by the NSW Police against a 23-year-old China activist, dismissing two charges in two days. NSW Police accused activist Drew Pavlou of failure to obey a move-on order from officers last May when scuffles broke out at a protest he had organised. Police…


Police Charges Against Anti-CCP Activist Drew Pavlou Dropped After Court Throws Out Case

SYDNEY, Australia—A local court in Sydney has thrown out all charges brought by the NSW Police against a 23-year-old China activist, dismissing two charges in two days. NSW Police accused activist Drew Pavlou of failure to obey a move-on order from officers last May when scuffles broke out at a protest he had organised. Police…


Opposition Mounts Against Ford’s EV Battery Plant Using Chinese Tech

Politicians and local residents have voiced opposition to Ford’s new electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Michigan over its links to China. Last month, Ford announced it was building a battery park in Marshall, a small township 100 miles west of Detroit, under a licensing agreement with Chinese firm Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL),…


City Councillor Who Heads Groups Under RCMP Scrutiny Didn’t Breach Election Rules: Elections Quebec

Quebec’s election office says it won’t initiate an investigation into alleged violation of electoral law in the 2021 municipal elections by a Brossard city councillor who oversees two organizations currently under RCMP investigation as possible Chinese police stations. Xixi Li, councillor for District 8 in the city of Brossard, is also the director general of a…


Poilievre Says It’s an ‘Accepted Fact’ That Beijing Helped Elect Trudeau

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre said on March 14 that the national security leaks in the media have established that the Liberals were helped by the Chinese regime to get elected. “I think Justin Trudeau has inspired a lot of suspicion by his refusal to … answer questions about his knowledge of Beijing’s interference to…


Australia Says Nuclear Subs Needed to Counter Militarization

CANBERRA, Australia—Australia’s defense minister said Tuesday a deal to buy nuclear-powered attack submarines from the United States was necessary to counter the biggest conventional military buildup in the region since World War II. Australian officials said the deal will cost up to $245 billion over the next three decades and create 20,000 jobs. It comes…


CCP Doing Nothing to Stop Drug-Precursor Sales to the US

Commentary Roughly 90 percent of fentanyl deaths in the United States can be traced back to China, with Mexican drug cartels turning Chinese precursor materials into finished products. However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is doing nothing to stop the sale of Chinese chemicals to the cartels. “At the very top of this lethal food…


Sleeping Pills Increase the Risk of Dementia, 4 Tips to Treat Insomnia Naturally

Nearly one-third of Americans have insomnia, according to a recent survey, and most of them are likely to treat the condition with self-medication. However, a 2023 study found that people who regularly use sleeping pills have an almost 80 percent increased risk of dementia compared to those who rarely use them. The study followed approximately 3,000 older whites…


China ‘Sanction Proofing’ its Economy From US: Expert

According to Anders Corr, publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, China is ‘sanction proofing’ its economy from the United States in preparation for the potential invasion of Taiwan. After the 14th National People’s Congress, the nation’s top legislature, closed its first session on March 13, China’s premier Li Qiang said that China would align…