Category: Chinese Communist Party

House Lawmaker Reintroduces Bill to Deny Senior CCP Officials US Visas

Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) has reintroduced legislation with the aim of preventing the Chinese regime from stealing U.S. intellectual property by denying visas to people with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chinese military. The bill, named the Stop China’s IP Theft Act, would prohibit the issuing of visas to senior officials of…


Biden’s Decision to Re-Engage UN Human Rights Council Met With Praise and Criticism

The Biden administration has received mixed responses from Congress over its decision to have the United States re-engage with the United Nations Human Rights Council. Under the Trump administration, the United States withdrew from the 47-member council in June 2018, noting that some of the worst human rights abusers—China, Cuba, and Venezuela—were council members. On…


Chinese Ambassador Repeats Conspiracy Theory That Pandemic May Have Originated in the United States

Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai has added fuel to the unproven theory that the CCP virus may have originated in the United States. Cui, in an interview with CNN that aired on Feb. 7, was asked if experts from the World Health Organizations (WHO), currently in the central Chinese city of Wuhan…


Mexico Says Expecting Migration Surge in 2021

Mexico officials have said they expect a spike in mass migration this year driven by natural disasters, failed economies, and the negative impact of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus pandemic. Nashieli Ramirez Hernandez, the head of Mexico’s Human Rights Commission (Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos, CNDH), said during a press briefing last week that…


During Pandemic, China Sent Millions of Counterfeit Masks, Test Kits to US: Customs Data

China accounted for about 51 percent of counterfeit or substandard COVID-19-related products seized by U.S. customs officials from October 2019 to Sept. 30 last year, according to a newly-released report from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Among the products seized by U.S. customs officials were over 12.7 million counterfeit masks, 177,356 COVID-19 test…


Beijing, Longtime Supporter of Burma, Watching Coup Situation Closely: Reporter

Beijing has much at stake in Burma as the Southeast Asian country plunged into a political crisis after a military coup, according to OANN TV host and former Navy intelligence officer Jack Posobiec. “When it comes to the Burma situation…this is all about the reach and the stretch of the CCP’s [Chinese Communist Party] influence…


Beijing Tells Biden Administration to Play by CCP’s Rules

China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi warned the Biden administration not to cross Beijing’s “red line” in a half-hour speech on the evening of Feb. 1. “The United States should stop interference in the affairs of Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang,” Yang said, calling the issues regarding the three regions China’s “internal affairs.” He made the…


US Senator Criticizes WHO for Supporting Beijing’s COVID-19 Propaganda

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) criticized the World Health Organization (WHO) on Jan. 31 after the health body’s investigators visited a Chinese propaganda exhibition on Saturday. The WHO team is currently in Wuhan city, the epicenter of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak last year, investigating the origins of the pandemic. The CCP virus…


US Can Draw Lessons From Taiwan on Fighting China’s Disinformation: Report

TAIPEI, Taiwan—The United States can learn from Taiwan how to confront the Chinese regime’s disinformation, according to a recent report by the Washington-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The report, titled “Protecting Democracy in an Age of Disinformation: Lessons from Taiwan,” analyzed campaigns from China that spread misleading information about Taiwan’s…


US Voices Support for Taiwan After Beijing Threatens War

TAIPEI, Taiwan—China escalated its war-mongering towards Taiwan on Jan. 28, warning the self-ruled island that “independence means war.” The threat was made during a monthly briefing by Wu Qian, the spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defense. He made the remarks while responding to a question about recent activities by China’s air force near Taiwan….