Chinese Internet police have engaged in a new wave of suppression of online discussions about the Chinese stock market. A total of 373 social media accounts were shut down in its recent investigation of social media, for forwarding posts that the Internet regulator deemed “rumors and rumor-mongering,” according to a statement by the Cyberspace Administration…
Online Posts on Chinese Stock Market Analysis Are ‘Bad Influence’: CCP Internet Regulator
Chinese Province Saw Cremations Surge 72 Percent Amid Recent COVID Outbreak: Official Report
China’s eastern Zhejiang Province saw a spike in cremations in the first quarter, official data showed. China observers believe the provincial data indicates that the actual COVID-19 death toll in the country could be much higher than what the leadership in Beijing had reported. Due to Chinese authorities’ past record of underreporting infections and covering up information,…
China’s Q2 GDP Growth Slows to 0.8 Percent as Economic Engines Stall
The Chinese communist regime admitted on July 17 that the GDP growth rate in the second quarter of the year was lower than expected. Observers pointed out that China’s economy is actually in stagnation or even decline, as investment and demand both domestic and foreign continue to weaken, with domestic structural problems predicted to lead…
TikTok Tells Inquiry China-Based Employees Can Make Changes to Algorithm
TikTok officials have admitted to an Australian government inquiry that China-based employees can change the social media app’s algorithm. This is the first time officials from the company have made the admission, which has raised increasing questions about the reach of the Chinese regime into foreign societies through the app. Appearing before the Select Committee on…
TikTok Tells Inquiry Chinese-Based Employees Can Make Changes to Algorithm
TikTok officials have admitted to an Australian government inquiry that Chinese-based employees can change the social media app’s algorithm. This is the first time officials from the company have made the admission, which has raised increasing questions about the reach of the Chinese regime into foreign societies through the app. Appearing before the Select Committee on…
Chinese Police Interrogate Associates of COVID-19 Whistleblower After Prison Release
Chinese citizen journalist Fang Bin finally had his first meeting with friends and associates on July 2, over 2 months after the regime released him from a 3-year jail term and forced him to become homeless. However, his friends were targeted immediately after the meeting. At least 7 were summoned and interrogated by Wuhan police. “All…
CCP Sets Up Social Work Department to Further Tighten Its Control
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently formed a Central Social Work Department to further tighten the regime’s control of the Chinese people. Observers pointed out that the move is to target petitioners and potential social unrest against its one-party rule. According to Chinese state media, Wu Hansheng, the former deputy party secretary for a state…
WeChat Warned It Could Be Banned After Refusing to Appear at Government Inquiry
WeChat is facing a potential ban in Australia after the company refused to appear before a federal government inquiry into foreign interference. The chair of the Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media, Sen. James Paterson, said in a press conference on July 11 that the refusal showed how little regard WeChat and its parent company…
WeChat Warned It Could Be Banned After Refusing to Appear at Australian Govt Inquiry
WeChat is facing a potential ban in Australia after the company refused to appear before a federal government inquiry into foreign interference. The chair of the Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media, Sen. James Paterson, said at a press conference on July 11 that the refusal showed how little regard WeChat and its parent company…
‘Speak Up in the Face of Rights Violations,’ Says Chinese Writer and Historian, Zhang Yihe
Beijing stepped up the surveillance of well-known Chinese historian and writer Zhang Yihe recently, as it has on veteran journalist Gao Yu. Speaking to The Epoch Times, Zhang Yihe said she specifically wished to remind people to speak up when their rights are violated. Eighty-year-old Zhang Yihe described leaving her home recently to get bottled water. “At…
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