Category: Special Topics

Beijing Human Rights Activist Immobilized by COVID-19 App

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Wang Yu, hailed by the United States as an International Woman of Courage, has already been arrested, imprisoned, and harassed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for her work as a human rights lawyer representing activists, Uyghur scholars, and Falun Gong practitioners. This year, her movements within her home country also have been restricted…


China Sends 39 Warplanes, 3 Ships Toward Taiwan in 24 Hours

TAIPEI, Taiwan—China’s military sent 39 planes and three ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan’s defense ministry said Thursday. The Chinese communist regime’s military harassment of self-ruled Taiwan, which it claims is its own territory, has intensified in recent years, and the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) army has…


‘This Regime Needs to Go’: Enes Kanter Freedom Blasts Communist China

NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom is speaking out against the tyranny of China’s communist regime and the myriad U.S. business interests that give it cover. “I say ‘this regime needs to go’ because they’re violating so many human rights,” Freedom said during a wide-ranging interview with Jan Jekielek on “American Thought Leaders.” “There is no…


ByteDance Used TikTok to Spy on US Journalists: Report

An internal investigation has revealed that Chinese company ByteDance, which owns TikTok, used the company’s access to user data to improperly track American journalists, according to media reports. A Dec. 22 report by Forbes revealed that an internal ByteDance investigation, conducted by an outside law firm, found that employees tracked multiple journalists who were responsible for…


Deaths Among CCP Elites Rise as COVID-19 Wave Hits China

It started with a high fever, a telltale sign of COVID-19, that soon led to a positive COVID-19 test result. Yang Lianghua, formerly a senior reporter for the Chinese communist regime’s official mouthpiece People’s Daily and the chief editor of the newspaper’s international edition, then had to wait in the emergency room for a bed…


Long Queues, Higher Fees for Cremations in China Amid Recent Spike of COVID

Crematoriums across China are being overwhelmed as the country experiences a flare-up of the pandemic following the relaxing of zero-COVID rules. In Shenyang, in China’s northeastern Liaoning Province, residents say deaths have spiked since the government decided to lift lockdowns and mandatory testing. However, it is difficult to confirm that the deaths are due to COVID-19…


US Must Remove CCP from Society: Robert Spalding

A former U.S. general is sounding the alarm on the ties that bind China’s communist regime to the levers of American power. Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, is seeking to undermine and ultimately displace the United States. To…


China Bans Taiwanese Food Exports Amid Heightened Cross-Strait Tensions

News Analysis Amid elevated cross-strait tensions, Beijing once again suspended imports of several food and beverage products from Taiwan, citing “incomplete registration information.” Experts believe it is a political move aimed at suppressing Taiwan and inciting nationalism at a time of domestic crisis. The recently suspended products include biscuits, candies, alcohol, and other beverages. According…


Dozens of Prominent Chinese Experts, Celebrities, Officials Die During Recent COVID-19 Outbreak

China, its capital in particular, has been hit hard by the recent wave of COVID-19 that is sweeping the country. After dozens of professors and teachers from top Chinese universities passed away during the past 30 days, four more prominent Chinese figures have been reported to have died in the three days Sunday to Monday,…


Massive COVID Surge Across China Sparks Global Concern Over Virus Mutation, Supply Chain Breakdown

As a mass wave of COVID infections sweeps through China, the World Health Organization (WHO) and governments around the world are anxious about the potential emergence of a dangerous new virus variant that could further drag down the global economy. With Beijing now gripped by the virus, the variant has also rapidly spread across China….