Category: Special Topics

College Student Suffers Psychological Damage While in Custody of Chinese Police: Mother

On Dec. 8, a young Chinese woman steps out of a black car in China’s central Henan province. Her glassy eyes and the blank, childlike expression on her face tell her mother that something is terribly wrong. This is not the same girl who was taken away in police custody just a few days before….


The Prospects for Cross-Strait Relations in 2023 and Beyond by The Global Taiwan Institute

This past year was highly eventful for Taiwan and developments related to Taiwan. From increasingly coercive Chinese military activity directed at Taiwan to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island, these events are highly influential to the Strait and all the stakeholders. “The Prospects for Cross-Strait Relations in 2023 and Beyond” is a…


Ashley Yablon: How I Exposed a CCP Tech Giant’s Elaborate Scheme to Evade US Sanctions

“As I was scrolling through it, I saw a section of the contract that was titled, ‘How we will get around U.S. export laws’ … And I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw that, and I knew that I needed to do something,” says attorney and whistleblower Ashley Yablon. In 2011, Yablon…


Biden Administration Blacklists 21 China-Based AI Chip Makers

The Biden administration is adding 22 Chinese chipmakers to a trade blacklist, widening its crackdown on China-based semiconductor manufacturers. The Commerce Department added YMTC and 21 “major” Chinese entities working in the domain of artificial intelligence chips to a trade blacklist, broadening its crackdown on China’s chip industry. YMTC was added to the list over…


Biden Administration Blacklists 21 China-Based AI Chipmakers

The Biden administration is adding 22 Chinese chipmakers to a trade blacklist, widening its crackdown on China-based semiconductor manufacturers. The Commerce Department added Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp (YMTC) and 21 “major” Chinese entities working in the domain of artificial intelligence chips to the blacklist. YMTC was added to the list over concerns it could divert…


US Receives ‘Full Access’ to China Accounting Firms for First Time Ever

The United States is receiving full access to inspect and investigate accounting firms in China for the first time, according to the nation’s top auditor. The U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) announced on Dec. 15 that it obtained full access to inspect and investigate firms in China after years of refusals by the…


US Receives ‘Full Access’ to China Accounting Firms for First Time

The United States is receiving full access to inspect and investigate accounting firms in China for the first time, according to the nation’s top auditor. The U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) said on Dec. 15 that it obtained full access to firms in China after years of refusals by the Chinese Communist Party…


FBI Arrests Chinese Music Student For Allegedly Threatening Pro-Democracy Activist

A Chinese student was charged with stalking for allegedly threatening and harassing a U.S. permanent resident who posted fliers in support of democracy in China, the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Massachusetts said on Dec. 14. Wu Xiaolei, a Chinese citizen studying at Berklee College of Music, Boston, allegedly threatened a person who…


Chinese Law Scholar Reveals Inside Information Behind the CCP’s Abrupt Easing of Zero-COVID Policy

For the past three years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been implementing harsh zero-COVID measures, which have created humanitarian disasters across the country and severely damaged the national economy. Starting in November this year, the CCP suddenly abandoned its tough stance on COVID-19, halted mandatory mass PCR testing, and allowed people with mild symptoms…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Ashley Yablon: How I Exposed a CCP Tech Giant’s Elaborate Scheme to Evade US Sanctions

This episode will premiere on Thursday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “As I was scrolling through it, I saw a section of the contract that was titled, ‘How we will get around U.S. export laws’ … And I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw that, and I knew that I needed…