Category: Special Topics

China Reports New Omicron Variant Spreading in 9 Provinces, Populace Fearful, Mortuaries Overwhelmed

COVID-19 cases have been increasing in China, including since the ruling communist regime eased its “zero-COVID” restrictions on Dec. 7. Netizens have been reporting that hospitals and mortuaries are being overwhelmed by demand, particularly in nine provinces where the relatively new Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 have been reported to be spreading quickly. On Dec. 14, China’s Center…


PREMIERING 12/15 at 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…


Chinese Billionaire Faces Extradition to US for Allegedly Bribing San Francisco Officials

A Chinese real estate mogul is battling extradition to the United States from the UK for his alleged role in bribing San Francisco city officials. Zhang Li, the billionaire co-founder and CEO of Guangzhou-based R&F Properties, is wanted in California for allegedly bribing public officials between 2015 and 2020. Zhang is accused of paying kickbacks…


Expel Chinese Diplomats Over Chinese Police Stations in Canada: Tory Foreign Affairs Critic

Conservative MP and foreign affairs critic Michael Chong is calling for the expulsion of Chinese diplomats after a report said there are two more secret Chinese police stations in Canada. In a Twitter post on Dec. 13, Chong reiterated his call last week for Ottawa to expel the Chinese diplomats, citing a report from Spain-based…


South Dakota Gov. Noem Proposes Legislation to Restrict Chinese Purchase of US Farmland

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem on Dec. 13 announced new proposed legislation to restrict farmland purchases by foreign countries, namely communist China. “With this new process, we will be able to prevent nations who hate us—like Communist China—from buying up our state’s agriculture land,” Noem said in a press release. “We cannot allow the Chinese…


PREMIERING NOW: How China’s Operation Rooms Became Execution Grounds: Dr. Torsten Trey on the CCP’s Lucrative Organ Trade

This episode will premiere on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Sixteen years ago, the first whistleblowers emerged from China with a story few could believe: the Chinese communist regime was killing Falun Gong practitioners for their organs. What have we learned since then? I sit down with Dr. Torsten Trey, co-founder and executive…


How China’s Operation Rooms Became Execution Grounds: Dr. Torsten Trey on the CCP’s Lucrative Organ Trade

Sixteen years ago, the first whistleblowers emerged from China with a story few could believe: the Chinese communist regime was killing Falun Gong practitioners for their organs. What have we learned since then? I sit down with Dr. Torsten Trey, co-founder and executive director of the nonprofit Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting, which just released…


China’s Threats Against Taiwan Strengthens Taiwan’s Willingness to Deter Beijing

Communist China’s escalated coercion of Taiwan has, in turn, strengthened the self-governed island’s resolve to resist Beijing’s threats, according to a new report by Australia’s Centre for Defence Research.  The paper, called ‘On Chinese Deterrence Thought and Practice Circa 2022,’ published on Nov. 25, in the Australian Journal of Defence and Strategic Studies, shed light…


China’s Health Services Struggle After Abrupt Unwinding of Stringent COVID Curbs

Over the past week, long lines have formed outside fever clinics, calls have inundated China’s emergency hotline, and businesses are preparing for new interruptions as more and more employees become sick. These chaotic scenes unleashed by the Chinese regime’s abrupt reversal of its nearly 3-year-old zero-COVID policy came as the virus raced through the population…


Bipartisan Legislation Seeks to Ban ‘CCP Puppet Company’ TikTok from US

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking to ban social media giant TikTok from operating in the United States. The effort follows extensive testimony from U.S. intelligence leaders that the app poses a threat to national security. Legislation seeking to ban the app was introduced into both houses of Congress on Dec. 13 by Sen….