Category: Special Topics

LIVE Nov. 29, 7 PM ET: UPenn Students Protest China’s COVID-19 Lockdowns, Mourn Deaths of Urumqi Fire Victims

Students at the University of Pennsylvania are protesting in Philadelphia on Nov. 29 in support of demonstrations held in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. Over the weekend, people took to the streets in major cities including Shanghai and Beijing, and gathered at university campuses across China to criticize the Chinese Communist Party’s…


Biden’s Chaotic Afghanistan Pullout Handed the CCP a Propaganda Tool, Pentagon Report Says

The Chinese regime eagerly made use of President Joe Biden’s chaotic pullout from Afghanistan in August 2021 to sow seeds of doubt among U.S. allies about the United States’ strategic leadership and global influence, a new Department of Defense (DoD) report has revealed. According to the report, this ploy came in the midst of Chinese…


LIVE NOW: New Yorkers Protest China’s COVID-19 Lockdowns at Chinese Consulate, Mourn Deaths of Urumqi Fire Victims

New Yorkers gather at the Chinese consulate in New York on Nov. 29 for a protest in support of demonstrations held in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. Over the weekend, people took to the streets in major cities including Shanghai and Beijing, and gathered at university campuses across China to criticize the Chinese…


New Yorkers Protest China’s COVID-19 Lockdowns at Chinese Consulate, Mourn Deaths of Urumqi Fire Victims

New Yorkers gather at the Chinese consulate in New York on Nov. 29 for a protest in support of demonstrations held in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. Over the weekend, people took to the streets in major cities including Shanghai and Beijing, and gathered at university campuses across China to criticize the Chinese…


New Yorkers Protest China’s COVID-19 Restrictions at Chinese Consulate, Mourn Deaths of Urumqi Fire Victims

New Yorkers gather at the Chinese consulate in New York on Nov. 29 for a protest in support of demonstrations held in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. Over the weekend, people took to the streets in major cities including Shanghai and Beijing, and gathered at university campuses across China to criticize the Chinese…


Mass Defiance in China Shows Populace Fed Up With Communist Control

A blank sheet of white paper has become the latest symbol of defiance in communist China. From Beijing to Shanghai, throngs of protesters over the weekend held wordless papers high to vent their frustrations over the regime’s harsh COVID rules, while digital white rectangles inundated feeds on the country’s largest social media platform WeChat—even as…


China Seeks to Seize Taiwan, Displace US as Global Leader: Pentagon Report

Communist China is engaged in a whole-of-nation approach to expand its military, seize Taiwan, and topple the United States as leader of the international order, according to a new report released by the Pentagon. The Department of Defense’s annual China Military Power Report (pdf), released on Nov. 29, serves as an authoritative assessment of the…


Protests in China Are a Rebellion Against the Communist Regime’s Suppression: Rights Activist

British human rights activist Benedict Rogers said the wave of protests against Beijing’s “zero-COVID” policy that spread to at least 10 cities in China over the weekend is a manifestation of rebellion against the Chinese regime’s repression. “They are, I think, a boiling over of not just frustration at the very draconian COVID lockdowns, but…


Chinese Authorities Start Tracking Down Protestors After Mass COVID Demonstrations

Chinese police have started targeting participants of last weekend’s mass protests against the communist regime’s harsh COVID-19 policies, according to reports, suggesting the surveillance state is kicking into full gear in response to the country’s biggest display of civil disobedience in decades. Two protesters told Reuters that callers identifying themselves as Beijing police officers asked…


Foreign Leaders Voice Support for China’s COVID Protesters After Unprecedented Display of Opposition to Communist Regime

A fatal apartment fire in China’s Urumqi city has sparked protests in dozens of Chinese cities and universities over the problems caused by the regime’s strict epidemic control measures. The protests have quickly spread abroad and received international solidarity. The White House and U.S. State Department issued statements stressing that everyone has the right to…