Category: Special Topics

China Under International Pressure Despite Xi’s Recent Trips Abroad: Experts

Chinese leader Xi Jinping recently made high-profile visits abroad, meeting world leaders after he secured a third term as the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in last month’s National Congress. Chinese official media tout Xi’s diplomatic achievements from the trips. However, international analysts point out that he achieved very little, and it is…


4-Month-Old Baby Dies in Chinese City Under Draconian Zero-COVID Policies

The Chinese regime’s stringent zero-COVID policies delayed medical treatment and caused a baby’s death in central China’s Zhengzhou city, Henan Province on Nov. 15, according to the father. The death of Li Siyu, a 4-month-old baby girl in Zhengzhou, triggered public outcry in China. Her father’s post on a Chinese social media platform Baidu titled…


Anti-Lockdown Protests Break Out in China’s Southern Guangzhou City

Unable to bear lengthy lockdowns and lack of food, daily necessities, and timely medical treatment, large crowds of people in China’s southern commercial hub of Guangzhou took to the streets on Monday. Video clips and online posts showed people tearing down fences and barricades and marching down the streets in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou…


Zhengzhou University Students Protest Against Life-Threatening Campus Lockdown Measures

Zhengzhou University students protested for the third time against campus lockdown, despite the university punishing students who resisted and fining a worker who volunteered to deliver supplies to the students. On the evening of Nov. 16, students of Zhengzhou University, Henan Province in central China, launched a protest against the chaotic management during the campus…


Autocracies Helping Western Societies ‘Tear Themselves Apart’: Retired US General

Ongoing racial tensions and economic instability will leave Western democracies too weak to defend themselves against mass disinformation and cyber attacks from autocratic regimes, warns retired U.S. Army Major General John Davis. The former major general named China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea as some of the key aggressors waging information and cyber warfare on…


China’s Secret Police Station ‘Violates Sovereignty’ of US: FBI Director

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is violating the sovereignty of the United States through the creation of secret police stations on U.S. soil, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray. “I’m very concerned about this,” Wray said during a Nov. 17 hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. “We are aware of the…


China’s Secret Police Station in NYC ‘Violates Sovereignty’ of US: FBI Director

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is violating the sovereignty of the United States through the creation of secret police stations on U.S. soil, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray. “I’m very concerned about this,” Wray said during a Nov. 17 hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. “We are aware of the…


UK Government Orders Chinese Firm to Sell Acquired Welsh Semiconductor Plant

The UK government on Wednesday ordered a Chinese company to sell most of a Welsh semiconductor plant it had acquired, ruling the takeover breached national security laws. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) issued a notice of final order (pdf) telling Nexperia BV to sell at least 86 percent of Nexperia Newport Limited…


Despite Human Cost, China Won’t End Zero-COVID Approach: Experts

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) won’t end its zero-COVID-19 policy approach anytime soon as the legitimacy of the Party’s leader now rests on results of the health battle, though it comes at the expense of human rights. This is what experts said during a Nov. 16 hearing on the Chinese regime’s zero-COVID policy held by the…


CCP Spy Sentenced to 20 Years for Stealing Aviation Secrets

The first Chinese communist intelligence officer to ever be extradited to the United States was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Nov. 16. Yanjun Xu received the sentence after being found guilty earlier this month of leading a ring of Chinese agents that targeted U.S. aviation companies, recruiting their employees to travel to China,…