Category: Special Topics

‘Dangerous’: Expert Pans Move to Donate Guns, Armoured Vehicles to Pro-Beijing Solomons Leader

The Australian Labor government’s decision to gift weapons and armoured vehicles to the Solomons government has been branded “ill-conceived and dangerous” by Pacific expert Cleo Paskal, saying the move is pushing the country one step closer towards civil war. On Nov. 2, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) delivered training and around $1.3 million (US$740,000) worth…


Biden Discusses Security Pact, Taiwan Strait With Australian Prime Minister

U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday met Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and discussed their security pact and issues surrounding the Taiwan Strait, the White House said. The AUKUS security pact between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia is seen as an effort by the West to push back against the Chinese regime’s…


Taiwan Says Chinese Fighter Jets Fly Near Island

TAIPEI, Taiwan—China’s military flew 36 fighter jets and bombers near Taiwan, the Taiwanese defense ministry announced, part of a long-running campaign of intimidation against the self-ruled island democracy. Ten of the aircraft on Saturday flew across the median line in the Taiwan Strait that separates the island from the mainland, the ministry said. It said…


CCP’s New ‘Prepare for War’ Order Mainly for Domestic Stability: Experts

After securing a third term as leader of China’s ruling communist party (CCP) at its national congress, Xi Jinping ordered the nation’s military for the first time to focus on fighting wars. Experts believe this remark was made mainly for domestic political purposes. According to Chinese official media reports, Xi said at the Joint Operations…


China’s COVID-19 Quarantine Facilities Like ‘Concentration Camps:’ Resident

A businessman in Tibet has blasted China’s communist party authorities for messing up in the region with its “zero-COVID” policies, describing China’s quarantine facilities as “concentration camps.” China’s ruling communist party (CCP) have imposed stringent COVID-19 lockdown measures in Tibet since early August. Xiao Wang (pseudonym) who has been doing business in Lhasa, the capital…


Over 5,000 in Taiwan Deliver Message of Hope and Perseverance

TAIPEI—Liberty Square, Taiwan’s iconic tourist site, was awash in a sea of colors on Nov. 12, as more than 5,000 locals came together to deliver a message to communist China. Their message was straightforward—while the communist regime continues to brutally persecute Falun Gong in China, across the strait in Taiwan and around the world, millions…


‘Casino Loyale’: Company Owned by Chinese Billionaire Guilty of Paying $1 Million in Bribes to LA Councilman

A Los Angeles real estate firm owned by a Chinese billionaire is guilty of paying more than $1 million in bribes to a Los Angeles city councilman as part of a scheme that involved luxury cruises, high-rolling trips to casinos, and prostitution. Shen Zhen New World I, a real estate firm owned by Chinese billionaire…


Ruthless Zero-COVID Policies Allegedly Caused A Young Man’s Death in Xinjiang

A 32-year-old man died in a hospital in Xinjiang many hours after he was taken there by ambulance with severe abdominal pain. During the seven to eight hours in the hospital, he received no medical treatment despite his pleading for help and painful groaning. The doctors and nurses on duty ignored him, according to the…


3 Arrested for Sending Military Secrets to China, Selling Chinese Items to DOD

Three people were arrested this week for their alleged involvement in a scheme to sell U.S. military secrets to China and to secretly bring Chinese goods into the U.S. defense supply chain. Phil Pascoe, Monica Pascoe, Scott Tubbs, and Quadrant Magnetics LLC were charged with wire fraud, violations of the Arms Export Control Act, and…


Top US General Warns China That Conflict Over Taiwan Will Be ‘Bad Choice’

China would make “a really bad choice” if it chose to engage in a conflict over Taiwan, Gen. Mark Milley said, as he reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to providing Taiwan with military aid. Speaking at an Economic Club of New York event on Nov. 9, Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the United…