Category: Special Topics

GOP Lawmakers Call for TikTok Ban Over Fears App Could ‘Fan the Flames of Domestic Division’

November 11, 2022
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Senate Republicans are introducing legislation that would ban TikTok and a number of other social media companies controlled by China from operating in the United States. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) announced the legislation in an op-ed in The Washington Post on Nov. 10, in which they called the Chinese social media app a “major threat…

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Bao Tong, Senior Chinese Official Supportive of Democracy and Spiritual Belief, Dies at 90

November 10, 2022
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Bao Tong, former political secretary of the deceased reformist party leader Zhao Ziyang, died in Beijing Wednesday, four days after his 90th birthday. “Obituary notice for my late father Bao Tong, who passed away peacefully at 7:08 a.m. on Nov. 9, 2022, at the age of 90,” Bao’s son Bao Pu wrote on Twitter. Bao’s…

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Convergence of Interests Is Creating a New China-Iran-Russia-North Korea ‘Axis of Evil’: Expert

November 10, 2022
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Merging interests are motivating China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea to increasingly work together and create an alternative world order, said Frank Gaffney, executive chairman of the Center for Security Policy. “One might call it an axis of evil between China, which is the most important player in the mix, Russia, Iran, and North Korea,…

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Germany Prohibits Chinese Takeover of 2 Semiconductor Chipmakers, Citing Security Concerns

November 10, 2022
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Germany’s government on Wednesday blocked the sale of two of its semiconductor factories to Chinese-owned companies, citing security concerns. “We have prohibited a non-Union investor from entering into business ventures in Germany,” the country’s economy minister Robert Habeck told reporters in front of the German chancellor’s office on Wednesday. He added that the decision came because…

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UK Trade Minister Meets Taiwanese President in Taipei

November 10, 2022
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday thanked British Trade Minister Greg Hands for London’s support for Taiwan after he became the latest foreign official to defy Chinese pressure and visit the self-ruled island democracy. Tsai expressed hope for “new heights” in British-Taiwanese relations and “joint achievements” at a time when the mainland’s Chinese Communist Party…

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Beijing Replaces Discredited Confucius Institutes With Luban Workshop

November 10, 2022
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China’s communist regime has set up technical training centers–under the umbrella of the so-called Luban Workshop—in dozens of countries in recent years, replacing its overseas propaganda organization, the Confucius Institute. Experts have warned that Luban Workshop is the regime’s new way of covertly exporting its ideology. The first Luban Workshop center was established in Thailand…

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[PREMIERING 11/15 at 9:30AM] The Final War

November 9, 2022
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An unprecedented combination of personal story and great power politics, history, and present, “The Final War” follows Epoch Times award-winning investigator Joshua Philipps and retired U.S. Air Force General Robert Spalding through their journey of awakening to the Chinese Communist Party’s infiltration of America. They try to make sense of the seemingly chaotic post-pandemic world—from…

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Another 28 Reports in October From China of People Imprisoned for Their Spiritual Belief: Report

November 9, 2022
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The Chinese communist regime has been persecuting a group of spiritual believers across China since 1999, and the massive suppression is still going on. As of Oct. 31, 28 Falun Gong practitioners in nine provinces in China were reported to have been sentenced to imprisonment from 1.5 to 10 years, adding up to 554 people…

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Biden Extends Trump-Era National Emergency, Investment Bans on Chinese Military-Linked Companies

November 9, 2022
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President Joe Biden is extending a Trump-era national emergency this week, which prohibits U.S. companies or individuals from investing in companies linked to China’s military. Then-President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13959 in November 2020, citing threats to national security. The order declared a national emergency in order to allow for a halt to investments…

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China’s Market Environment Deteriorates as Foreign Investment Confidence Drops to New Low

November 9, 2022
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China’s business outlook has dropped to a historic low while revenue forecasts reached the lowest in a decade, according to hundreds of American businesses operating in the country. An annual business report released by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham Shanghai) on Oct. 28 showed that only 55 percent of the companies surveyed…

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