Category: Special Topics

EXCLUSIVE: DeSantis Calls Out Chinese Firm’s Purchase of Florida Land for Primate Breeding Facility

November 3, 2022
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Gov. Ron DeSantis raised concern over the Chinese Communist Party’s growing influence in Florida amid scrutiny of a Chinese firm’s purchase of 1,400 acres of land in the state in the hopes of building a primate breeding facility. JOINN Laboratories CA Inc. purchased the land in Levy County, Florida, for about $5.5 million in July,…

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Long Walk Home: Workers Fleeing Foxconn Are Both Impeded and Helped on Their Way

November 3, 2022
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Large groups of young people can be seen walking in fields and on highways, with suitcases and carrying bags, as they head for home. Video footage of their trek has gone viral in China and abroad, despite the Chinese regime’s strict censorship. Some are seen walking through the gates of once-shut fences, and some are…

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UK Counter Terrorism Police Assessing Chinese Police Outposts in London

November 3, 2022
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Counter-terrorism police officers are looking into a report that revealed unofficial Chinese police outposts in London, the Metropolitan police confirmed on Wednesday. Experts told The Epoch Times that the specialist division is involved because it’s responsible for dealing with cases in relation to state security and it works closely with the UK’s security services, particularly the…

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Netherlands Orders Closure of Two Illegal Chinese Police Stations

November 3, 2022
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The Netherlands demanded the closure of two illegal Chinese police “service stations” in the country. On Nov. 2, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wopke Hoekstra, posted on Twitter that the ministry has informed the Chinese ambassador that the stations must close immediately. Human rights NGO, Safeguard Defenders, revealed in its September report that China had set up…

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Netherlands Orders Closure of 2 Illegal Chinese Police Stations

November 3, 2022
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The Netherlands demanded the closure of two illegal Chinese police “service stations” in the country. On Nov. 2, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wopke Hoekstra, posted on Twitter that the ministry has informed the Chinese ambassador that the stations must close immediately. Human rights NGO, Safeguard Defenders, revealed in its September report that China had set up…

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Germany’s Scholz Seeks Reset in China Relations as Beijing Ramps Up ‘Avowals of Marxism-Leninism’

November 3, 2022
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Berlin needs to change the way it deals with Beijing and reduce “risky dependencies” as China’s communist leadership has made increased “avowals of Marxism-Leninism” and as bilateral tensions between the two countries simmer. Scholz made the remarks in an op-ed published on Nov. 3 in Politico, a day ahead of…

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China Closes Zone Around iPhone Factory After Virus Cases

November 2, 2022
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BEIJING—Access to an industrial zone in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou was suspended Wednesday after the city reported 64 coronavirus cases and workers who assemble Apple Inc. iPhones left their factory in the zone following outbreaks. The announcement did not say whether the isolation of the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone was related to cases…

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Nursing Community Urged to Stand Against Chinese Regime’s Organ Harvesting Crimes

November 2, 2022
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A lack of media coverage, silence from the medical community, and fear of Beijing’s retribution, are among the reason why nursing communities around the world are unaware of the Chinese regime’s murdering of innocent people for their organs. These comments were made by Géraldine Monti, who has been a nurse for more than 30 years…

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China Refusing Talks With US About Nuclear Expansion: Pentagon Official

November 2, 2022
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China’s communist leadership is uninterested in reducing the risk posed by nuclear weapons, according to senior U.S. officials. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to refuse to engage in nuclear nonproliferation and strategic stability talks, despite an announcement last year that the regime would cooperate with the United States on the issue, according to Deputy…

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Using Night-Time Light Data Researcher Finds Chinese GDP Is Exaggerated by About 35 Percent

November 2, 2022
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been known to alter its economic data. A study published in October used night-time light to determine that China, as well as other autocracies, overstate their gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates. The U.S. study gathered night-time light (NTL) data from satellites and used that to measure the exaggeration…

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