Category: Special Topics

Xi Jinping Appoints New Administration Members: What Does This Mean for Taiwan?

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced members of its 20th Politburo and Central Military Commission (CMC) on Oct. 23. Four new members of the Politburo have a military background and two CMC members are from China’s eastern theater command that is responsible for Taiwan, triggering further concerns abroad over Taiwan. The hierarchy of the CCP…


US Charges 10 CCP Agents Over Plots to Recruit US Spies for China, Obstruct a Criminal Prosecution, Forcibly Repatriate Dissidents

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Oct. 25 unveiled charges on 10 Chinese intelligence officers and officials over their alleged involvement in conducting espionage campaigns in the United States to further communist China’s strategic interests. The charges across three separate cases accuse agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of conspiring to forcibly repatriate Chinese…


US Charges 10 CCP Agents in Alleged Plots to Recruit US Spies for China, Obstruct Criminal Prosecution, Forcibly Repatriate Dissidents

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Oct. 24 announced charges against 10 Chinese intelligence officers and officials over their alleged involvement in espionage campaigns in the United States to further communist China’s strategic interests. The charges, across three separate cases, accuse agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of conspiring to forcibly repatriate Chinese dissidents…


US Charges 10 CCP Spies in Alleged Espionage Campaigns Targeting Americans

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Oct. 24 announced charges against 10 Chinese intelligence officers and officials over their alleged involvement in espionage campaigns in the United States to further communist China’s strategic interests. The charges, across three separate cases, accuse agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of conspiring to forcibly repatriate Chinese dissidents…


Xi Jinping May Invade Taiwan to Shift Blame for Economic Turmoil: China Economic Analyst

The Chinese leader Xi Jinping may launch an invasion of Taiwan after the national congress to shift blame for the regime’s economic turmoil, according to China economic analyst Antonio Graceffo. In a report to the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi has pledged to advance China’s economy while enforcing the zero-COVID policy….


Chinese Father Successfully Fights to Get Life-Saving Treatment for His Quarantined Son

A Chinese man who was brave enough to confront quarantine facility guards saved his son’s life. In a video clip that went viral on Chinese social media, the 9-year-old’s father is seen demanding medical attention for his son outside of an isolation facility. Father and son were both locked down in the school—converted to a…


Chinese Markets Fall as Xi Stacks CCP With Loyalists

News Analysis News that Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping would assume a third term in power sent markets into a dive on Oct. 24, marking a broader pessimism that the leader’s policies will have negative consequences for the global economy. Investors in the Chinese market wiped nearly 10 percent off the value of internet giants…


Thorium Innovators Vie for Success

More than half a century after physicist Alvin Weinberg first demonstrated a thorium molten-salt reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a global thorium renaissance may be underway. At least that’s what the Thorium Energy Alliance (TEA) hopes. TEA’s eleventh conference, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, brought together engineers, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts who believe thorium reactors…


16-Year-Old Daughter Dies in COVID-19 Quarantine in China

Reports of a 16-year-old girl dying in a COVID-19 quarantine center after her family’s pleas for help went ignored have been spreading on Chinese social media since Oct. 18 during CCP’s party congress and has sparked public outrage. The girl’s father is believed to have been silenced by authorities after he spoke publicly of her…


Family Pleads as 16-Year-Old Daughter Dies in COVID-19 Quarantine in China

Reports of a 16-year-old girl dying in a COVID-19 quarantine center after her family’s pleas for help went ignored have been spreading on Chinese social media since Oct. 18 during CCP’s party congress and has sparked public outrage. The girl’s father is believed to have been silenced by authorities after he spoke publicly of her…