Category: Special Topics

Rights Defender Describes Chinese Regime’s ‘Auschwitz Terror Concentration Camps’

A desperate suicide attempt was the only thing that spared a Chinese rights defender from ongoing appalling torture at a psychiatric hospital in China’s megacity of Shenzhen. Jie Lijian was in his 30s when he was forcefully hospitalized by police for the third time in 2018, suffering again at the hands of the Chinese regime…


Chinese Activist Recounts Torture, Forced Medication During Detention at Psychiatric Hospital

A desperate suicide attempt was the only thing that spared a Chinese rights defender from ongoing torture at a psychiatric hospital in China’s megacity of Shenzhen. Jie Lijian was in his 30s when he was forcefully hospitalized by police for the third time in 2018, suffering again at the hands of the Chinese regime for…


Beijing Hastily Recruits More Security, Ups Censorship of Courageous ‘Bridge Man’ Protest Before Party Congress

In front of all cameras monitoring Beijing, a man dressed as a construction worker unfurled two banners on an overpass on Oct. 13, demanding an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) draconian zero-COVID policies and the removal of Xi Jinping as China’s top leader. The man was later identified by China Change, which is…


Beijing Hastily Recruits More Security, Ups Censorship of ‘Bridge Man’ Protest Before Party Congress

In front of all cameras monitoring Beijing, a man dressed as a construction worker unfurled two banners on an overpass on Oct. 13, demanding an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) draconian zero-COVID policies and the removal of Xi Jinping as China’s top leader. The man was later identified by China Change, which is…


Parents Hold Xinjiang Hospital Responsible for Death of 6-Month-Old During Lockdown

The Chinese regime’s draconian zero-COVID policies have allegedly caused another baby’s death in China’s western Xinjiang region. The parents of a six-month-old boy accuse a hospital in Xinjiang of causing the death of the infant because its zero-COVID policies delayed access to medical treatment. Baby Zhang Lingrong and his mother Zhao Xiulian were locked in a…


Elon Musk’s ‘Special Administrative Zone’ Remarks Anger Taiwan’s Military, Says No More Tesla ‘Purchases’

Days after Elon Musk suggested that Chinese leader Xi Jinping should “figure out a special administrative zone for Taiwan,” the Taiwanese minister said its military would not buy more Tesla Inc. cars. Taiwan’s Minister of Board of Military Operations Chiu Kuo Cheng told a legislative session that the Taiwanese army “will definitely not make any…


China, Russia Could Launch ‘Space Pearl Harbor’ on Aging US Satellites: Expert

The United States is not prepared for strategic space competition against a united China and Russia, according to one expert. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is nearing technological parity with the United States in key space domains, according to Brandon Weichert, an independent geopolitical analyst. That means that it will soon threaten the United States’…


Texas Teachers’ Retirement System Moves to Distance Pensions From Chinese Stocks

The largest public retirement system in Texas is moving to remove Chinese companies from the list of stocks it invests in as part of its pension fund for teachers. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) gained approval last month to move forward with a new benchmark that proportionally mixes two emerging markets indexes, including…


Taiwan Defense Ministry Says Troops Can Decide How to Counter Chinese Military’s ‘First Strike’

Troops stationed on Taiwan’s front line are authorized to counter aggressive moves by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) that are deemed a “first strike,” Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said on Oct. 13. The PLA’s moves that are considered a first strike include planes, drones, or ships entering Taiwan’s territorial airspace and restricted…


CCP Arbitrarily Turns Health Codes Red

Local authorities in east China turned the health QR codes (for COVID-19) for 63,000 residents red, resulting in them being denied entry to public places. A Chinese lawyer says there is no legal basis for authorities to change people’s health codes but that it is done without obstacle. The Chinese communist regime adopted a health code—QR…