Category: Special Topics

CCP Official Declares China Will Go to Extremes to Control COVID-19 Before Party Congress

A provincial-level official of the Chinese communist regime publicly says extreme measures in pandemic control will be used for the upcoming Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 20th National Congress on Oct. 16. During China’s National Day (Oct. 1) week-long holiday, authorities in Inner Mongolia region, home to a Mongol ethnicity in Northern China, adjacent to Beijing,…


Pentagon Blacklists Drone Giant DJI as ‘Chinese Military Company’

The Pentagon has blacklisted a Chinese drone manufacturer, which Ukrainian officials previously accused of providing military support to Russia. DJI Technology, the world’s largest consumer drone manufacturer, was added to a Department of Defense (DOD) list of 60 “Chinese military companies” operating in the United States, the Pentagon announced on Oct. 5. Adding DJI to the…


Biden Admin’s Reported TikTok Security Agreement Is a ‘Bad Deal’: Rubio

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) criticized a reported preliminary deal between the Biden administration and TikTok that avoids major changes to the popular video-sharing app’s Chinese ownership. “Any ‘agreement’ with TikTok absent full divestment from ByteDance and the Chinese Communist Party is a bad deal–both for U.S. national security and for the millions of Americans whose…


US’s Reported TikTok Security Agreement Is a ‘Bad Deal’: Rubio

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) criticized a reported preliminary agreement between the Biden administration and TikTok that would avoid major changes to the popular video-sharing app’s Chinese ownership. “Any ‘agreement’ with TikTok absent full divestment from ByteDance and the Chinese Communist Party is a bad deal—both for U.S. national security and for the millions of Americans…


CCP Runs Police Outpost in New York City, Part of Global Network of Transnational Repression: Report

Chinese authorities have opened at least one “overseas police service station” in the United States as part of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) global transnational repression, according to human rights group Safeguard Defenders. “These operations eschew official bilateral police and judicial cooperation and violate the international rule of law, and may violate the territorial integrity…


Taiwan Expands ‘First Strike’ Definition, Will Retaliate Against CCP Air Incursion

Taiwan will expand its definition of a first strike for the purposes of determining whether to militarily retaliate against Chinese aggression, according to a top defense official. The government of Taiwan will now consider significant incursions into its airspace by Chinese aircraft and drones to constitute a first strike in the same manner as a…


Beijing Labels 80,000 Online Posts as ‘Rumors’ Ahead of National Party Congress

China’s top cyberspace watchdog announced Sept. 29 that it has labeled some 80,000 online posts as “rumors” since August in a campaign targeting “online rumors and false information”. According to a statement of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), it has organized 12 major Chinese digital news portals and social media platforms to “refute and…


Washington Gave $28M to Chinese Entities for Joint Research Since 2015: Report

Recently released findings show U.S. government agencies sent over $28 million in taxpayers’ dollars “directly to Chinese entities” for joint research over a five-year period ending 2021. From fiscal years 2015 through 2021, “the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], NIH [National Institutes of Health], and DOD [Department of Defense] provided 22 awards totaling…


Fauci Defends Funding Group That’s Collaborated With Wuhan Facility at Center of Lab Leak Theory

Anthony Fauci, the head of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), defended his agency’s decision of awarding millions of dollars to an organization that has funded risky virus research in Wuhan. The New York-based nonprofit, EcoHealth Alliance, received roughly $3 million in grants from the NIAID in late September, the largest annual amount…


Fauci Defends Funding of EcoHealth, Dismisses Lab Leak Theory

Anthony Fauci, the head of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), defended his agency’s decision of awarding millions of dollars to an organization that has funded risky virus research in Wuhan. The New York-based nonprofit, EcoHealth Alliance, received roughly $3 million in grants from the NIAID in late September, the largest annual amount…