Category: Special Topics

Starving and Censored, Guiyang Resident in China’s Lockdowns Asks World for Attention and Help

September 15, 2022
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Residents of China’s largest residential complex gathered on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival to protest food shortages due to the communist regime’s stringent lockdown measures. Local authorities sent in hundreds of police to silence the gathering residents. China’s southwestern Guizhou province imposed stringent closure measures in its capital city amid the latest COVID-19 flare-up…

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Small Chinese Border City Under COVID Lockdown for 8 Months, Most Residents Have Fled

September 15, 2022
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The small Chinese city of Dongxing, which borders Vietnam, has been under COVID lockdown for more than half a year. According to the China census in November 2020, the city’s population was 216,000. It’s estimated that around only 20,000 people are there now due to the communist regime’s strict zero-COVID policy. Most residents have fled…

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Under COVID-19 Lockdown, Xinjiang Residents Complain of Hunger

September 14, 2022
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BEIJING—Residents of a city in China’s far western Xinjiang region say they are experiencing hunger, forced quarantines, and dwindling supplies of medicine and daily necessities after more than 40 days in a virus lockdown. Hundreds of posts from Ghulja riveted users of Chinese social media last week, with residents sharing videos of empty refrigerators, feverish…

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France Demonstrates Air Power Capability in the Indo-Pacific

September 14, 2022
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France has reaffirmed its role as a Pacific power after the French armed forces completed a demonstration of long-distance air power projection. The force projection, code-named Mission Pégase 22, saw a contingent of the French Air Force travel from Paris to New Caledonia in just 72 hours over 16,600 kilometres (10,315 miles) demonstrating the France’s…

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China-Russia Alliance Has ‘Nothing Good in Store for Democracies’: Expert

September 14, 2022
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China and Russia are aligning against the United States and its allies regardless of the absence of an official treaty between Beijing and Moscow, according to one expert. “This may be a marriage of convenience, but sometimes that’ll be enough to cause the civilized world a lot of trouble,” said Grant Newsham, a senior fellow…

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US Military Dominance in Space Faces ‘Most Immediate Threat’ From China: Top Space Force General

September 14, 2022
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The Chinese regime’s aggressive efforts to dominate outer space posed “the most immediate threat” to the U.S. satellite capabilities and ground infrastructure, according to the general nominated to lead the U.S. Space Force. “The most immediate threat, in my opinion, is the pace with which our strategic challengers, first and foremost the Chinese, are aggressively…

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Confronting Communist China Is the ‘Challenge That Will Define the 21st Century’: Sen. Rubio

September 14, 2022
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Confronting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the bloc of totalitarian nations it leads will be the defining challenge of the 21st century. That was the case made by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) during a Sep. 13 press conference, in which he implored the democracies of the world to heed the seriousness of the threat…

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Philippines Filed Over 100 Protests Against China’s Sea Incursions This Year

September 14, 2022
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Chinese vessels continue to swarm Philippine waters in the disputed South China Sea despite the Philippines having filed over 100 protests against China’s sea incursions this year, according to officials. A total of 172 protests were filed against China’s illegal presence, illegal fishing, harassment of local fishermen, and unauthorized marine scientific research as of Aug….

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Global Coalition Meets in Washington to Counter China’s Threat to International Order

September 14, 2022
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Lawmakers from 30 countries met in Washington on Tuesday to discuss countering the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) threats to democracy, international order, and human rights. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) aims to issue a communique on Wednesday outlining its objectives to defend human rights, strengthen democracies, and support Taiwan and Ukraine, Nikkei Asia reported….

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US Should Put Aside Differences With Big Tech to Take on Beijing: Senator

September 14, 2022
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The U.S. government needs to bury the hatchet with Big Tech and harvest the innovation of firms like Google, Apple, and Facebook so that the West can better compete with Beijing’s rapid technological advancements, according to a visiting Australian senator. Senator James Paterson, of the centre-right Liberal Party and now-shadow minister for foreign interference, said…

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