Category: Special Topics

Beijing-Friendly Solomons PM Delays Election, Extends Term Until 2024

The Solomon Islands government has successfully delayed the country’s national elections, effectively extending the term of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare who has moved quickly to leverage deepening ties with Beijing to solidify his power. The vote passed with 37 out of the Parliament’s 50 MPs in support. This comes after a report last year revealed…


Rep. McCaul: Biden Admin’s Weakness Allowing China to Create ‘War Machine’

House Republicans lambasted the Biden administration for a perceived lack of action against growing hostilities from China’s reigning communist regime. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and several other Republican lawmakers said in a Sept. 8 press conference on the subject of China that a GOP-controlled Congress would do better in holding the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…


Biden Admin’s Weakness Allowing China to Create ‘War Machine’: Rep. McCaul

House Republicans lambasted the Biden administration for a perceived lack of action against growing hostilities from China’s reigning communist regime. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and several other Republican lawmakers said in a Sept. 8 press conference on the subject of China that a GOP-controlled Congress would do better in holding the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…


China and US Heading Into ‘Long Period’ of Naval Competition: Expert

The United States and China are entering a period of prolonged naval competition and possible conflict, according to one expert. Bruce Jones, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said that American and Chinese leadership had learned from history that the greatest world powers required powerful navies and that the two were competing for maritime…


US Lacks the ‘Political Will’ to Confront China: Experts

China and the United States are pursuing policies that increasingly put them at risk of conflict but, according to some experts, the United States does not currently have the will to follow through on the endeavor. That was the consensus reached during a Sept. 7 discussion hosted by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a Washington-based…


Tibetan Children Targeted for Mass DNA Collection: Human Rights Watch

The latest evidence suggests that DNA is being systematically collected throughout the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) from kindergarten children, some specifically from boys aged 5 and above, the Human Rights Watch reported on Sept. 5. The report identified mass DNA collection drives, with no consent required, in 14 distinct localities in all seven prefectures or…


China’s Sea Cow Believed to Be ‘Functionally Extinct’: Research Report

A recent study has concluded that the dugong, a marine mammal commonly known as the sea cow, is now “functionally extinct” in China’s coastal waters. The study by the UK’s National Academy of Sciences was conducted through large-scale interview surveys in the fishing communities along the four Chinese coastal provinces—Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Fujian. The…


Pentagon Suspends Deliveries of F-35 Fighters After Finding Engine Part Came From China

The Pentagon said on Sept 7 that it has halted deliveries of fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets after a component used in the plane’s engine was found to be sourced from China. U.S. Defense giant Lockheed Martin, the company making the F-35s, said the component is a magnet on the plane’s turbomachine pumps manufactured by U.S….


NYC VIPs Celebrate 400 Million Chinese Quitting CCP at Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet

The Global Service Center for Quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet on Sept. 5 in New York City, and invited representatives from all walks of life to celebrate the withdrawal of 400 million Chinese from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Nearly 500 people, including VIPS from New York’s multinational…


Energy Transition a ‘Dangerous Delusion’: Report

An Aug. 30 report argues that the idea of totally transitioning from fossil fuels is a “dangerous delusion.” “The lessons of the recent decade make it clear that [solar, wind, and battery] SWB technologies cannot be surged in times of need, are neither inherently ‘clean’ nor even independent of hydrocarbons, and are not cheap,” it…