Category: Special Topics

CCP Media Removes Expert’s View to Meet Zero-COVID Policy Needs

While the new COVID-19 variants are widely recognized to cause mild symptoms, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) media has to say otherwise. An analysis of the BA.5 Omicron subvariant done by a Chinese expert and published by CCTV on July 11 a CCP state media agency was removed and replaced with a different analysis that…


US Lawmakers Denounce CCP’s ‘Unrelenting’ 23-Year Persecution of Falun Gong

A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers has decried the Chinese communist regime’s campaign to eradicate the spiritual practice Falun Gong, an ongoing persecution that is now in its 23rd year. “For far too long, the Chinese Communist Party has abused their power and committed egregious human rights violations against those who practice Falun Gong,” Sen….


23 Years of CCP Persecution: How Falun Gong Practitioners Became the ‘Most Oppressed Group in Chinese Society’

Tortured, beaten, imprisoned, killed, and ostracized. Falun Gong practitioners have routinely suffered these abuses at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the past 23 years. Their accounts of persecution include being sentenced to forced labor camps, shocked with electric batons, deprived of sleep, raped, denied employment or expelled from school, among many…


23 Years of CCP Persecution: How Falun Gong Became the ‘Most Oppressed Group in Chinese Society’

Tortured, beaten, imprisoned, killed, and ostracized. Falun Gong practitioners have routinely suffered these abuses at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the past 23 years. Their accounts of persecution include being sentenced to forced labor camps, shocked with electric batons, deprived of sleep, raped, denied employment or expelled from school, among many…


‘To Cicadas’ Poet Allegedly Insults Xi Jinping: China’s Heightened Political Sensitivity

A poem about cicadas turns out to be politically sensitive, and the author was forced to apologize. According to internet users, the poem implicitly insults Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader. However, nothing in the poem openly suggests so, so what gives? I’ll break down how a poem about cicadas and the summer heat turns out…


Event in Small US Town Receives Death Threat From ‘CCP Representative’

The organizers of a free seminar in a small town in upstate New York have received a death threat phone call from someone who claims to be “a representative of the Chinese Communist Party.” The voicemail was found on the event hotline on July 18, two days prior to the seminar. The seminar on how…


Nearly 60 Percent of Americans Want TikTok Removed From App Stores: Poll

Almost 60 percent of Americans believe that the Chinese-owned short video app TikTok should be removed from app stores after revelations that American user data has been repeatedly accessed in China, according to a new poll. In a survey conducted by the Convention of States Action and Trafalgar Group, 58.6 percent of respondents said they…


The Justice Anniversary that Tolls for All

Commentary Every year on July 20, there is a reminder that there is an ongoing persecution in the world. On that day in 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) set about trying to eliminate Falun Gong in China and all who practised it. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is an ancient Chinese spiritual…


US Building Satellites to Track Hypersonic Missiles

The United States is building a new satellite system to track hypersonic weapons following repeated demonstrations of such weapons by China and Russia. The Pentagon announced two contracts on July 18, worth a combined $1.3 billion, to develop an advanced satellite system expected to be in orbit beginning April 2025. The Space Development Agency (SDA)…


Faster Spreading Omicron Variants Hit China, Sparking Lockdown Concerns

Two, more infectious, COVID-19 Omicron variants were detected in China, and a new round of outbreaks has quickly spread to more than 20 of China’s 31 provinces in 2 weeks. Two big cities in western China have been locked down, while major Chinese port cities are conducting mass testing. All of this is sparking concerns…