Category: Special Topics

Hongkongers Reflect on Taiwan, an Imperfect Exile

June 25, 2022
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—For Lam Wing-kee, a Hong Kong bookstore owner who was detained by police in China for five months for selling sensitive books about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), coming to Taiwan was a logical step. An island just 640 kilometers (400 miles) from Hong Kong, Taiwan is close not just geographically but also linguistically…

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China’s Ambitions in Africa to Displace the US on the Global Stage—With Tiffany Meier

June 24, 2022
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China’s influence in Africa is displacing the global position of the United States. This long game to subvert and dominate an entire continent is decades in the making. Now, that effort is paying off with heavy debt for the nations in Africa—and helping China become even more powerful at the United Nations. All the while,…

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Experts’ Report Saying Omicron Didn’t Cause Severe Symptoms in Shanghai Quickly Deleted

June 24, 2022
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China’s top medical experts recently published a research report showing that people in Shanghai who were infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 only had mild symptoms. The report was later deleted as it goes against the regime’s “zero-COVID” policy and harsh lockdown measures. Experts believe it also reflects intensified CCP infighting. A team, led…

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Former US Military Pilot Pleads Guilty to Selling Aviation Technology Secrets to China

June 24, 2022
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A former U.S. military pilot pleaded guilty on June 23 to acting as a paid agent of China, admitting that he provided American aviation-related technology to the communist regime, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release. Shapour Moinian, a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot from San Diego, admitted in a federal court to…

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Four Chinese Officials and One Manager Charged With Abusing Pandemic Control Health Code System

June 24, 2022
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Four Chinese officials and one state-owned enterprise (SOE) manager in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, were accused of abusing the health code system and randomly turning bank depositors’ health codes red. According to the city’s disciplinary watchdog, Deputy Party Secretary of the city’s Political and Legal Commission, Feng Xianbin, and the city’s top leader of the…

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US Business Group Calls for ‘Urgent’ Taiwan Free Trade Talks

June 24, 2022
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TAIPEI—The United States should “urgently” start talks with Taiwan on a free trade agreement with the aim to present a completed text for passage in 2024, the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Taiwan said in an annual policy paper published on Wednesday. Taiwan has long campaigned for such a deal, in what would be…

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‘An Issue of National Importance’: 23 AGs File Amicus Brief to SCOTUS Supporting Falun Gong Practitioners

June 23, 2022
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Twenty-three attorneys general across the United States filed an amicus brief (pdf) supporting a petition made by Falun Gong practitioners in a high-profile religious freedom case before the Supreme Court. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The AGs called for the highest court to revert a lower court decision that was “wrong on an issue of…

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‘An Issue of National Importance’: 23 AGs Write to SCOTUS Supporting Falun Gong Practitioners

June 23, 2022
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Twenty-three attorneys general across the United States filed an amicus brief (pdf) supporting a petition made by Falun Gong practitioners in a high-profile religious freedom case before the Supreme Court. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The AGs called for the highest court to revert a lower court decision that was “wrong on an issue of…

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40,000-Character Manifesto From the CCP Blaming the US; David Satter on Communism: ‘False Religion’

June 23, 2022
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A 40,000-character manifesto from the Chinese regime has been released. They are furious the Biden administration gave a China speech. We are going to fact-check some of it and explain to you why the CCP is willing to lie. Plus, I speak with David Satter, a scholar and author on communism and Russia, to get his…

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CCP Bans Officials and Their Families From Business Activities

June 23, 2022
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China’s ruling communist party (CCP) has issued a new regulation in the name of anti-corruption banning high-ranking officials and their families from big business activities. Experts pointed out that it’s related to the CCP’s factional infighting and economic problems. According to the Chinese regime’s official media Xinhua, on June 19, the Central Committee of the CCP…

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