Category: Special Topics

Arrest of 90-Year-Old Catholic Cardinal in Hong Kong Signals Beijing’s Increasing Persecution: Former US Ambassador

June 19, 2022
ChinaChina Human RightsHK Current AffairsHong Kongreligious freedomSpecial Topics
0 Comment

Hong Kong’s arrest of 90-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen in May signals Beijing’s growing oppression of religious freedom in Hong Kong amid its widening clamp down on freedoms in the financial hub, according to Andrew Bremberg, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Hong Kong police on May 11 arrested 90-year-old Zen, former head of the…

Read More

China’s Zero-COVID Policy Driving Foreign Investors to Other Countries: Attorney

June 19, 2022
ChinaChina Business & EconomyFinance & Business TiesSpecial Topicszero-COVID
0 Comment

The Chinese regime’s stringent zero-tolerance policy toward COVID-19 has scared foreign investors away from China, according to international law attorney Dan Harris. “The way China handled COVID-19 scared the heck out of a lot of people,” Harris, founder of law firm Harris Bricken and co-editor of China Law Blog, recently said in an interview with…

Read More

Taiwanese Military Expert Sheds Light on Why Japan Treats Taiwan Emergency as Its Own

June 19, 2022
Asia & PacificChinachina invasionChinese Regimedefend TaiwanJapan-Taiwan relationsSpecial TopicsTaiwanWorld
0 Comment

Over 90 percent of Japanese adults believe that Japan should prepare for an emergency response in case Beijing decides to invade Taiwan, according to a recent poll. According to a May 27 to May 29 poll by Japanese media Nikkei Asia on the issue of how Japan should prepare for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan,…

Read More

Chinese Influencer Fined $16 Million for Tax Evasion, as the Regime Tightens Control of Livestreaming Industry

June 18, 2022
ChinaChina Business & EconomyChina Human RightsChinese Regimeinfluencersocial controlSocial IssuesSpecial Topicstaobaotax evasion
0 Comment

China fined a top social media influencer $16 million for tax evasion. It’s the regime’s latest punishment of the country’s top online personalties and part of its nationwide crackdown on the livestreaming industry. On June 16, Fuzhou Municipal Taxation Bureau of Jiangxi Province announced online that it ordered Xu Guohao to pay 108 million yuan…

Read More

Taiwanese Church Shooting Suspect Is Charged With Hate Crimes

June 18, 2022
CaliforniaChinaChurch shootingCrime and IncidentsInternational RelationsLocal NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaSouthern California OC NewsSpecial TopicsTaiwanUSUS News
0 Comment

By Hannah Fry From Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES—A 68-year-old man accused of killing one person and injuring five others at a Taiwanese Presbyterian church in Laguna Woods has been charged with hate crime enhancements, Orange County prosecutors announced Friday. David Wenwei Chou of Las Vegas had previously been charged with murder, attempted murder, and…

Read More

Defense Ministers Wary of China’s Increasing Threat to Peace in Asia-Pacific Region

June 18, 2022
AsiaAsia & PacificCCPChinaChinese RegimeGlobal ExpansionInternational RelationsmilitarySpecial TopicsTaiwanUnify by forceUS-China relationsWorld
0 Comment

New Analysis Many defense chiefs at the annual Asia Security Summit put the spotlight on China’s repeated signaling that it will unify Taiwan by force. Defense ministers and diplomats from over 40 countries were present in Singapore for the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s most vital security summit that lasted from June 10 to 12. Speaking at…

Read More

Xi Signs ‘Non-War Military Operations’ Rules: Who Does It Target?—With Gordon Chang

June 17, 2022
ChinaChina Insiderchina protestchina riotChinese armyChinese navyEpochTVGlobal ExpansionGordon ChangmilitaryPLASpecial TopicsTaiwanTaiwan invasionUS-China relationsXi Jinping
0 Comment

Chinese leader Xi Jinping signs a new document regarding a “trial” for non-war military operations. These new rules spark guesses as to what the purpose is for. Is it to invade Taiwan? To suppress internal dissent? Or to cause trouble elsewhere? I speak with Gordon Chang about these questions.    Click the “Save” button below…

Read More

Fauci Refuses to ‘Stop Funding Chinese’ Research With US Tax Dollars

June 17, 2022
AMERICACCP VirusChinaEcoHealthFauciHealth & SafetyLifestyleNIAIDNIHSpecial TopicsUSUS NewsUS-China relationsWuhan
0 Comment

Dr. Anthony Fauci said he was unable to commit to stop federal funding from going to Chinese scientific research, despite the U.S. intelligence community assessing the regime as America’s top adversary. Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), made the remarks while appearing virtually at the Health, Education, Labor…

Read More

China Lobbies for Pakistan, a Terror State

June 17, 2022
ChinaGlobal ExpansionInternational RelationsOpinionPakistanSpecial TopicsterrorThinking About China
0 Comment

Commentary China is enabling Pakistani terrorism again, this time by lobbying against tough measures at international organizations that combat money laundering. An ongoing plenary of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Berlin, from June 12 to June 17, was reportedly the site of “quiet lobbying” by Beijing on behalf of Islamabad. The two long-time…

Read More

China Launches Third Aircraft Carrier, Names It After Province Near Taiwan

June 17, 2022
aircraft carrierarms raceAsia & PacificCCPChinaChinese RegimeFujianGlobal ExpansionmilitaryNational SecuritySpecial TopicsTaiwanTech CompetitiontechnologyThreat from Communist ChinaUSUS-China relationsWorld
0 Comment

China launched its third aircraft carrier on June 17, marking the latest step in the communist regime’s march toward military modernization. Previously known as the Type 003, Chinese communist authorities dubbed the vessel the “Fujian” during an elaborate ceremony rife with champagne, colored smoke, and ribbons. The name Fujian references the province immediately opposite Taiwan…

Read More