Category: Special Topics

China Starts Drills Around Taiwan After US Speaker Meeting

April 7, 2023
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FUZHOU, China/TAIPEI—China began three days of military exercises around Taiwan on Saturday to express anger at Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, as the island’s defense ministry said it would respond calmly. The drills, announced the day after Tsai returned from the United States, had been widely…

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Government Report Provides Roadmap on Tackling Foreign Interference

April 7, 2023
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A report to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlines steps the federal government is taking to address foreign interference after media reports in recent months have alleged extensive meddling by Beijing. The most consequential steps announced include beginning work to update key pieces of legislation to better tackle foreign interference. The plan says Public Safety Minister…

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Government Report to Trudeau Provides Roadmap on Foreign Interference

April 7, 2023
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A report to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlines steps the federal government is taking to address foreign interference after media reports in recent months have alleged extensive meddling by Beijing. The most consequential steps announced include beginning work to update key pieces of legislation to better tackle foreign interference. The plan says Public Safety Minister…

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Mother of New York Dancer Sentenced to Prison in China for Her Faith

April 7, 2023
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NEW YORK—For the past 15 years, a cell phone was the only thing that held together Steven Wang and his family, who are an ocean away in China. It was over a phone call that Wang found out about his father’s death in 2009—of kidney failure resulting from years of torture detained in a Chinese…

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Mother of Shen Yun Dancer Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison in China for Her Faith

April 7, 2023
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NEW YORK—For the past 15 years, a cell phone was the only thing that held together Steven Wang and his family, who are an ocean away in China. It was over a phone call that Wang found out about his father’s death in 2009—of kidney failure resulting from years of torture detained in a Chinese…

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Rep. Hinson Calls for Biden Admin to Shut Down ‘CCP’s Expansive Surveillance’ in US

April 7, 2023
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Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) called for the Biden administration to shut down the “CCP’s expansive surveillance” in the United States following her participation in the delegation meeting with Taiwanese leadership. “Let me be clear: The U.S. stands with Taiwan in the face of the CCP’s aggression,” Hinson told The Epoch Times. “Furthermore, it comes as…

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New CCP United Front Minister Signals Escalating Infiltration of Foreign Countries

April 7, 2023
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News Analysis Beijing recently made Shi Taifeng the new minister of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) in a move that can be seen as part of an escalation of overseas influence peddling by the Chinese Communist regime, a China expert suggests. Shi also leads the China Overseas Friendship Association (COFA), which recruits wealthy and…

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No ‘Third Way’ for EU, Experts Warn, as Macron Meets Xi in Beijing

April 7, 2023
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French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting Beijing in a bid to improve economic cooperation with the Chinese communist regime—and to ask for China’s help in de-escalating the Russia-Ukraine war. Observers have pointed out that Macron’s pursuit of cooperation with the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is somewhat idealistic. Macron has consistently attempted to take the…

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McCarthy Visit to Taiwan ‘Just a Matter of Timing’: Taiwanese Official

April 7, 2023
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Taiwan still anticipates Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will visit the self-ruled island in the near future despite President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with the House Speaker in California this week drawing sharp criticism from China’s communist regime. “I extended an invite to McCarthy to come visit before he became House speaker,” You Si-kun, the speaker of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, told…

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McCarthy Calls for ‘One Voice’ Against CCP Aggression After Meeting With Taiwan’s Tsai

April 7, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has called on Congress to hasten the supply and delivery of military weapons to Taiwan amid rising tensions between the self-governed democracy and China’s communist regime. McCarthy (R-Calif.) urged the United States and its allies to take a stand against China’s aggression with a clear and consistent unified message that…

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