Category: Special Topics

Australian University Students Say Campus Intellectual Space Dominated by ‘Intolerant’ Left

Visitors to universities in Sydney may be surprised by the prevalence of Marxist posters on these top universities’ campuses. The posters, put up by the organization “Socialist Alternative,” are seen in public spaces at the University of Sydney (USYD), the University of New South Wales (UNSW), the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Macquarie University (MQ),…


Opposition Mounts Against Ford’s EV Battery Plant Using Chinese Tech

Politicians and local residents have voiced opposition to Ford’s new electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Michigan over its links to China. Last month, Ford announced it was building a battery park in Marshall, a small township 100 miles west of Detroit, under a licensing agreement with Chinese firm Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL),…


Poilievre Says It’s an ‘Accepted Fact’ That Beijing Helped Elect Trudeau

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre said on March 14 that the national security leaks in the media have established that the Liberals were helped by the Chinese regime to get elected. “I think Justin Trudeau has inspired a lot of suspicion by his refusal to … answer questions about his knowledge of Beijing’s interference to…


Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre Assessing TikTok, Security Minister Says

Security minister Tom Tugendhat on Tuesday confirmed he has asked the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to assess the “challenges” posed by apps such as TikTok. It comes one day after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told the BBC that ministers “take security of devices seriously” and are looking at “what our allies are doing” with regard to the Chinese…


China’s Gigantic ‘Stability Maintenance’ Budget Targets the Chinese People: Human Rights Lawyer

The Chinese communist regime recently released a public security budget for 2023 with official numbers of some 208.972 billion yuan ($30.5 billion)—the first time its projected public security expenditure has exceeded 200 billion yuan. Human rights lawyer Wu Shaoping said the so-called “stability maintenance” expenditures of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are effectively a bottomless pit for…


Beijing Police Harass, Kidnap Activist-Entrepreneur During ‘Two Sessions’ Meeting

A Chinese activist and entrepreneur was forcibly removed from his home in Beijing by local police on the evening of March 9 during their “investigation” of the so-called “White Paper Movement.” Businessman Guo Kunpeng said he believes his detention was related to the annual “Two Sessions” meetings that were taking place at the time of…


We’ve Been Warned of War

Commentary We have been warned that the region could be at war in the coming years. It was not the Australian prime minister who uttered the words. Nor was it the defence minister or the Chief of the Defence Forces. Nor was it the president of the United States. Ominously, the warnings have come from…


Consular Immunity ‘Not Absolute’: Judge Sets Precedent in Case Against Chinese Official

BRISBANE—A new court ruling may determine whether diplomatic immunity extends to consular officials involved in threatening or harming locals. The District Court case on March 13 was held regarding the 2019 incident when Chinese Consular General Xu Jie publicly lauded the assault of student activist, Drew Pavlou, at the University of Queensland (UQ). Pavlou took part…


EXCLUSIVE: Quebec Cut Funding to Groups Doubling as Alleged Chinese Police Stations

Montreal area organizations under police investigation as presumed Chinese police stations have had their government funding cut after an audit, the Quebec Ministry of Immigration has indicated. The ministry undertook verification work in 2020-21 with the Centre Sino-Québec de la Rive-Sud (CSQRS) in Brossard and the Service à la famille chinoise du Grand Montréal (SFCGM)….


China’s True COVID-19 Death Toll Could Reach 36 Times the Official Estimate: Expert

As of Jan. 8, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) only reported a cumulative total of 5,272 COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. But after the Chinese communist regime relaxed its zero-COVID restrictions, the same institution suddenly announced that from Dec. 8, 2022, to Jan. 12, 2023, China had accumulated…