Category: Special Topics

Maine Joins 28 US States Banning TikTok From Government Devices

Maine has become the latest state to ban TikTok from state-owned devices that connect to the government network. The video-sharing app is owned and operated by ByteDance, which is a Chinese company that moved its headquarters to Singapore in 2020. More than 28 U.S. states and the federal government have banned the popular app from state-owned devices….


South Africa to Host China and Russia for Military Exercises

China, Russia, and South Africa will conduct joint military exercises off the coast of South Africa in February. The South African Department of Defense announced the drills, dubbed “Operation Mosi,” on Jan. 19. The exercises are planned to take place from Feb. 17 to 27, and will coincide with the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion…


Shanghai Hospitals Are Out of COVID Medicines

Shanghai continues to be challenged with surging COVID-19 infections. Patients are too numerous to be handled, and the infected face shortages of medicine. Many major hospitals in China have been fully occupied with severe cases, and doctors of community clinics and hospitals are overwhelmed with the number of patients. Staff at the Central Hospital of…


Second Peak of Chinese COVID Outbreak Predicted in May or June: Epidemiologist

China’s current COVID-19 outbreak is expected to reach a second peak in the coming months, according to Chinese epidemiologists. The first wave continues to engulf the country, killing large numbers of veteran Communist Party cadres and celebrities in various sectors and overwhelming China’s medical system. The peak date for the second wave of intensive infections will…


Chinese Authorities Halt Plans to Build New Universities, Suggesting Population Crisis: Experts

News Analysis More than a dozen Chinese provinces recently announced that they have no plans to build new universities. China experts point out that with the decline in the country’s population, particularly a large number of COVID-19 deaths, there is a significant reduction in the college-age population, and universities will have trouble recruiting enough students…


China’s Guangdong Spent $22 Billion on Zero-COVID in 3 Years

Three years under the Chinese Communist Party’s zero-COVID policy is a disaster to local finances. Southern China’s Guangdong Province directly spent $22 billion on the central government’s COVID containment measures, such as mass testing and forced vaccination, over the last three years. Guangdong, China’s economic powerhouse, spent a total of 146.8 billion yuan ($21.65 billion)…


CCP’s New ‘Special Agent’ Diplomacy Involves High-Level Chinese Intelligence Assets: Experts

The Chinese communist regime’s recent personnel change among its top diplomats amid rising domestic unrest and Beijing’s aggression aimed at Taiwan has attracted international attention, with experts calling it Beijing’s clear new directive of “special agent” diplomacy. Experts are warning that diplomats, particularly those from the United States and Taiwan, must be prepared for the…


CCP’s New ‘Special Agent’ Diplomacy Involves High-Level Chinese Intelligence Assets, Experts Warn

The Chinese communist regime’s recent personnel change among its top diplomats amid rising domestic unrest and Beijing’s aggression aimed at Taiwan has attracted international attention, with experts calling it Beijing’s clear new directive of “special agent” diplomacy. Experts are warning that diplomats, particularly those from the United States and Taiwan, must be prepared for the…


Funeral Home Data Suggests China is Still Underreporting Death Toll

For the Chinese communist regime, the real death toll from any disastrous event, be it a man-made or natural disaster, is always treated as a state secret. As China battles the infection surge that followed its lifting of pandemic restrictions in early December, scientists and journalists around the world are looking for clues to the…


University of Kansas Researcher Sentenced to Time Served for Hiding China Ties

A former University of Kansas researcher was sentenced to time served without fine or restitution for concealing work he did in China while employed with the university. Feng “Franklin” Tao was sentenced on Jan. 18 for one count of making a false statement. Tao was arrested in 2019 along with some two dozen other researchers…