Olympic sponsors should “listen to their hearts”—not dollars—and stand up to boycott the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, said Sam Brownback, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. “China is, in my estimation, the greatest threat to this human right in the world, by what they’re doing, what they’re financing, and the technology they’re now deploying,”…
‘Don’t Just Listen to Dollars’: Former Ambassador Calls on Advertisers to Boycott Beijing Olympics
‘This Is Childish’: Australian Senator on Beijing’s Put-Down of Olympic Boycotts
An Australian senator is pushing back on Beijing’s claim that it allegedly does not care whether foreign representatives attend its upcoming Winter Olympic Games while denying concerns about its human rights records. Countries including the United States, Australia, Canada, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom are to stage a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics,…
Blinken Says US Business Leaders Should Be ‘On Guard’ About Chinese Investments
American business leaders should be cautious about Chinese investments, warned Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinken sounded the alarm on Tuesday while speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit. “There is no distinction between a so-called private enterprise and the state,” he said. “If a private Chinese enterprise makes the investment, the state…
‘Russia Collusion’ Hoax Reveals Dangerous ‘Evolution’ of US Media Since Watergate: Feat. Lee Smith
How high does the Russia-collusion hoax rate on the scale of U.S. political scandals? Veteran journalist and author Lee Smith would say it tops them all. With the Watergate scandal, the American press uncovered corruption and crimes at the highest levels of government, leading to President Richard M. Nixon’s resignation. Fifty years on, we find…
Consumers’ Research Warns US Governors About BlackRock’s Retirement Fund Investments in China
Consumers’ Research, the nation’s oldest consumer advocacy organization, sent a Dec. 2 letter (pdf) to ten U.S. governors warning them about the reliance of their states’ pension funds on BlackRock’s strong ties to China. BlackRock, under its CEO Larry Fink, is the first foreign-owned company to receive a license to operate in China’s $3.5 trillion mutual fund…
US, EU to Deepen Ties Countering ‘Growing List’ of Beijing’s Concerning Behaviors
The United States and European Union (EU) discussed a “growing list” of Beijing’s concerning behaviors during a new round of diplomatic talks on China. The two sides reiterated the importance of a joint effort to uphold international rules and shared values, while pledging “continuous and close contacts,” according to a joint press release of both…
WTA: Loss of Tournaments in China Over Tennis Star Could Go Past 2022
The Women’s Tennis Association’s (WTA) pushback against China’s authoritarian disappearance of tennis player Peng Shuai could lead to cancellations of events beyond 2022. “We’re hopeful we get to the right place, but we are prepared if it continues as it is—which hasn’t been productive to date—that we will not be operating in the region,” Steve…
Communist China Declared War on the US Long Ago: Part 3
News Analysis Incredibly, many Americans and others still believe Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s propaganda about “shared futures,” “whole democracy,” and “Chinese benevolence.” So far—and thanks to relentless coordinated propaganda by Chinese diplomats and state-run Chinese media—the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has not completely lost control of the COVID-19 narrative, including success in delinking the virus…
The China Link Between Hunter Biden and Corruption in Uganda
News Analysis Do you hear that sound? It’s the swoosh of air that China’s debt trap makes on its way to slamming shut, this time on Uganda’s international airport nearest its capital city, Kampala. Uganda’s gradual loss of sovereignty to Beijing has uncomfortable parallels to what the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) apparently attempted to do…
Communist China Declared War on the US Long Ago: Part 2
News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is partial to the number three for cultural and superstitious reasons. As it turns out, that would appear to apply to Xi Jinping, too, as noted in part one of this three-part series. A few of his “campaign of threes” have included: Three major economic initiatives. The historic third…
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