Commentary Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping recently wrapped up his trip to Hong Kong marking the 25th anniversary of Britain handing the city over to China. Notably, both Xi and the official media avoided mentioning two key figures in the CCP takeover of Hong Kong, a rare occurrence in the past 25 years….
Official Media Reports on Xi’s Visit to Hong Kong Fail to Mention Handover Leaders
DHS Officer Indicted for Helping China to Harass Chinese Dissidents in US
A deportation officer with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and a retired DHS law enforcement agent were among five people indicted on July 6, in a widening federal investigation over an alleged scheme to hunt down Chinese dissidents in the United States. Craig Miller, who is currently assigned to DHS’s Emergency Relief Operations in…
Opinion: Beijing’s Latest Anti-Corruption Regulation Deflects Attention From China’s Real Problems
Commentary State-run China Daily reported on June 20 that “the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee has issued a regulation on the business activities of relatives of officials.” While not fully explained, this appears to be the latest measure targeted at Chinese Communist Party (CCP) bureaucrats and apparatchiks in Chinese leader…
Xi Jinping’s Report Card After a Decade in Power: Anti-Corruption Campaign has Purged Five Million Cadres
Analysis Beijing’s propaganda department showed off its anti-corruption achievements at a press conference on June 30, saying its decade-long campaign has investigated millions of people and punished hundreds of thousands. Since Xi Jinping took power in 2012, the regime’s anti-graft probes have investigated more than 4 million cases involving 5.344 million people, meaning the person involved was removed…
Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Has Purged Five Million Cadres After a Decade in Power
Analysis Beijing’s propaganda department showed off its anti-corruption achievements at a press conference on June 30, saying its decade-long campaign has investigated millions of people and punished hundreds of thousands. Since Xi Jinping took power in 2012, the regime’s anti-graft probes have investigated more than 4 million cases involving 5.344 million people, meaning the person involved was removed…
China’s Persecution of Christians—With David Curry and Jeff King
The Chinese regime persecutes Christians in China. Portraits of communist leaders are placed inside churches and prisoners of conscience are arrested for their faith. At the International Religious Freedom Summit, I spoke with the head of two Christian organizations advocating for the stop of persecution against Christians and other faiths in China. I speak with…
Hong Kong Lawmaker Who Took Photo With China’s Xi Tests Positive for COVID-19
A Hong Kong lawmaker who met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a rare visit to the city last week said he’s tested positive for COVID-19. Steven Ho, a member of Hong Kong’s largest pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), confirmed he was infected with COVID-19 on…
Opinion: Hong Kong’s 25th Anniversary Celebration
Commentary As Hong Kong, or perhaps more accurately its government, prepared to celebrate a quarter century as a special autonomous region (SAR) of China and the inauguration of a new chief executive, Beijing’s hand-picked candidate John Lee, the atmosphere was more one of manufactured gaiety than genuine joy. District councils and sundry “patriotic” organizations put…
Most Media Prohibited From Covering Xi Jinping’s Visit to Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s new chief executive John Lee met with the president and editor-in-chief of the China Media Group (CMG) on July 1. Meanwhile, numerous other media organizations were denied access to cover Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to the former British colony on the 25th anniversary of its handover to China. At Government House, John…
Xi Jinping’s Public Statements Mask the Truth
Commentary There is an old adage to which many people subscribe: “How do you tell if a politician is lying? When his lips move.” If “communist” is substituted for “politician,” the accuracy of the adage increases to over 95 percent of the time. Let us examine Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s latest whoppers that have been…
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