Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye angered many countries with his televised remark that the ex-Soviet Union countries did not have sovereign status. However, this seemingly inadvertent remark reveals a deep-seated fear the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has had for the last three decades—that the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union and demise of the…
ANALYSIS: Chinese Ambassador Reveals CCP’s Fear of Soviet-Style Collapse in China
Chinese Warships Circle Japan Amid Missile Defense System Deployment
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ships were spotted circling Japan for days in an apparent show of force amid Japan’s missile defense system deployment on an island near Taiwan. Japan’s defense ministry said on May 11 that a Chinese naval flotilla, led by the PLA’s Type 055 guided missile destroyer Lhasa, has been…
Shenzhen’s Resident Population Falls for First Time Since City’s Founding in 1979
China’s tech hub Shenzhen saw its population drop by 19,800, which was the first population drop since the city was established in 1979. An economist believes that the population decline can be attributed to the harsh zero-COVID policy, China’s decoupling from the United States, and the relocation of the industrial chain, which have led to…
Fired ByteDance Exec Claims in Lawsuit That China Has Open Access to US User Data
A former executive at ByteDance has alleged in a lawsuit filed against the tech company that Chinese regime officials had unfettered access to the company’s data when he worked there, including data stored in the United States. Yintao Yu, 36, was the head of engineering for ByteDance’s U.S. operations from August 2017 to November 2018. He…
CECC Conducts Hearing on Hong Kong Political Prisoners, 75-Year-Old Jimmy Lai Might Spend Life In Jail Under Regime’s Law
On May 11, the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) conducted a hearing on political prisoners and the rule of law in Hong Kong. Sebastien Lai expressed his concern that his father, former Founder, and CEO of now-defunct Next Media Group and pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, would likely spend the rest of…
China’s Heavy Handed ‘Rural Management’ Campaign Sparks Widespread Discontent
Tens of thousands of “law enforcement” personnel dispatched by Beijing have descended upon China’s vast countryside to enforce compliance with the Chinese regime’s latest demands for expanded grain production. Over 2,500 grassroots “agricultural law enforcement teams” have implemented the central authorities’ new directives on planting, animal husbandry, water usage, and product quality and safety. The…
Fiji Leader Apologizes for 1987 Military Coup Ahead of India-Pacific Summit
May 15, 2023
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Fiji’s prime minister on Sunday apologized for his actions during the nation’s 1987 military coup, which led to a mass exodus of Indian Fijians from the nation, ahead of the India-Pacific Islands summit next week. Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka made his apology at a church service held at the Vodafone Arena in Suva, which…
China Sentences 78-Year-Old US Citizen to Life in Prison on Spying Charges
China sentenced a 78-year-old United States citizen to life in prison Monday on spying charges. John Shing-Wan Leung, who holds permanent residency in Hong Kong, was detained April 15, 2021, by the counterintelligence agency in the southeastern city of Suzhou. The city’s intermediate court announced Leung’s sentence in a brief statement on its social media…
Hong Kong Famous Political Cartoonist Can No Longer Publish Comics, Says Local Media
Ming Pao (Hong Kong newspaper) announced on May 11, by way of an editorial note, that it will cease publication of the 40-year-old Zunzi political comic strip as of Sunday, May 14. It did not provide any reason for doing so. On May 11, Ming Pao published two issues of Zunzi as usual while announcing…
China Gang Boss Buys Hong Kong Mansion for HK$450 Million, Gets Arrested in China
On May 6, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) arrested 17 members of a China Black Societies (gang) operating in Wuhan, Hubei province, including the notorious boss Huang Dafa and Xiong Daxi. Both Huang and Xiong held Hong Kong identity cards (HKID). In 2018, Xiong purchased a standalone house on Repulse Bay Road for approximately HK$496…
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