Tag: China News

China Invests $10 Billion in Canal, but Experts Say It Is Redundant

Pinglu Canal, the first canal built by the Chinese regime, is a 72.7 billion yuan ($10.18 billion) hydro project approved last August. China said it is the shortest, most economical, and most convenient land-sea passage for economic trade between Southwest China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Chinese Officials said the…


Senator Oh Arranging 50 Buses to Bring Protesters to Ottawa to Oppose Foreign Agent Registry

Addressing an audience in Montreal, Senator Victor Oh said he is planning to rent buses to transport up to 3,000 people to Ottawa for an upcoming demonstration against proposed legislation to create a foreign agent registry aimed at combatting foreign influence. “We need to rent buses to [transport people] from Toronto. I plan to rent…


Expert Calls for South Korea to Strengthen Intellectual Property Protection Against China Theft

In recent years, Beijing’s efforts of technology theft were exposed one after another, primarily through its talent acquisition program called the “Thousand Talents Plan.” Many of those involved in the scheme, Chinese or foreigners, were subjected to legal consequences in the victimized countries. However, analysts believe South Korea, in particular, has long lacked vigilance in…


Taiwan Eases Restrictions on Canadian Beef Imports

Taiwan’s government agreed Thursday to ease restrictions on imports of Canadian beef from cattle aged 30 months or older, granting Canadian beef exporters full access to the Taiwanese market. Taiwanese Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director Wu Shou-mei said the changes will take effect immediately, but six types of offal, including brains and eyes, will…


Hong Kong’s Major Journalist Group Swimming Against the Tide Under Financial Difficulties and Political Challenges

Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), the city’s major journalist union with a long-standing history of enhancing press freedom and professional standards, moves on with its work with a newly elected executive committee, amid shrinking finance, stifling press freedom in the territory, and mounting political challenges. The group, which has been encountering the pressure of disbandment…


TikTok to Invest Billions of Dollars in Southeast Asia to Boost E-Commerce Business

JAKARTA—Short video app TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, said on Thursday it would invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia over the next few years, as it doubles down on the region amid intensifying global scrutiny over its data security. Southeast Asia, a region with a collective population of 630 million—half of them under 30—is…


China’s Economy Slows in May; Central Bank Cuts Interest Rate

BEIJING—China’s economy stumbled in May with industrial output and retail sales growth missing forecasts. The economic rebound seen earlier this year has lost momentum in the second quarter, prompting China’s central bank to cut some key interest rates this week for the first time in nearly a year, with expectations of more to come. “The…


Hong Kong Does Not Care About the United Nations

Commentary This year marked the 34th anniversary of the June 4th incident, a 1989 student-led demonstration in China that resulted in bloody suppression and massacre. Since then, the annual June 4th candlelight vigil has been part of Hong Kong’s history until 2020, when the national security law banned such national security-threatening activities. However, with the…


Reviving Engagement With China ‘Counterproductive and Dangerous’: Rep. Gallagher

In trying to engage China, the Biden administration is reviving a China policy that hasn’t worked for decades, warned Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.). “Time and time again, engagement—particularly engagement just for the sake of engagement—has undermined the urgency we need to actually win this competition, the fact that the Biden ministration is reviving diplomatic and…


How Communist China Could Imminently Cripple America’s Electric Grid: Tommy Waller

The U.S. electricity grid is critically dependent on extra-high-voltage transformers made in China, says Tommy Waller, President of the Center for Security Policy. An expert on the U.S. grid, Waller also stars in the documentary “Grid Down, Power Up.” What are the greatest problems facing America’s electrical grid? Why is the industry allowing these vulnerabilities…