Tag: Chinese Regime

Benedict Rogers: Hong Kong’s Press Freedom Entirely Destroyed by CCP

Benedict Richard Victor Rogers, a British human rights activist and co-founder and CEO of Hong Kong Watch group, said in an interview with the Epoch Times on Nov. 23, that Hong Kong’s press freedom has been devastated and utterly destroyed. Rogers expressed his concerns about the upcoming trial of Jimmy Lai, the founder of Next…


China Tightens Security After Rare Protests Against COVID-19 Curbs

SHANGHAI/BEIJING—Police on Monday stopped and searched people at the sites of weekend protests in Shanghai and Beijing, after crowds there and in other Chinese cities demonstrated against stringent COVID-19 measures disrupting lives three years into the pandemic. From the streets of several Chinese cities to dozens of university campuses, protesters made a show of civil…


Downing Street: Arrest of BBC Reporter in China ‘Unacceptable’

The arrest of British journalist in China is “shocking and unacceptable,” Downing Street said on Monday after a BBC journalist was detained and allegedly beaten by the police when reporting on anti-zero-COVID protests in Shanghai. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesman also urged Beijing to respect Chinese people’s right to protest. Foreign secretary James Cleverly and a…


Disabled Woman in China Faces Imprisonment for Her Beliefs

A lawyer has called for the public to pay attention to a disabled woman’s case before the final verdict of her second trial is delivered in December, saying she is the victim of the persecution of Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) in China. Niu Xiaona, is a permanently disabled woman from Harbin, a…


Uyghurs Protest Urumqi Fire Deaths

The East Turkistan National Awakening Movement claims at least 44 Uyghurs were killed in a fatal fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, on Nov. 24. Uyghurs were prevented from fleeing the building and the Chinese authorities took over three hours to extinguish the fire. Uyghurs in the United States will protest China’s ongoing Uyghur genocide in…


LIVE NOW: Uyghurs Protest Urumqi Fire Deaths

The East Turkistan National Awakening Movement claims at least 44 Uyghurs were killed in a fatal fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, on Nov. 24. Uyghurs were prevented from fleeing the building and the Chinese authorities took over three hours to extinguish the fire. Uyghurs in the United States will protest China’s ongoing Uyghur genocide in…


WEF Says China a Model in ‘Systematic Transformation of the World’; CCP Builds Massive COVID Camps

Klaus Schwab, head of the World Economic Forum, recently spoke on Chinese state media where he proclaimed that the Chinese regime is a role model in the “systematic transformation of the world.” This follows an agreement signed by world representatives at the G20 Summit in Bali that is heavily modeled around the 17 sustainable development…


World Economic Forum Chair Klaus Schwab Praises China as Being a ‘Role Model’ for Many Nations

Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF) declared that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is a “role model” for other nations in an interview with Chinese state media. Schwab made the comments in an interview with the Chinese state-run television network CGTN on the sidelines of the APEC CEO Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, on Nov. 19. “I respect…


‘His Sacrifice [Is] Worth It’ : Sydney Premiere of ‘The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai’s Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom’

“I owe freedom my life.” This is what Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying, the media tycoon who founded Next Media and Apple Daily, said in a new film that tells of his legendary life. The recently released documentary, “The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai’s Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom,” was screened at Ashfield Civic Centre in Sydney, Australia, on Nov….


Protests Erupt Across China as Authorities Expand COVID Lockdowns

Protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have broken out in major cities across China as reported infected cases surge. Despite the regime’s new epidemic prevention regulations that aimed to prevent the excessive control measures by local authorities, China is still sticking to the restrictive “zero-COVID” policies. With rapidly rising infection numbers, more cities have expanded lockdowns, causing…