Tag: Chinese Regime

Hong Kong Is Not Back but Gone

November 3, 2022
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Commentary The so-called Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit was held this week. China experts know well that “contrarian theory” is needed to thoroughly understand China: What the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or its mouthpiece emphasizes is often already lost. The same is true for the international status of Hong Kong. All sources of information suggest…

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Politburo Members Update CVs to Hide Western Training, Show Loyalty to Party: Expert

November 3, 2022
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At the 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chinese leader Xi Jinping unveiled his new picks for the party’s top echelon, the Politburo. A number of members updated their official resumes by either deleting or toning down their foreign education and experience. The phenomenon of foreign credentials being a taboo for the…

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Australian Shadow Defence Minister Calls for Faster Military Capabilities to Protect Taiwan From Beijing

November 3, 2022
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Australia must speed up efforts to build a military strike capability before nuclear submarines are ready to prepare for China’s possible aggression against Taiwan, Australian shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie said. In a speech at a Business News Politics and policy breakfast in Perth on Nov. 2, Hastie called for the country to “build and…

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China Refusing Talks With US About Nuclear Expansion: Pentagon Official

November 2, 2022
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China’s communist leadership is uninterested in reducing the risk posed by nuclear weapons, according to senior U.S. officials. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to refuse to engage in nuclear nonproliferation and strategic stability talks, despite an announcement last year that the regime would cooperate with the United States on the issue, according to Deputy…

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SCMP Called Out for Self-Censorship After Canceling Report on Possible Genocide in Xinjiang: Journalist

November 2, 2022
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Journalist Peter Langan, who was previously employed as an editor at the China Desk by The South China Morning Post (SCMP), a major English media in Hong Kong owned by Alibaba, highlighted a possible case of self-censorship by the media at a press conference held at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan recently. In 2021,…

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Using Night-Time Light Data Researcher Finds Chinese GDP Is Exaggerated by About 35%

November 2, 2022
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been known to alter its economic data. A study published in October used night-time light to determine that China, as well as other autocracies, overstate their gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates. The U.S. study gathered night-time light (NTL) data from satellites and used that to measure the exaggeration…

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Using Night-Time Light Data Researcher Finds Chinese GDP Is Exaggerated by About 35 Percent

November 2, 2022
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been known to alter its economic data. A study published in October used night-time light to determine that China, as well as other autocracies, overstate their gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates. The U.S. study gathered night-time light (NTL) data from satellites and used that to measure the exaggeration…

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Alleged Chinese Police Stations in Canada: How Did They Get Here? And Why Aren’t They Shut Down Yet?

November 2, 2022
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News Analysis Of all the countries where China has purportedly set up unofficial police stations, only Ireland has so far ordered its local one to be closed. Authorities in other countries, including in Canada, have at most said they are “investigating” the issue. This came after a Spanish NGO, Safeguard Defenders, published a report in September…

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Applauding in Court, and Shouting Remarks Led to Convictions for Sedition

November 2, 2022
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A Hong Kong pastor, 59, and a woman, 68, were convicted of “uttering seditious words” and other crimes for applauding from the public gallery and shouting to the magistrate, “You have lost your conscience,” when they were watching a hearing of the June 4 vigil (commemorating Tiananmen Massacre) of organizer Chow Hang-Tung in January. They…

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China Seeks to Influence 2022 Midterm Elections: Cybersecurity Chief

November 1, 2022
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State actors including China’s communist regime seek to influence the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, according to the nation’s cybersecurity chief. China, Iran, and Russia may all seek to influence the elections or otherwise interfere with American democratic processes, according to Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly. “We are concerned about Russia and…

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