Tag: Chinese Regime

Shanghai Spends Big Money Constructing Makeshift Quarantine Facilities, Tightens COVID-19 Curbs

Shanghai plans to invest over one billion yuan ( about $138 million ) to build a quarantine facility on an islet near the city center, according to a tendering document released on Oct. 13. The construction project, titled “Fuxing Island Preparatory Makeshift Hospital and Isolation Site of Close Contacts,” was awarded to state-owned builder China…


Nearly 5 Million CCP Officials Probed for Graft in the Past Decade, Systemic Corruption Revealed: China Observers

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) disciplinary watchdog claims to have investigated almost five million Chinese officials of all levels for possible corruption since Xi Jinping became the paramount leader in 2012. Xiao Pei, deputy secretary of the CCP’s Committee for Discipline and Inspection, said in Beijing on Oct. 17 that the top disciplinary body filed…


Xi Set to Secure Third Five-Year Term After Two Senior Officials Exit Leadership Group

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is all but certain to secure a third five-year term and rule China until at least 2028, after two senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials were not named to the communist regime’s new leadership group. On Oct. 22, the Chinese regime’s 20th Party Congress, a twice-a-decade political event, came to a…


‘It’s My Duty,’ Says Chinese Consul-General in Manchester Seen Pulling Protester’s Hair

The incident of beating up Hongkongers by the Chinese consulate staff members in Manchester, England, continues to escalate. On October 20, Zheng Xiyuan, the consul general of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Manchester, admitted to beating people but did not admit any wrongdoing. The Chinese Foreign Ministry also defended the Wolf Warrior diplomacy, which…


CCP Seeks to Use TikTok Data Against Americans: Former Pentagon Official

China’s communist regime is in a cold war with the United States and seeks to use data gathered by companies like TikTok against American interests, according to a former Pentagon official. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will use apps like TikTok as weapons of mass manipulation and misinformation, according to Nicolas Chaillan, former chief software…


CCP ‘Lacks Confidence in Its Position’: Former Ambassador Brownback

Former U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback said that the way the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) treats its people “reveals a lack of confidence in their position” and that the CCP “is hurting Chinese people’s future.” In an interview with the Chinese Edition of The Epoch Times on Oct. 14, Brownback…


White House Declines to Comment on Chinese Leader Xi Jinping’s Anticipated Third Term

The White House wouldn’t comment on either the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) head Xi Jinping’s anticipated third tenure or his speech delivered on Oct. 16, the opening day of the 5-year national congress. “I don’t want to comment from here on any internal political process of other countries,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said…


US Navy Chief Warns: Beijing Could Invade Taiwan Before 2024

The U.S. Navy Chief warned of the potential for a conflict with China in the next couple of years and the U.S. military must be ready. Admiral Michael Gilday, chief of U.S. naval operations, expressed his worry that Xi Jinping may try to seize Taiwan sooner. “What we’ve seen over the past 20 years is…


Protester on Chinese Consulate Incident in Manchester: I Was Dragged In and Beaten

The alleged beating of a Hong Kong resident in the UK by the Chinese consulate in Manchester, England, on Oct. 16 has sparked international condemnation. The Hong Kong resident who was involved in the incident made his first public statements on Oct. 19. He said at a news conference that he was dragged into the…


Australian Film Premiere Unsilences the Voices of Human Rights Activists in China

An award-winning film that tells the story of Chinese human rights activists fighting to make the international community aware of the Chinese regime’s brutal persecution of believers of the Falun Gong spiritual practice has won over Australians at its premiere in Sydney on Oct. 19. The latest work of Chinese Canadian director Leon Lee, Unsilenced, is…