Tag: Chinese Regime

Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Skips Military Seminar, Triggering Outside Speculation

China’s top leader Xi Jinping did not attend the National Defense and Military Reform Seminar held in Beijing on  Wednesday. Though absent, Xi, who is General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chairman of China, and Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC), gave his instructions to the attendees and demanded that the Chinese…


China’s Military Shares Key Weakness With Russia: Report

China’s military shares a similar weakness to that of Russia’s armed forces which may hamper its efforts to conquer Taiwan should the regime move forward with an invasion, according to a new report. The report (pdf), published by the National Defense University Press earlier this month, analyzed the biographies of more than 300 senior officers…


CCP Diplomat Tried to Lobby US Lawmakers to Deflect Blame for Causing US’ Fentanyl Crisis

The Chinese regime’s top diplomat has been reaching out to members on the House Intelligence Committee to deflect responsibility for the flow of illicit fentanyl into the United States, according to a GOP lawmaker. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), a member of the Doctors Caucus and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, is among many…


Blinken Calls for ‘Peace and Stability’ with Taiwan in Meet with CCP Counterpart

Senior diplomats from the United States and China met Sep. 23 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shook hands but did not respond to questions from the media as they sat down for talks. Blinken told…


Blinken Calls for ‘Peace and Stability’ with Taiwan in Meeting with CCP Counterpart

Senior diplomats from the United States and China met Sep. 23 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shook hands but did not respond to questions from the media as they sat down for talks. Blinken told…


China’s Wealthy Rush to Transfer Assets and Emigrate as Political and Economic Situation Worsens

Concerned about China’s worsening political climate and its economic repercussions, wealthy Chinese are accelerating the process of emigration and transferring of assets overseas. Henley & Partners, an investment immigration consultancy based in London, estimates that about 10,000 high-net-worth Chinese—with assets of more than $1 million each—will immigrate abroad in 2022. They will take with them…


Australia ‘Deeply Disappointed’ in Beijing’s Unfounded Criticism of AUKUS

The Australian government has pushed back on criticism from Beijing over the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, saying the statement contains “numerous misleading and incorrect assertions.” It comes after the Chinese Embassy in Canberra released a statement claiming a report from the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossim, was  “neither neutral…


162 Researchers From Top US Nuclear Facility Now Working for China: Report

More than 150 scientists who worked in a top U.S. national security laboratory were hired by the Chinese regime to do research, according to a new report. Much of that research has directly advanced Chinese military technology, which now threatens U.S. national security. The report (pdf), published by strategic intelligence firm Strider Technologies, claims that…


Beijing’s Waiver of African Loans Reveals Its Deceptive Nature in Foreign Lending: Experts

Recently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) made an attention-grabbing announcement that it plans to waive 23 interest-free loans, made to 17 African countries, and that matured at the end of 2021. However, experts pointed out that the announcement was made to downplay the economically destructive consequences of the deceptive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as…


Man Arrested in Hong Kong After Paying Tribute to Queen

HONG KONG—A man who paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II near the British Consulate in Hong Kong was arrested for alleged sedition. Police said the 43-year-old man was detained late Monday near the consulate, where dozens of people had gathered to remember the late monarch. Elizabeth was sovereign in the city when it was a…