Tag: Chinese Regime

CCP Tightens Online Censorship Before Party Congress

China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) has further tightened ideological control before its twentieth party congress. The regime’s Cyberspace Administration announced on Sept. 2 that it would launch a three-month special campaign to crack down on “internet rumors.” The Cyberspace Administration said in a statement that the campaign would target “rumors” about major political meetings, important…


US Maintains Trump-Era China Tariffs, While Review Continues

The U.S. government said that it will continue to impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods on Sept. 2, while continuing the statutory review of those tariffs initiated during the Trump administration. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said in a federal notice that the department received requests…


PREMIERING NOW: China’s ‘Walking Dead’: Inside the Warped World of China’s Communist Officialdom | Special Episode Featuring Kay Rubacek

This special episode will premiere Saturday, Sept. 3, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “We live like walking dead—without souls.”—former Chinese police commissioner and deputy chief of the Ministry of Public Security  An opaque regime now at the helm of authoritarianism globally, the Chinese Communist Party has managed to hide much of its inner workings with a massive…


China’s ‘Walking Dead’: Inside the Warped World of China’s Communist Officialdom | Special Episode Featuring Kay Rubacek

“We live like walking dead—without souls.”—former Chinese police commissioner and deputy chief of the Ministry of Public Security  An opaque regime now at the helm of authoritarianism globally, the Chinese Communist Party has managed to hide much of its inner workings with a massive propaganda apparatus and surveillance state. Those who expose the regime’s secrets face…


CCP Members Publicly Call for Deleting ‘CCP Leads Everything’ From Constitution Before Party Congress

Three senior members of China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) published an open letter on Chinese social media with their real names right before its twentieth party congress. They called for the deletion of the words “CCP leads everything” from the party constitution and punish any member for practicing a cult of the leader. Dong Hongyi,…


Chinese Woman in NY Pleads for Help to Rescue Sister Currently Detained by CCP

Na Lyu and Wei Lyu are sisters. The older sister Na lives in New York, and Wei lives in Harbin city in China’s northeastern province of Heilongjiang. Na was notified by family members in China that Wei had been taken away from her apartment on July 11 by a dozen police, who had broken into…


Taiwan Shooting Down a Drone Near China Was ‘Appropriate’: Premier

TAIPEI—The shooting down of a drone off the Chinese coast that buzzed a Taiwanese-controlled island was the most “appropriate” thing to do after repeated warnings, and China should exercise restraint, Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Friday. For the first time, Taiwan’s military shot down an unidentified civilian drone that entered its airspace near an…


‘Damning’: US Lawmakers Respond to UN Report on CCP Atrocities in Xinjiang

Lawmakers and the White House condemned atrocities committed against ethnic and religious minorities in China’s Xinjiang following the release of a U.N. report on human rights in the region. The report (pdf), published on Aug. 31 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, detailed abuses committed by the Chinese Communist…


PREMIERING 9/3 7:30PM ET: China’s ‘Walking Dead’: Inside the Warped World of China’s Communist Officialdom | Special Episode Featuring Kay Rubacek

This special episode will premiere Saturday, Sept. 3, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “We live like walking dead—without souls.”—former Chinese police commissioner and deputy chief of the Ministry of Public Security  An opaque regime now at the helm of authoritarianism globally, the Chinese Communist Party has managed to hide much of its inner workings with a massive…


China’s Military Threats to Taiwan Could Disrupt Its Own Semiconductor Supply Chain

Following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in early August, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) threatened to normalize military exercises in the Taiwan Strait. But this action could disrupt China’s own critical supply chain. China is the biggest consumer of semiconductor chips in the world, but its production rate is less than 20…