Tag: Chinese Regime

Guangzhou Retirees Stage Mass Protests Over Cuts to Medical Insurance Payments

Large crowds gathered on Jan. 11 outside a local human resource and social security bureau in Guangzhou, protesting against a sudden reduction in payments to their personal medical insurance accounts, according to a video of the protest posted online. This is the most recent protest in a series of mass rallies in the city, the…


Undoing Zero-COVID Reveals the CCP’s Greatest Fear

Commentary The great fear of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that it will suffer the fate of the Soviet Union was on full display with the abrupt decision to abandon the country’s COVID-zero policy. The unrelenting policy, which had been strictly applied month after month for almost three years, was the personal…


Overloaded Crematoriums in Shanghai Points to Surging Death Toll

As tens of millions of Chinese carrying luggage and gifts traveled for long-awaited family reunions, grieving relatives struggled to get their loved ones to their final resting place ahead of the Lunar New Year. Interviews with staff at five funeral homes in Shanghai on Jan. 18 showed the waiting times to get a cremation slot…


China Gives Greenlight to 2 Marvel Movies After 3 and a Half Year Ban

The Chinese communist regime has recently lifted its ban on two Marvel movies, after a previous seven were denied entry to the Chinese market. Walt Disney Co. has announced that they have secured a release date for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and the upcoming “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumani,” after the recent return of CEO Robert…


Deteriorating Economy Sees China Adopt Softer Diplomatic Tone

News Analysis China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang is showcasing to the public a “soft” style of diplomacy that is starkly at odds with the hawkish tone of his recent predecessors. Critics say the sharp shift in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) approach to foreign policy may be an attempt by Xi Jinping’s leadership to…


White House Criticizes China for Not Being ‘Fully Transparent’ About COVID Numbers

During a White House press briefing on Jan. 25, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said that China hasn’t been “fully transparent” about COVID numbers. “And we cannot speak to the veracity of those numbers. We urge China to be fully transparent about what’s going on.” Under increasing international pressure to share…


US Treasury Sanctions Chinese Firm Supplying Intelligence to Russia

A Chinese satellite manufacturer was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday for supplying satellite imagery to Russia for the Ukraine war. A further investigation has revealed deep relations between the Chinese firm and the Chinese state-owned defense industry. Spacety, or Tianyi Space Science and Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd., has allegedly provided satellite images…


China Uses International Ports to Spread Military Influence, Gather intelligence: Experts

Communist China is using overseas ports to spread its military influence and, potentially, to covertly collect intelligence on the United States and its allies, according to experts. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, is leveraging dual-use facilities throughout the world to serve both commercial and military needs, according to…


Over 15,000 Americans Left Hong Kong in Past 2 Years: US Consul General

Gregory May, the U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong and Macau, told an online seminar on Jan. 25 that more than 15,000 Americans have left Hong Kong in the past two years. He believes that Beijing’s actions in Hong Kong will force more elites to flee, damaging Hong Kong’s status as a business hub. On…


LIVE NOW: Countering CCP Hegemony: Xi’s Belt and Road Gambit and Mongolia’s Fight to Be Free–Committee on the Present Danger: China

The Chinese Communist Party plans dominate the world with its colonial infrastructure build-out program: Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI). To date, over 140 nations have yielded to the seductive debt-trap financing, bribes, or coercive inducements Beijing employs, including Mongolia. In the forum at 1:00 p.m. on Jan. 26, held by the Captive Nations Coalition of the Committee…