An activist behind the annual Tiananmen Square vigil in Hong Kong was sentenced to 15 months prison on Jan. 4 for inciting others to participate in an unauthorized assembly last year to commemorate victims of the June, 4, 1989, massacre at the hands of the Chinese regime. “It can be foreseen that the public space…
Hong Kong Activist Jailed for 15 Months Over Tiananmen Square Massacre Vigil
‘Technocrats’ Are Using COVID-19 to Realize a Totalitarian High-Tech Agenda: Patrick Wood
The world is falling into a new type of tyranny that has been in development for decades, and which uses high-tech and corporate monopoly to instill a system of total social control. With COVID-19 and the pandemic, this form of social control has only accelerated with governments across the world implementing harsh policies in the…
EPOCHTV: ‘Technocrats’ Are Using COVID-19 to Realize a Totalitarian High-Tech Agenda: Patrick Wood
The world is falling into a new type of tyranny that has been in development for decades, and which uses high-tech and corporate monopoly to instill a system of total social control. With COVID-19 and the pandemic, this form of social control has only accelerated with governments across the world implementing harsh policies in the…
Chinese Researchers Built AI ‘Prosecutor’ That Can File Charges by Itself
Scientists in China said they have developed a machine that relies on artificial intelligence (AI) to charge offenders with crimes. Shanghai Pudong Procuratorate, the country’s largest prosecution office, built and tested the machine. So far, the machine is able to identify and file charges for the eight most common crimes in Shanghai—credit card fraud, running…
Hong Kong Court Denies Bail to Former Stand News Editors Charged With ‘Sedition’
A Hong Kong court on Dec. 30 denied bail to two former senior editors from Stand News charged with conspiracy to publish “seditious” material. They were among seven arrested a day earlier in a police crackdown on their pro-democracy media outlet that drew international condemnation. Chung Pui-kuen, the outlet’s former chief editor, was the only…
Mercedes Draws Flak for ‘Insulting China’ With Slanted-Eyes Model
German automaker Mercedes-Benz provoked anger in China for using a model with “slanted eyes” in a video advertisement. The Asian-looking female model, featuring small, slanted eyes and high cheekbones, drew criticism from nationalistic Chinese netizens upon its release via Chinese social media platform Weibo on Dec. 25. The relevant hashtag has since generated about 250…
Chinese Regime Replaces Xinjiang Communist Party Chief
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Dec. 25 replaced the far-western Xinjiang region’s Party chief, according to state news agency Xinhua. Chen Quanguo, who last year was slapped with U.S. sanctions for overseeing the mass detention and surveillance against Uyghurs in Xinjiang, will assume another role, Xinhua reported, without offering further details. Ma Xingrui, the governor…
Pregnant Teacher in China Disappears After Plea For Help From Psychiatric Hospital
A Chinese pregnant teacher disappeared soon after she secretly sent out her last message for help from a psychiatric hospital, which she claimed she had been forcibly carried to. “Find a way to save me,” was the last plea for help received from Li Tiantian, a teacher of rural Yongshun County, central China’s Hunan Province. She…
The Ethical Risks of China’s ‘Brain Control’ Tech
News Analysis The U.S. government recently accused China of developing “brain-control weaponry,” a type of technology that raises major ethical issues when adopted by a totalitarian, genocidal, and territorially aggressive regime. The U.S. accusation, reported by the Financial Times, was part of the export blacklisting of China’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences, along with 11…
Beijing’s Political Warfare Campaigns Exploit Social Media
News Analysis Social media are an increasingly important front in the Chinese regime’s political warfare campaigns. With the increasing loss of credibility of legacy media among Americans, people are turning to independent and social media for their news and information. A Pew Research poll nearly a year ago reflected the shift away from traditional television…
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