Category: Special Topics

British Universities Accepted £30 Million From Blacklisted Chinese 5G Giant Huawei

Blacklisted technology company Huawei has plunged at least £30 million into British universities via research grants and donations. The Epoch Times can reveal the telecom giant—deemed a national security threat by the United States government—is the biggest China-based donor to higher educational institutions in the UK. Over the past four years, Huawei and its advanced…


Mass Movements Frighten the CCP, Activist Says

Ou Ronggui, one of the initiators and participants of the Guangzhou democratic movement—the Southern Street Movement (Movement), is living in exile in New Zealand after years of multiple imprisonments for his aspirations in democratic activities in China. Ou recently gave his account of the Movement to the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times. The…


Doing Business in China Is Now That Little Bit More Risky

Commentary Changes to espionage laws and imposing bans on people leaving China pose increased risks for visitors, including professionals, business executives, and scholars. The Xinhua news agency reported that Chinese lawmakers voted a week ago to adopt a revised Counter-Espionage Law, which will take effect on July 1, 2023. The revised law was passed at…


China Ranks 2nd Worst in Latest World Press Freedom Index

China joined other communist states—Vietnam and North Korea—at the very bottom of the latest Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) World Press Freedom Index released on May 3, which was World Press Freedom Day. China ranked in 179th place on this year’s index of 180 countries and regions, one spot above North Korea and one place lower than…


Beijing Human Rights Lawyers Experience Repeated Eviction

It’s been eight years since the Chinese Communist Party carried out a massive wave of arrests on July 9, 2015, incarcerating hundreds of human rights lawyers and activists in what became known as the 709 Crackdown. Today, victims of the Crackdown still face oppression by the regime—even after they have been released from jail. Recently,…


No Decision Made on Expulsion of Chinese Diplomat, Trudeau Says

The government is still evaluating the consequences of expelling a Chinese diplomat reportedly involved in targeting a Conservative MP, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on May 5. “This is a big step, not a small step to expel diplomats. It’s one that has to be taken with due consideration on all the potential impacts and…


Trudeau Says CSIS Info on Beijing Threats to MPs Never Reached Him

After initially saying that the CSIS information on Chinese regime threats to MPs never left the spy agency, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau clarified on May 5 that it never made it to him. Trudeau, while attending the Liberal Party convention in Ottawa, was asked by reporters to react to information shared by Conservative MP Michael…


Senators Urge China to Curb Flow of Chemicals Used in Fentanyl Production

On Thursday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) urged Beijing to curb the flow of precursor chemicals into Mexico, which are used by drug cartels to produce fentanyl. “China is not doing enough to halt the stream of chemicals that Mexican drug cartels use to produce fentanyl, the destructive drug that has…


Lawmakers Tout Effect of CHIPs Act in US Competition with China

Last August, President Joe Biden signed the Chips and Science (or CHIPS) Act into law, promising over $50 billion to domestic semiconductor manufacturers to boost domestic production and “counter China.” Pivotal in drafting and negotiating on behalf of the law was Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), who beat out Republican candidate Blake Masters in the 2022…


Trudeau’s Advisor Knew About Chinese Threats to MPs: MP Chong

Conservative Party MP Michael Chong said on May 4 that he’s been told by the prime minister’s national security advisor that her department had received the information from CSIS about Beijing targeting MPs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had said on May 3 that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) had not provided the information to…