Category: Special Topics

Wife of Missing Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Implores US Lawmakers for Assistance

It has been more than five years and Geng He still doesn’t know whether her husband in China is still alive. Her husband, Gao Zhisheng, a renowned human rights lawyer, went missing from his home in northern China’s Shaanxi Province in August 2017. At that time, Gao had already been subjected to torture by Chinese…


IN-DEPTH: Reshoring US Industry from China Requires Defense-Driven Innovation, Economist Says

It’s increasingly the received wisdom in Washington: China’s military power and manufacturing capacity are twin challenges America must face. Economist David Goldman wants to address the two together through vigorous industrial policy driven by smart defense spending–but his analysis has already met with skepticism in some quarters. “The United States is going to go bankrupt…


PREMIERING 4/22 at 7:30PM ET: An Insider’s Analysis of the World Health Organization’s $31 Billion Pandemic Plan—Garrett Brown

“Global health governance is not fit for purpose, and it doesn’t represent a vast majority of global needs and wants and desires, and people on the ground and what’s going to affect them. It gets captured.” Today I sit down with Garrett Brown, professor of global health policy at the University of Leeds. Brown has…


Pro-Democracy Activist Persecuted by Chinese Authorities for Criticizing the CCP

Chinese authorities are persecuting Chinese citizen Shao Mingliang for publicly criticizing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). His health has continued deteriorating since he was released from prison, and he claims that authorities prevent him from receiving medical treatment. In an interview with the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times on April 13, Shao recounted the…


US Must Deny China Access to Area Around Taiwan: Former Acting Defense Secretary

The U.S. military must fully prioritize denying China’s communist regime the ability to seize Taiwan or else risk its own core interests, according to a new report by a former defense official. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, would further seek to displace the United States if allowed to…


US Must Deny China Access to Area Around Taiwan: Former Acting SecDef

The U.S. military must fully prioritize denying China’s communist regime the ability to seize Taiwan or else risk its own core interests, according to a new report by a former defense official. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, would further seek to displace the United States if allowed to…


Cabinet Ministers Met With Trudeau Foundation’s Chinese Donors on Several Occasions

The two businessmen linked to the Chinese regime who donated to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation in 2016 met with federal ministers on several different occasions. Zhang Bin, president of the regime-backed China Cultural Industry Association (CCIA), and his colleague Niu Gensheng, an adviser to the CCIA, had reached a deal in 2014 to donate…


Taiwan’s 2024 Presidential Hopeful: Dr. William Lai

Taiwan’s pro-independence ruling party has nominated Vice President Lai Ching-te (or William Lai) as its 2024 presidential candidate ahead of next January’s election. Lai’s supporters believe that he could mend Taiwan’s political divide and stand up to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Unlike some Taiwanese politicians, Lai is unafraid to address cross-strait issues head-on. He…


No Reason Foreign Interference Legislation Can’t Be Passed Quickly: Former Clerk Wernick

In light of controversies surrounding foreign interference and related government reactions, the former top public servant in Ottawa says there’s no reason parties can’t work together to legislate on the matter in the coming months. Michael Wernick, former Clerk of the Privy Council, says this should be done to “protect the future.” Wernick was testifying…


The US Government Needs to Do More to Purge Media With Ties to the CCP (Part 1)

The Biden administration is trying to ban the TikTok video hosting service, which is widely prevalent among young people in the United States. Concerns have arisen about these services as half of all U.S. states no longer allow TikTok to be on government devices. The issue is whether the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses TikTok…