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PREMIERING May 18, 3 PM ET (8 PM UK): Mark Sabah: ‘The Very Nature of Hong Kong has been Devastated by the Chinese Communist Party’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Mark Sabah, director of The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation and expert on international affairs. Mark talks about the devastation of Hong Kong by the Chinese Communist Party and why Britain is not stepping forward to defend the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ agreement in its former colony….


More Authoritarianism Expected in China After Party Congress

Commentary Chinese leader Xi Jinping has seized all the power and will continue to return China to a stricter form of socialism with more central planning and less openness. Going into the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi holds the following titles: general secretary of the CCP, head of state, chairman…


Forget Hard Power and Soft Power, China Is Using a Different Type of Power

Commentary Within the realm of geopolitics, the word “power” is synonymous with acts of aggression, including military might and harsh sanctions. This is known as hard power. Its lesser discussed sibling, soft power, shies away from coercion and threats. Instead, proponents of the softer approach choose the carrot over the stick; they prefer to shape…


China Reveals AI News Anchor, Almost Indistinguishable from a Real Human

“Hello everyone, I am the artificial intelligence news anchor on National Business Daily. I am the virtual twin of the original host. I have been running—reporting the news—undetected for 70 days now,” the AI news anchor N Xiaohei revealed itself to its television viewers on Dec. 20, 2021, after 1700 hours of a continuous live…


China the ‘Greatest Threat’ to Democracy: New US Ambassador

It’s crucial that Ottawa and Washington present a united front to challenge Beijing’s global push to expand its military, economic, and authoritarian influence, says David Cohen, the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Canada. “I think for both Canada and the United States, and you could argue for every democracy in the world, China is our…


The Ruling Class Poses the Very Authoritarian Dangers It Claimed Trump Did

Commentary President Donald Trump’s greatest sin was threatening the power and privilege of the Ruling Class. For that, it will never stop seeking to bludgeon him, those seeking to carry his mantle, or their tens of millions of supporters—those icky, intransigent, irredeemables, judged as such because they refuse to submit. In so doing, it has…


COVID Response Hastens Canada’s Shift Toward Collectivism

Commentary Sometimes change happens so incrementally that most of us barely notice. Canada’s steady march toward a collectivist and authoritarian mindset over the course of a decade has been that kind of change. But the events of the last year have made the culture shift undeniable. Group rights are in. Individual rights are out. A…


China in Focus (Feb. 24): China an Authoritarian Adversary: CIA Nominee

President Joe Biden’s nominee for CIA Director is calling Beijing an authoritarian adversary. He says countering the Chinese Communist Party’s predatory leadership is key to U.S. national security. The United States wants a seat at the UN Human Rights Council, even though it hosts some of the world’s biggest human rights abusers—like China and Russia….