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China Visit ‘More Than Shocking’, Says German Foreign Minister

April 19, 2023
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Germany’s Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, has said that China’s communist regime is continuing to act more aggressively internationally while increasing domestic oppression. Elements of her visit to China this week were “more than shocking,” Baerbock said during parliamentary questions in Berlin on April 19. Baerbock’s visit to China came just days before her meeting with…

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New Museum Honors Victims of Communism

August 26, 2022
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“Communism is premised on the state,” Elizabeth Spalding says. “And the state is above all. There’s no transcendent truth. … Everything must serve or be made to serve the state. … All life is cheap in comparison to the [Communist] Party.” In a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek spoke with Spalding,…

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The First Obstacle Is Our Confidence That Things Won’t Get Worse

April 19, 2021
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Commentary Between 1961, when the Berlin Wall was built, and 1989 when it came down, many daring escapes were made across the wall to freedom. By some accounts, around 5,000 people managed the feat, risking their lives in some audacious way like crawling through tunnels, using fake passports, flying in hot air balloons, walking tightropes,…

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