Tag: Special Topics

Johnston Report Notes Systemic Obstacles in Getting Intel to Policy-Makers

Special Rapporteur David Johnston says the Liberal government didn’t negligently fail to act on intelligence regarding the threat of foreign interference, but he highlighted problems surrounding the dissemination of intelligence within the state machinery. “There are serious shortcomings in the way intelligence is communicated and processed from security agencies through to government,” he wrote in…


House China Panel Calls for US to Surge Missiles, Troops to Taiwan

WASHINGTON—A congressional committee tasked with overseeing U.S.-China competition is recommending that the United States surge weapons to Taiwan and provide the island with military-to-military training to help prevent an invasion by China’s communist regime. The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on May 24 approved a report including a tranche of 10 policy…


Chinese Police Order Parents to ‘Immediately’ Delete Encrypted Apps From Their Children’s Smartphones

Police in at least seven cities around China have issued notices since last week, demanding parents “immediately” uninstall encrypted messaging apps from their children’s mobile phones. This is one of the most recent attempts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to censor information and control the Chinese people, according to Chinese dissidents. The apps banned…


CCP Presents ‘Grave Threat’ to the US Homeland: DHS Official

China’s communist regime presents a unique threat to the American homeland and is actively working to undermine U.S. security and damage U.S. economic standing, according to a senior homeland security official. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, seeks to leverage the whole of the Chinese nation against the United…


Texas Moves Forward With Bill to Combat Beijing’s Forced Organ Harvesting

Texas House lawmakers have unanimously passed a measure to counter the Chinese Communist Party’s forced organ harvesting abuse, taking it one step closer to becoming law. Titled SB 1040, the bill aims to bar health insurance providers from sponsoring organ transplants originating in China or any other country known to have been involved in forced…


China Facing a New Wave of COVID-19 Infections

Another wave of COVID-19 infections is likely to peak in China late June, when weekly cases could reach 65 million, as warned by the Chinese Communist regime’s top health advisor. Chinese citizens have responded on social media that the wave of infection has already come. The account of the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) official…


China Has ‘an Edge’ Over US Naval Power: Expert

China has advantages over the United States in naval power in actual combat, according to former Navy Capt. Brent Sadler. “I think we’ve been spending years quietly building up our munitions production capability, but we’re not there yet for the type of fight that we would be in with China. Then … on shipyards, China’s…


Russia Opens Far East Port Vladivostok to China

Russia has recently opened its far eastern port of Vladivostok, which it has occupied since 1860, to China for shipping in what observers say is a strategic exchange between the two nations as their actions in Ukraine, and around Taiwan and the South China Sea continue to worsen international relations. On May 4, the General Administration…


Opposition MPs Call on Minister to Testify on Reported Delayed Wiretap Authorization on Michael Chan

Opposition MPs are calling on Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair to appear at committee at the “earliest possible opportunity” over a new report alleging he took months to approve surveillance measures against an important Liberal Party figure in Toronto. “Canadians need to know why it took so long for the Minister to sign off on…


Chinese Regime Fines Talk Show Firm $2 Million for Mocking Chinese Military

China’s communist regime fined a mainland Chinese talk show company around $2 million and suspended its performances indefinitely this week after a comedian was reported by audience members for mocking China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the regime’s military slogan. Observers pointed out that it’s becoming harder for talk show hosts and comedians to survive…