Tag: Special Topics

NIH Cuts Off Funding to Wuhan Lab at Center of COVID Lab Leak Controversy

The National Institute of Health (NIH) has quietly removed the Wuhan lab suspected as a source of COVID-19 from its list of foreign facilities eligible to conduct animal experiments on taxpayer dollars. The name Wuhan Institute of Virology, which was still on the list as recently as April 23, was absent from the page last…


NIH Cuts Off Funding to Wuhan Lab at Center of COVID Leak Controversy

The National Institute of Health (NIH) has quietly removed the Wuhan lab suspected as a source of COVID-19 from its list of foreign facilities eligible to conduct animal experiments on taxpayer dollars. The name Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), which was still on the list as recently as April 23, was absent from the page…


Liz Truss Calls for ‘Economic NATO’ to Counter China’s Influence During Taiwan Visit

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss called for a Cold War-style “economic NATO” to counter the Chinese regime’s economic dominance during a visit to Taipei on Wednesday. She also urged “all free nations” to back the self-governing republic’s freedom, drawing the ire of Beijing, which claims sovereignty over the island. Truss is the first former British prime minister…


IN-DEPTH: International Community Allowed Chinese Regime to Expand Human Rights Abuses

The Western strategy of decoupling trade negotiations from human rights abuses allowed the Chinese communist regime to ratchet up its repressive policies against religions and people of faith, said a U.S. religious freedom official, calling this policy a “strategic blunder.” Nury Turkel, chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), said the commission’s…


IN-DEPTH: International Community Allowed Chinese Regime to Expand Human Rights Abuses, USCIRF Chair Says

The Western strategy of decoupling trade negotiations from human rights abuses allowed the Chinese communist regime to ratchet up its repressive policies against religions and people of faith, said a U.S. religious freedom official, calling this policy a “strategic blunder.” Nury Turkel, chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), said the commission’s…


Flags Flown Over US Capitol in Honor of World Falun Dafa Day

On May 13, two flags were flown over the U.S. Capitol in honor of World Falun Dafa Day and the founder of the spiritual practice Mr. Li Hongzhi. On that day 31 years ago, Mr. Li introduced Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, to the public in northeast China. This spiritual practice involving meditative…


ANALYSIS: China’s Heightened Use of ‘Exit Bans’ Creates Hostile Environment for Foreign Firms

A growing number of Chinese laws that enable “exit bans” has heightened fears of a more hostile environment for foreign companies operating in China. Experts say that Beijing’s tactics go against its professed desire to bolster business confidence and foreign investment in the country and may trigger an accelerated exodus of foreign companies. The Chinese…


Beijing Snares Top UK Physicist to Assist With Hypersonic Weapons Research

Beijing has reportedly lured one of the United Kingdom’s (UK) top physicists and leading experts in the fields of multiscale gas, liquids, and solid systems—critically important for hypersonic research. Zhang Yonghao, who worked in the UK for more than 20 years in leading universities, also held the Weir Professor of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics chair…


Communist China One of World’s ‘Worst Abusers of Human Rights and Religious Freedom’: State Department Report

China’s ruling regime continues to be “one of the worst abusers of human rights and religious freedom in the world,” a senior State Department official said as the department releases its annual report on international religious freedom. “They continue to engage in genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs. They’re also continuing their repression of…


Chinese Warships Circle Japan Amid Missile Defense System Deployment

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ships were spotted circling Japan for days in an apparent show of force amid Japan’s missile defense system deployment on an island near Taiwan. Japan’s defense ministry said on May 11 that a Chinese naval flotilla, led by the PLA’s Type 055 guided missile destroyer Lhasa, has been…