Tag: Special Topics

China’s Heavy Handed ‘Rural Management’ Campaign Sparks Widespread Discontent

Tens of thousands of “law enforcement” personnel dispatched by Beijing have descended upon China’s vast countryside to enforce compliance with the Chinese regime’s latest demands for expanded grain production. Over 2,500 grassroots “agricultural law enforcement teams” have implemented the central authorities’ new directives on planting, animal husbandry, water usage, and product quality and safety. The…


Chinese Owner of Temu Moves HQ to Ireland as Consumers Increasingly Wary of China

Chinese e-commerce giant PDD Holdings, which owns Temu, has moved its official headquarters from China to Ireland in recent days. As aggression from communist China continues to inflame tensions with the West and liberal democratic nations, more and more Chinese companies are trying to downplay their China-ties amid increasing aversion to the Chinese Communist Party…


Officials From Across America Commemorate World Falun Dafa Day

On the 31st anniversary of its introduction to the public, Falun Dafa has been recognized by officials and elected bodies across the United States for the spiritual values of its teachings and adherents’ contributions to communities. Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a spiritual practice involving meditative exercises and moral teachings rooted in traditional…


Officials From Across US Commemorate World Falun Dafa Day

On the 31st anniversary of its introduction to the public, Falun Dafa has been recognized by officials and elected bodies across the United States for the spiritual values of its teachings and adherents’ contributions to communities. Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a spiritual practice involving meditative exercises and moral teachings rooted in traditional…


Officials Across US Commemorate World Falun Dafa Day

On the 31st anniversary of its introduction to the public, Falun Dafa has been recognized by officials and elected bodies across the United States for its spiritual values and its adherents’ contributions to communities. Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a spiritual practice involving meditative exercises and moral teachings rooted in traditional Chinese beliefs…


Power of Faith: Healing Through Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance

For about four decades of her life, Jami Smith struggled to recall a moment when she felt genuinely happy. She had a troubled childhood filled with abuse and harassment from the people she held dear. Since nine years old, she began experiencing chronic menstrual pains. Problems kept piling up as she grew older. At 40,…


Buffett’s Dairy Queen Sees Taiwan Among Possible New Markets, While Mindful of Geopolitics

Berkshire Hathaway-owned Dairy Queen is exploring options to expand in new markets, perhaps including Taiwan, the company’s CEO said, even as geopolitical concerns with China simmer. Owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway since 1998, the fast-food chain counts China as its second-largest market, operating more than 1,250 stores there out of more than 7,000 worldwide….


The Falling of the Red General Liu Yazhou

Unconfirmed reports from China suggest that Liu Yazhou, a retired Chinese Air Force General, may face a sentence to death with a reprieve, which could be commuted to life in prison. Liu has been investigated on corruption charges since 2021, but some suggest that his arrest may have been motivated by his public disagreements with…


Dutch Cities Sever Ties With Chinese Sister Cities in Uncoupling From Communist Regime

At least 8 municipalities and 2 provinces in the Netherlands have severed ties with their Chinese sister municipalities as Dutch public representatives strive to uncouple from communist China, according to a new report. Many other Dutch cities and regions are reconsidering such relationships. Some 35 local authorities in the Netherlands currently have sister-city relationships or…


MPs Ask Why Chinese Diplomat Who Spied on Falun Gong, Uyghurs Not Expelled Sooner

Opposition MPs are again asking why expelled Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei wasn’t sent packing sooner, given new revelations that the federal government knew for several years he was spying on Chinese dissidents in Canada, on top of targeting Conservative MP Michael Chong. “For three years, this government knew that a diplomat in Beijing’s Toronto consulate was…