Category: Beijing

‘Let the World Know Our Stance’: Overseas Chinese Students Echo Beijing’s ‘Bridge Man’

Just days ahead of China’s 20th National Congress, a protester unfurled banners from an overpass in Beijing, calling for reforming the country’s communist leadership and removing draconian COVID-19 measures. Following the rare protest, overseas Chinese students expressed their solidarity with “Bridge Man” through slogans that appeared on college bulletin boards. On Oct. 13, Peng Lifa,…


A $1 Trillion Headache: China’s Local Fiscal Shortfall Poses Broader Growth Risks

BEIJING—By any account, $1 trillion seems huge. That’s the scale of budget shortfalls facing Chinese provinces, reducing their fiscal firepower to fund infrastructure spending and tax cuts, and raising risks for the world’s second-biggest economy in 2023. The timing couldn’t be worse for policymakers in Beijing, as the economy wobbles under the weight of global…


5 killed in NC Shooting; Banners Against CCP Leader Xi Jinping Hung on Busy Overpass in Beijing | NTD Good Morning

A gunman killed five people and wounded at least two others in North Carolina on Thursday. Find out what’s known so far about the attack. Updates in the trial of the Parkland School Shooter. We bring you the jury’s recommendation regarding the gunman’s fate. An extraordinary sight in China’s Capital. Two big banners railing against…


While America Sleeps, the Chinese Communist Party Walks Right In

While Chinese-made goods flood the U.S. market, Beijing has been busy buying America—including elected officials. Even at the local level, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has compromised U.S. politicians as part of what it calls its subnational strategy to undermine U.S. interests. From Wall Street to Main Street, and from Washington, D.C., to Small Town,…


Cory Morgan: Liberals’ Pending Indo-Pacific Plan Will Fall Short if Main Focus Is Climate Agenda

Commentary The Indo-Pacific zone is fast becoming one of the most powerful geopolitical regions on the planet. A hostile communist China is growing increasingly belligerent, while those hoping to counter its force are forming partnerships with regional powers like India. Every country with coastal access to the region is impacted by it and has come…


Report: Beijing Lures Talent From Top US Nuclear Lab

Siphoning U.S. innovation by luring talents from America’s top nuclear lab: a new report is highlighting how Beijing uses American technology to advance its own military. Thousands of homebuyers in China are living in unfinished buildings, without electricity, running water, or sewage systems. A 90-year-old cardinal stands trial in Hong Kong. The case is linked…


Biden Administration to Host ‘First Ever’ US-Pacific Island Summit Amid Beijing Influence Push

The Biden administration will push to reverse Beijing’s encroaching influence in the Indo-Pacific region when the “first ever” U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit is held in Washington D.C. on Sept. 28-29. The Summit aims to broaden existing partnerships between the United States and Pacific Island Countries and territories in which under the U.S.’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, a…


Chinese Rights Lawyer Yu Wensheng Bestowed Swedish Human Rights Award

Chinese rights lawyer Yu Wensheng was awarded a human rights prize by the Stockholm-based Foundation of Anna Dahlbäck Memorial Fund on Sept. 9. Yu, who’s based in Beijing, was unable to attend the Stockholm awards ceremony and he had someone else receive the award on his behalf. For his work as a human rights lawyer,…


Many Left Starving Under CCP’s COVID Lockdowns During Mid-Autumn Festival

On Sept. 10, the day of the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chinese communist regime reported new COVID-19 cases and plunged more cities and districts into lockdown. Many Chinese are now starving due to disruptions in food supply under the regime’s constant shutdown of cities and transportation. Authorities in Beijing announced nine new COVID-19 infections in…


East Timor Will Not Support a Chinese Military Base, President Says

East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta has said that he would not allow a hostile or potentially hostile country to set up a military base in East Timor, having affirmed that his country’s “close ties” with Beijing pose no security threat to Australia. This follows the signing of a Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) between the country’s…