Category: Beijing

COVID-19 Spreads to Beijing’s Political Center, Traveling Residents Not Allowed to Return

Beijing residents, traveling outside their city, are not allowed to return to the capital as authorities tighten COVID-19 measures in response to a rising number of cases in 16 provinces. Authorities announced Nov. 1 that Beijingers who had left the city should not come back any time soon. “If you have not yet returned to…


Chinese Media Promote Beijing Lawyer Saying COVID-19 Laws Could Allow ‘Death Penalty’

The Delta variant has now spread to more than a dozen provinces in China, including Beijing. To enhance control of the Chinese people, the government is promoting a view that threatens use of the “death penalty” on those who resist cooperating. On Oct. 24, the State Council of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) reported that…


Beijing’s Sway Over the UN Thwarts Taiwan Membership

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence over the United Nations is used overwhelmingly to weaken support for Taiwan around the world. In 1971, China was a backward, agrarian-based totalitarian country that could neither feed itself nor offer much to the world. Its primary mode of transportation was the bicycle, and in its self-isolation it…


‘Poison Frogs’: US Urged to Make Taiwan Islands Too ‘Painful’ for China to Seize in Response to War Game Results

The United States would have little recourse if China invaded one of the minor islands controlled by Taiwan, according to a new report by Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a Washington-based think tank. The report analyzed the results of a virtual war game carried out by the CNAS Gaming Lab that sought to…


14 Chinese Activists Seek Candidacy in Beijing District Election in Bid to ‘Speak for the People’

Fourteen Chinese activists in China’s capital are presenting themselves as independent candidates in the local People’s Congress election, posing a challenge to the ruling Party that has long kept a tight grip over the twice-a-decade event. Most of them have experienced have had firsthand experience of the harshness of authoritarian control, but say they hope…


US Olympians Voice Concern Over Human Rights Ahead of Beijing 2022

Veteran Olympians for the United States denounced China’s track record on human rights this week but stopped short of endorsing a boycott of Beijing 2022, with the Winter Games quickly approaching. Rights groups and U.S. lawmakers have called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the 2022 Games and relocate the event unless China…


Rights Activists Urge Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

ATHENS, Greece—Human rights activists urged international governments, sponsors, and athletes on Tuesday to boycott what they called China’s “genocide games” as Greek officials handed over the Olympic flame to 2022 Beijing Winter Games organizers. Activist groups, which also disrupted the flame lighting ceremony in southern Greece on Monday, accused the International Olympic Committee of granting…


Defeat the CCP Before Strengthening the UN

Commentary A British conservative advocates increased investigatory power for the United Nation’s WHO to defeat the next pandemic, but fails to account for Beijing’s growing influence over the U.N. itself. Tom Tugendhat, a Conservative Party member of the British parliament and who is normally tough on authoritarianism, is advocating more power for the World Health…


Human Rights Activists Slate IOC’s Stance on Upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics

Rights groups and others have voiced their concerns over comments made by International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates, who has ruled out pressing the Chinese regime over its human rights record ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Speaking to reporters at the National Press Club of Australia on Oct. 13, Coates said that the…


What’s Behind Beijing’s Latest Round of Bank Regulations

Commentary Beijing is tightening governance around banks and insurance companies to bar large shareholders from having excessive influence and engaging in unfair dealings. China wants to rein in financial sector risk and corporate governance. Many of these affiliated deals generated losses or bad debts for banks. But there are other layers to this new round…