A Melbourne-based Asian community leader who has been accused of planning foreign interference on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been committed to stand trial. The decision was made on July 28 by Melbourne magistrate Susan Wakeling who found enough circumstantial evidence for the case against Duong to go to trial. Wakeling also…
Alleged Chinese Agent to Stand Trial in Australia for Foreign Interference
Risk of Nuclear War With China Growing, UK Security Tsar Warns
The risk of an accidental nuclear war with China is growing as the regime expands its nuclear arsenal in disregard for international arms control mechanisms, the UK’s national security adviser Sir Stephen Lovegrove has warned. In a virtual speech at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C., Lovegrove said the world…
UK Conservative Leadership Contenders Clash Over China and Taxes in BBC Debate
The two remaining candidates in the race to become Conservative Party leader and UK prime minister—Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former chancellor Rishi Sunak—have traded blows over policies regarding China and taxation in a TV debate hosted by the BBC. While the tax and economic policy was the focus of the earlier stages of the…
Falun Gong Adherents Hold Large-Scale Parade in Toronto, Call for End of Persecution Campaign in China
A rally followed by a parade consisting of roughly 1,200 Falun Gong adherents was held in downtown Toronto on July 17 to call for an end to the ongoing persecution campaign launched by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) against adherents in China 23 years ago. During the rally, held outside the Ontario legislature in Queen’s…
Biggest Geopolitical Change Comes From China Not Russia, Blair Warns
The biggest geopolitical change is coming from China rather than Russia, as the Chinese regime seeks to compete against the Western political system and way of life, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned. Delivering the annual lecture of the Ditchley Foundation, which primarily focuses on British–American relations, on July 16, Blair issued a…
Over 1,300 Falun Dafa Adherents Attend Annual Conference in Toronto
Falun Dafa adherents from across Canada attended a conference in Toronto on July 16 to hear speakers talking about their spiritual journeys, with some sharing about having their homeland of China to avoid persecution for their beliefs. Over 1,300 practitioners of Falun Dafa, a Chinese spiritual self-improvement practice that involves five meditative exercises and moral teachings…
China Exerting Growing Influence Over Global Tech Standards, UK Lawmakers Warn
The Chinese regime and other malign actors are trying to exert their influence over global technological standards, but the UK government’s response has been “incoherent and muted,” a committee of MPs has warned. In its latest report published on July 8, the Foreign Affairs Select Committee in the House of Commons said that malign actors…
Europe Must Shoulder More Defence Burden as US Tackles China Threat: UK Army Chief
European countries should take up the burden of defending their own continent to free up U.S. resources that can be used to tackle the threat posed by the Chinese regime, the new head of the British Army has said. General Sir Patrick Sanders, the Chief of the General Staff (CGS), said Britain and its Western…
Canada Should ‘Adopt a Much Firmer Attitude With China’: Former Ambassador
Canada should be much firmer in its dealings with communist China, says a former ambassador to that country. Guy St-Jacques, Canada’s envoy to China from 2012 to 2016, made the comments in his speech during a panel discussion at “The Challenge of China” conference at the University of Ottawa on June 3. “It is high…
China Human Rights Concerns: ‘Speak Truth to Power’ at Every Opportunity, Says Longtime Canadian ‘Friend of China’
When Margaret McCuaig-Johnston first began speaking out against the Chinese communist regime’s human rights abuses, the former senior government official had been “a friend of China for 40 years” and had “helped them develop their innovation capacity.” Today, she says “Canadians should speak truth to power every time they meet with Chinese officials.” “The final…
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