Category: Chinese Regime

Johnston Says House Vote Asking Him to Step Down Was Based on ‘False’ Allegations

Special rapporteur David Johnston had to repeatedly defend his stance against holding a public inquiry on foreign interference as he testified in committee, facing opposition MPs who voted for a motion asking him to step down. NDP MP Peter Julian asked Johnston how he can have a “deep respect for Parliament” when he chose to…


Johnston Says Not All Intelligence Reviewed in Reaching His Conclusions on Foreign Interference

Special Rapporteur David Johnston says he did not consult all relevant information to produce his report on foreign interference as opposition MPs challenged its conclusions during his testimony before a parliamentary committee on June 6. “Am I confident that we saw every bit of information that we would like to have had or perhaps should…


Blinken May Visit China Soon as Biden Admin Seeks Talks With Beijing

The United States’ highest-ranking diplomat will visit China just months after a Chinese spy balloon invaded U.S. territorial airspace, according to two reports. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s alleged visit to communist China comes after months of pleas by the Biden administration for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to reestablish normal communications. Blinken was originally…


UK Government Orders Chinese Embassy to Shut Unofficial Police Outposts

The Chinese embassy in London has been told to shut down any so-called police service stations in the UK, British security minister Tom Tugendhat said on Tuesday. In a written statement to Parliament, Tugendhat said the police so far haven’t found evidence of illegal activity at the addresses associated with the alleged Chinese police outposts. The…


Award-Winning Hong Kong Journalist Wins Appeal in Rare Court Ruling Upholding Media Freedom

HONG KONG—An award-winning Hong Kong journalist won an appeal Monday quashing a conviction related to research for an investigative documentary, in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the Chinese territory. Bao Choy was found guilty in April 2021 of deceiving the government by getting vehicle ownership records for journalistic purposes after she had…


LIVE NOW: House Speaker, Committee on CCP Hold Roundtable to Mark Tiananmen Square Massacre

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Chairman of the Select Committee on China Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), and other congressional members hold a roundtable meeting at 5:30 p.m. ET on June 5 to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre and the fight for freedom in China. …


House Speaker, Committee on CCP Hold Roundtable to Mark Tiananmen Square Massacre

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Chairman of the Select Committee on China Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), and other congressional members hold a roundtable meeting at 5:30 p.m. ET on June 5 to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre and the fight for freedom in China. …


US Releases Video Showing Close-Call in Taiwan Strait With Chinese Destroyer

BANGKOK—The United States military released video Monday of what it called an “unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait on the weekend, in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an American destroyer, forcing the U.S. vessel to slow to avoid a collision. The incident occurred Saturday as the American destroyer…


Dissidents Change Tack, Call on People of Justice to Overthrow the CCP

Dissidents gathering to remember the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the fourth anniversary of Hong Kongers’ resistance have called on the forces of justice, both inside and outside China, to overthrow the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) dictatorship. This is a step away from their previous rallies, which called on the CCP itself to…


China Tightens Access to Tiananmen Square, 32 Detained in Hong Kong on Anniversary of 1989 Massacre

BEIJING—China tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of the military massacre of 1989 pro-democracy protests that left a still unknown number of people dead and discussions and commemorations forbidden within the country. In Hong Kong, which had been the last Chinese-controlled territory to hold commemorations, eight people, including activists…