Commentary Baseball may seem as American as apple pie, but many of its most popular bats and gloves are made in China and owned by a company implicated in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) forced labor abuses. Just hours before baseball fans were gathering in Seattle for the MLB’s All-Star Game Tuesday, across the country,…
China Commission to MLB, US Firms: Stop Subsidizing China’s Abuses
July 19, 2023
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Corporate Ethics Czar Starting Human-Rights Probes Around Canadian Imports From China
Ottawa’s corporate-ethics watchdog is set to announce multiple investigations into whether Canadian companies are importing products made through human-rights abuses in China, a move advocates have sought for years. The Liberals appointed Sheri Meyerhoffer as the first Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise in April 2019, and advocates and MPs have since criticized the government for…
The Long Road to Confronting China’s War on Religion, Part III
May 12, 2023
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Commentary It’s morning in Istanbul, but Joseph is reliving his morning routine in the camp, before the 16-hour shift starts. After the prisoners had sung Communist songs for their breakfast, the Chinese guards played a video for them shot in cinema verité style. It began with Chinese plainclothes agents tackling Uyghurs, cramming them into unmarked…
The Long Road to Confronting China’s War on Religion, Part II
May 10, 2023
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Commentary Falun Gong emerged in China in 1992, a time of a spiritual renewal in a land still under Communist rule, but one recovering from the horrors of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. Drawing on Buddhist traditions, Falun Gong combined meditation and tai chi-style exercises with a moral philosophy centered on the tenets of “zhen,” “shan,”…
Canadian Pension Funds Invested in Chinese Companies Indirectly Linked to Human Rights Abuses, House Committee Hears
Some Canadian pension funds have invested in Chinese companies complicit in human rights abuses, the CEO of a geopolitical intelligence consulting firm told a House committee, echoing concerns from rights advocacy groups. “What we’ve noticed is that … America has a list of countries that are sanctioned, that can no longer act in the disclosure…
Tibetan Police Mass-Collect DNA and Lawmakers Say US Firm Is Helping
April 21, 2023
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News Analysis Legendary actor and humanitarian Richard Gere recently made a splash during a visit to Capitol Hill. Sporting a floppy, now pure-white mane of hair, the 73-year-old Gere flashed his still-boyish grin to members of Congress, staff, and visitors who flocked to see him, many snapping photos with the Golden Globe winner which they…
Sanction Chinese Officials Involved in Human Rights Abuses: Former PM
February 16, 2023
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Australia should sanction Chinese officials involved in human rights abuses against Uyghurs, says former Prime Minister Scott Morrison. “The question naturally arises whether our new sanctions regime should be applied to any Chinese nationals for human rights abuses, especially in Xinjiang,” Morrison told attendees of an Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China meeting in Tokyo on Feb….
UN Experts Call for Investigating Taliban’s Treatment of Women After Public Lashings
November 27, 2022
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The United Nations’ Special Rapporteurs have called for investigating the issue of subjugation of women’s rights in Afghanistan by the Taliban as gender persecution after reports of women being subject to lashings. In Afghanistan, the violation of women’s fundamental rights, which are already “severe and unacceptable,” have risen in recent months, the experts said according…
Chinese-Canadians Say Cabinet Must ‘Stand Up’ to Beijing Even If It Worsens Relationship: Internal Federal Poll
November 17, 2022
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Chinese-Canadians say cabinet ministers must “stand up” to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) even if it will worsen the relationship between the two countries, according to an internal poll conducted for the federal government. “While the Sino-Canadian economic relationship continued to be viewed as important, a number of participants expressed the need to balance this…
Communist China a ‘Common Component’ of Many Threats to International Stability: Taiwan’s Foreign Affairs Minister
Communist China is a “common component” of many of the challenges facing the international community, Taiwan’s minister of foreign affairs said during a panel discussion in Ottawa coinciding with the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Minister Wu Jaushieh made the opening remarks at the webinar, titled The Challenge of China and hosted by…
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