U.S. Sanctions targeting Russia on the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine will also hit China-linked entities that are violating export bans against Moscow, according to the State Department. The Biden administration has identified that China-linked firms—some Europe-based—are evading existing sanctions against Russia intended to weaken Moscow’s ability to finance and supply its military offensive…
US to Target Chinese Companies in Upcoming Sanctions on Russia
US Urges All Governments to Respect Religious Freedom After European Court Rules in Favor of Falun Gong in Russia
The State Department is urging all governments to respect religious freedom after Europe’s international human rights court ruled Russia’s ban on Falun Gong materials is illegal. “More broadly, we strongly oppose laws that impede freedom of expression and freedom of religion—rights protected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil…
Confucius Institutes Are ‘Propaganda Centres,’ Says Former PM, Foreign Minister Urged to Shut Centres Down
Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has described the controversial CCP-run Confucius Institutes as “propaganda centres” while calling on Australia to exercise more caution when engaging with Beijing. This follows Victorian Senator Sarah Henderson’s comments at the Universities Australia conference on Feb. 23 where she called on Foreign Minister Penny Wong to use legislative powers…
US Deems Australia in the ‘Frontline’ of Tension With Beijing: Former Ambassador
The current threat of attack against Australia has reached a point where U.S. authorities are treating it as the “frontline” of competition with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), says former Australian Ambassador to the U.S. Kim Beazley. The former Labor Party and opposition leader said that the previous timeframe for a potential attack on Australia had…
US Deems Australia the ‘Frontline’ of Beijing Military Tensions: Former Ambassador
The current threat of attack against Australia has reached a point where U.S. authorities are treating it as the “frontline” of competition with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), says former Australian Ambassador to the U.S. Kim Beazley. The former Labor Party and opposition leader said that the previous timeframe for a potential attack on Australia had…
Struggle For Chinese Democracy Erupts at University of Sydney
Pro-Beijing Chinese students have launched a targeted campaign against anti-Communist demonstrators on another Australian university’s campus. “I got kicked a lot. [They] kicked my Pooh’s head off,” said Aaron Chang, a Chinese student who has been trying to raise people’s awareness of the true situation in communist China by attending protests dressed as Winnie the…
US Raises Alarm on China’s Possible Lethal Aid to Russia
The Biden administration is concerned that communist China may deliver lethal aid for Russia’s war of conquest against Ukraine, and is reportedly considering declassifying and releasing intelligence about the issue. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, has not yet provided Russia with direct military aid but also has not…
Top Chinese Diplomat Slams US Over Balloon Incident at Security Conference, May Elevate US-Taiwan Relations: Experts
Wang Yi, the Chinese communist regime’s top diplomat, called the United States’s shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon “absurd and hysterical” at Munich Security Conference on Feb. 18 when he met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The Chinese balloon breached U.S. airspace flying across the country at the end of January and…
Beijing’s Response to US Shootdown of Chinese Spy Balloon May Elevate US-Taiwan Relations: Experts
Wang Yi, the Chinese communist regime’s top diplomat, called the United States’s shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon “absurd and hysterical” at Munich Security Conference on Feb. 18 when he met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The Chinese balloon breached U.S. airspace flying across the country at the end of January and…
Putin Confirms China’s Xi to Visit Russia Amid Deepening Ties Between Two Countries
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has confirmed that Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping will visit Moscow in the coming months. Putin said that the Kremlin looked forward to welcoming the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during a Feb. 22 meeting in Moscow with China’s highest-ranking diplomat, Wang Yi. “We await a visit of…
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