The political system of Hong Kong is now almost no different from a city in mainland China, after the ruling Communist Party’s overhaul threatened the free business climate guaranteed by its separate judicial system, a report by the Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) says. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-imposed national security law (NSL) has chipped…
The Chinese Regime’s Pledge to Hong Kong “Erodes:” Report
Blinken Holds Meeting With Uyghur Survivors of China’s Internment Camps
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a virtual meeting on July 6 with seven Uyghurs including internment camp survivors, and expressed the United States’ commitment to ending Beijing’s ongoing crimes against humanity and genocide in China’s far-western Xinjiang region. “The United States will continue to place human rights at the forefront of our China…
Xi Jinping and HK Leader Carrie Lam on List of 2021 Press Freedom Predators
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published the 2021 list of press freedom predators, which identifies 37 heads of state or government who implement restrictions on news reporting. The list includes Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam, a sign of deteriorating press freedom both in communist China and Hong Kong. China is…
Replacing God: The CCP’s Century-Long War Against Faith
Priests and nuns were forced to kneel down in front of a large bonfire, watching helplessly as the flames devoured their sacred instruments while burning their skin. In another Chinese city, students wearing red armbands hit Catholics with sharp wooden sticks, throwing one priest into a fire pit after he collapsed in pain. They beat…
Chinese Student Detained, Beaten, and Starved for Reporting Pollution in Shanxi, China
In mid-April 2019, an aluminum factory in Xiaoyi City, Shanxi Province, China, illegally discharged wastewater into the nearby rivers and emitted black smoke directly into the air, which polluted the groundwater and seriously affected the lives of nearby residents. When two young men reported the pollution to the local Bureau of Ecology and Environment (BEE),…
The Chinese Regime ‘Sanitizes’ Court Records
The Chinese regime removed court records from the online government repository amid celebrations of the communist party’s centenary anniversary to maintain a “facade of justice,” says a Chinese law expert. China Judgements Online, an official online database of court rulings, has been taking down large numbers of documents that the website asserted were being “migrated”…
CCP Documents Reveal Its Socialist Rule of Law
The Epoch Times has recently obtained a report written by a Chinese legal expert summarizing the construction of socialist rule of law in China. It reveals the history of the CCP’s (Chinese Communist Party’s) legal systems and its rule of China by man instead of by law since 1949. On June 17, 2013, Xu Xianming,…
CCP Scrambles to Keep Its World Factory Status by Rolling Out Drastic Measures
The CCP’s recent policies to encourage the birth of a third child, crack down on private tutoring, and train skilled workers have all been attributed to the CCP’s recognition of a looming crisis in China’s manufacturing sector, some say. A key factor in encouraging childbirth involves the CCP’s Ministry of Education which has set up…
Chinese Dissidents Concerned for Families in China as the CCP Marks 100th Anniversary
July 1st this year is the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) 100th anniversary; as the regime marks the day with numerous events, overseas, Chinese political dissidents are worried about the safety of their families in China. For decades, political dissidents or minority groups that are persecuted in China have been conditioned by authorities to expect that…
Taiwan Condemns the Forced Closure of Apple Daily
On Thursday, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and legislators condemned the forced closure of the pro-democratic Apple Daily in Hong Kong, slamming the move as suppression of freedom of speech. Tsai said on Facebook that she was “deeply saddened” by the forced silence of Apple Daily after its tycoon and executives were arrested and assets frozen…
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