Xi Jinping, the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and leader of the country, is facing a general election next year. To ensure his re-election, he has substantially changed the party’s rules and regulations. China commentators say it’s a sign of the CCP’s deepening autocracy and of Xi’s return to Mao rule. Preparations…
Xi Jinping’s ‘Soccer Diplomacy’ Dead Ending, as Wave of Disbandments Hit the Industry
Chinese professional soccer is in deep trouble now that a wave of disbandments has hit the clubs. Meanwhile, China’s authoritarian leader Xi Jinping’s ambition to use the big-money game as “soccer diplomacy” to promote China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is bankrupted. At the end of March this year, the Chinese soccerAssociation officially announced the new…
Live Q&A: China’s Leader Says Pandemic Is Chance to Dominate West; Epoch Times Reporter Attacked in HK
Chinese leader Xi Jinping discussed how to use the global pandemic strategically as a way to dominate the West. In this live Q&A with Crossroads host Joshua Philipp, we’ll discuss these stories and others, and answer questions from the audience. We’re being heavily censored by Big Tech. Our solution? Create our own independent platform free…
Xi Jinping Talks Chaos: Pandemic Provides Favorable Situation to CCP
News Analysis Chinese leader Xi Jinping claimed the main character of the present world is a “chaos” that has been unseen in the past hundred years, and the current timing and circumstances in the world all favor China and can help the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to reach its goal—to dominate the world. Xi explained…
2 Face Trial as China Enforces Online Control Amid Pandemic
TAIPEI, Taiwan—More than a year after two amateur computer coders were taken by police from their Beijing homes, they are set to be tried Tuesday in a case that illustrates the Chinese regime’s growing online censorship and heightened sensitivity to any deviation from the official narrative on its COVID-19 response. Authorities have not said specifically why…
China Emits More Greenhouse Gas Than Developed Countries Combined: Report
China emitted more greenhouse gases (GHG) than the United States and all other developed countries combined in 2019, according to a report published on May 6 by New York-based research firm Rhodium Group. The report found that China alone was responsible for over 27 percent of total global emissions, with the United States being a…
CCP’s Mekong River Belt and Road Projects a Faustian Bargain, Says Expert
News Analysis Renowned expert hydrologist Wang Weiluo has likened Belt and Road deals between countries along the Mekong River and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as Faustian bargains, saying that while they bring investment they are deals with the devil that hurt livelihoods. Speaking to the Hong Kong Epoch Times, Wang said that the dams on…
Inside Communist China’s War on Faith—USCIRF Commissioner Nury Turkel, Born in a Chinese Re-Education Camp
Nury Turkel was born in a Chinese re-education camp where his mother was imprisoned at the height of China’s Cultural Revolution. Now, he’s a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The Chinese Communist Party has been waging a war on faith, Turkel says. Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang are being treated as…
Philippine Foreign Secretary Is a Hero for Talking Tough to Xi Jinping
Commentary On May 3, the Philippine Foreign Secretary, Teddy Locsin, told China to “GET THE F*** OUT.” He was referring not only to the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), including its fishing grounds in the South China Sea, but to what he claimed was an attempt to make the Philippines into “a Chinese province.” Since…
Leaked Document Shows How Beijing Attempts to Woo Foreign Companies to Prop up Free Trade Zones
The Chinese regime has been rolling out free trade zones (FTZs) in recent years in an effort to entice foreign investments in the country. Since the first one was established in Shanghai in 2013, China now has about 20 FTZs. A leaked document recently obtained by The Epoch Times reveals how the Chinese Communist Party…
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