Tag: Beijing

UK Foreign Secretary ‘Unlikely’ to Attend Beijing Winter Olympics Next Year

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said it is “unlikely” he will attend the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year. The government has faced calls from a chorus of MPs to stage a diplomatic boycott of the Games due to take place next February because of Chinese government action in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong….


US Calls on China to Be a Responsible Power

BEIJING—A senior U.S. diplomat called on China, as a responsible global power, to rise above their differences and work with the United States on difficult global issues such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, speaking in an interview with The Associated Press after talks on July 26 with Foreign…


US Investors Hit by Beijing as Newly Listed Didi Could Face ‘Unprecedented’ Sanctions

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing has taken investors on a roller coaster ride since it became a target of an “unprecedented” clampdown by Beijing just days after its debut on the New York Stock Exchange. The company went public on June 30, raising $4.4 billion from global investors in one of the largest U.S. share offerings of the…


Flood Traps 14 Workers in Tunnel Under Construction in China

BEIJING—Workers were about 1.1 kilometers (0.7 miles) from the entrance to the tunnel when a strange noise was heard and material started falling from the top of the tunnel, Yan Dawu, the deputy general manager of the construction company, said at a news conference. An evacuation was ordered, but water gushed in and 14 people…


Livestream Alert: Coalition Opposing ‘Genocide Games’ Calls to Move, Boycott 2022 Olympics

A coalition of human rights activists, legislators, and victims of communist China, among others, will hold a rally in Washington on Tuesday to call for the 2022 Beijing Olympics to be moved or boycotted over the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) genocide of Uyghurs and other crimes against humanity. The rally accompanies the first annual International…


LIVE: Coalition Opposing ‘Genocide Games’ Calls to Move, Boycott 2022 Olympics

A coalition of human rights activists, legislators, and victims of communist China, among others, will hold a rally in Washington on Tuesday to call for the 2022 Beijing Olympics to be moved or boycotted over the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) genocide of Uyghurs and other crimes against humanity. The rally accompanies the first annual International…


US Investors Ambushed By Beijing After Didi Crackdown

WASHINGTON—American investors got steamrolled again by Beijing as the ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing became the latest target of a crackdown by the Communist regime just days after its debut on the New York Stock Exchange. A Chinese cybersecurity regulator on July 2 announced that it was conducting a review on Didi. The officials banned the ride-hailing platform from…


US Investors Ambushed By Beijing After Didi IPO

WASHINGTON—American investors were steamrolled again by Beijing as the ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing became the latest target of a clampdown by the communist regime just days after its debut on the New York Stock Exchange. A Chinese cybersecurity regulator on July 2 announced that it was conducting a review on Didi. The officials banned the ride-hailing platform from…


Beijing Bans Household Use of Natural Gas in Restricted Areas to Tighten Security Around CCP Anniversary

Natural gas supply has been cut off around July 1 from households in Beijing’s Donghuamen sub-district in Dongcheng district in a move to secure celebrations of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) anniversary, sources have told The Epoch Times. July 1 is the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). A netizen posted on social…


US, Taiwan Revive Trade Talks Despite Objections From Beijing

WASHINGTON—The United States and Taiwan on June 29 resumed trade talks after five years, a move that has angered the communist regime in Beijing, which claims sovereignty over the liberal democratic island. Discussions reopened on the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), which was stalled in 2016. At the virtual meeting, U.S. and Taiwanese officials…