Tag: China News

Petition to Oppose Foreign Agent Registry in Canada Closes

A public petition aimed at opposing the creation of a foreign agent registry in Canada has closed with less than 2,500 signatures despite the strenuous efforts to promote it by some groups that have historically backed Beijing’s aggressive policies. Petition e-4395 closed on July 13, with a total of 2,450 signatures, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter….


[PREMIERING 7/20, 7:30PM ET] Defecting From the ‘Ultimate Propaganda Country’: Hyun-Seung Lee on North Korea’s Oppressive Regime, Its Relationship With China, and Its Nuclear Bluster

“I’ve communicated with some people inside of North Korea, and I heard from them that the recent famine is very similar to [the] 1990s famine. And, as we all know, almost 3 million people died of starvation during that time.” Hyun-Seung Lee, otherwise known as “Arthur” Lee, is a former member of the North Korean…


US Venture Capital Firms Are Supporting China’s Military: House Panel

Leadership from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is launching investigations into several U.S. companies that it claims are funding China’s development of artificial intelligence (AI) and military modernization. Select Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) sent letters to the leaders of four American venture capital…


NeuroStrike Program Is a Core Part of the CCP’s Military Strategy: Expert

A 12-page research report examined the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) NeuroStrike program against the United States and its allies in the Indo-Pacific and outlined a strategy to counter it. Sean Lin, a microbiologist and former laboratory director at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and a survivor of the Tiananmen Square…





US Sanctions Bite as China’s Largest Chipmaker Replaces Chairman for Second Time in Two Years

China’s largest chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), announced the appointment of its new chairman on July 17. Vice chairman Liu Xunfeng replaced former chairman Gao Yonggang, who the company said had resigned due to “work adjustment.” SMIC did not offer any further explanation in it’s statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. Gao was appointed…


US Government Suspends Funding to Wuhan Laboratory Over Risky Experiments

President Joe Biden’s administration has suspended funding to the laboratory in China located in the same city where COVID-19 cases were first identified, according to a new document. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is cutting off the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s access to U.S. grants, an HHS official said in a…


Human Rights Lawyer Highlights What Makes CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong Particularly Heinous

There are several elements that should be kept in mind about the atrocious nature of the persecution of Falun Gong in China by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), says human rights lawyer David Matas. “First we should remember that the repression was based on the popularity of Falun Gong,” Mr. Matas said at an event…