Tag: China

China Is Still Conducting Police Activities in Berlin, Germany Says

German officials said on May 15 that they believe the two unauthorized Chinese police outposts remain in operation in the country, though Beijing had promised to shut them down in February. These police outposts were “not fixed-location offices, but mobile facilities,” a spokesperson of the Federal Ministry of the Interior said at a daily briefing…


Chinese Warships Circle Japan Amid Missile Defense System Deployment

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ships were spotted circling Japan for days in an apparent show of force amid Japan’s missile defense system deployment on an island near Taiwan. Japan’s defense ministry said on May 11 that a Chinese naval flotilla, led by the PLA’s Type 055 guided missile destroyer Lhasa, has been…


Fired ByteDance Exec Claims in Lawsuit That China Has Open Access to US User Data

A former executive at ByteDance has alleged in a lawsuit filed against the tech company that Chinese regime officials had unfettered access to the company’s data when he worked there, including data stored in the United States. Yintao Yu, 36, was the head of engineering for ByteDance’s U.S. operations from August 2017 to November 2018. He…


China’s Heavy Handed ‘Rural Management’ Campaign Sparks Widespread Discontent

Tens of thousands of “law enforcement” personnel dispatched by Beijing have descended upon China’s vast countryside to enforce compliance with the Chinese regime’s latest demands for expanded grain production. Over 2,500 grassroots “agricultural law enforcement teams” have implemented the central authorities’ new directives on planting, animal husbandry, water usage, and product quality and safety. The…


China Sentences 78-Year-Old US Citizen to Life in Prison on Spying Charges

China sentenced a 78-year-old United States citizen to life in prison Monday on spying charges. John Shing-Wan Leung, who holds permanent residency in Hong Kong, was detained April 15, 2021, by the counterintelligence agency in the southeastern city of Suzhou. The city’s intermediate court announced Leung’s sentence in a brief statement on its social media…


Beware of Chinese Carrier Conceit

Commentary The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is learning how to deploy its conventionally powered aircraft carriers for political intimidation and potential combat missions. While they do not match the capabilities of larger and better-armed U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, it is a mistake to diminish their potential threat….


Chinese City Conducts Nucleic Acid Test as WHO Lifts COVID Health Emergency

On the same day the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an end to the global public health emergency for COVID-19, authorities of a subdistrict in China’s Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, announced the implementation of 8 days of voluntary nucleic acid testing. Hours after the WHO lifted its alert on May 5, the official WeChat account…


Kash Patel: Release Full Subpoenaed Bank Records of Biden and His Family; New Details Emerge in Hunter Laptop Coverup

This week on Kash’s Corner, we discuss a major new House Oversight memorandum released on Wednesday. Investigators say millions of dollars from China and other foreign entities went to President Joe Biden and nearly a dozen members of his family. New details have also emerged surrounding the origins of the “51-intel letter” discrediting the Hunter…


DHS Raids Chinese Solar Panel Maker in Florida, California

A Chinese solar panel maker has been raided by Homeland Security. Officers exercised search warrants in the Golden and Sunshine states this week, but DHS is staying tight-lipped on the details. That’s alongside rising concerns over forced labor in Asia, where most U.S. solar gear comes from. Topics in this episode: DHS Raids Chinese Solar…


3 in 4 Canadians Hold Negative View of China: Survey

Canadians overwhelmingly view China in a negative light, according to a recent survey conducted by Nanos Research. The online survey asked Canadians to provide their opinions on several countries and whether each would make a valuable trading partner for Canada. Nearly three in four (73 percent) of the 1,080 Canadian adults surveyed say they have a…