Tag: China

Yellen Traveling to India for G20 Summit, Vietnam for Bilateral Talks

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will visit India this week to meet with finance ministers of the Group of 20 (G20) nations before continuing on to Vietnam for bilateral talks, the Treasury Department said on Thursday. Ms. Yellen will travel to Gandhinagar, India, from July 13 to 21 to participate in the G20 meetings of finance…


Revived Lawsuit Links Cisco to CCP Persecution

Companies buoying China’s oppression: beware. A 12-year-old lawsuit against tech firm Cisco has now been revived by a California court. China’s exports are hitting a record decline. As its economy spirals, will the crisis reach the United States? Tens of thousands have been evacuated. A bridge was caught overflowing with water. Severe floods are soaking…


Climate Envoy Kerry Won’t Share Staff Names to Congress, Saying It’s Not ‘Required’

Climate Envoy John Kerry, who reports directly to President Joe Biden from a cabinet-level position in the State Department, would not disclose the names of various staff in his office when asked to do so on July 13 by Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.). Pointing to a mostly empty org chart labeled, “Who’s In Charge?” Mr….


Fighting Foreign Influence: Beijing Exploits Gaps in Canadian Law; David Matas Proposes Remedies

Beijing and other tyrannical regimes exploit gaps in Canadian law to advance their transnational repression in Canada, and a prominent international human rights lawyer says this is a problem that calls for comprehensive legislation to combat their foreign interference. Winnipeg-based lawyer David Matas, senior legal counsel for B’nai Brith Canada, said repressive states like China, Russia,…


‘Pro China’ Elon Musk Says CCP ‘Concerned’ About AI Risks, Want to Cooperate on International Regulatory Framework

Twitter owner Elon Musk joined Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) for a lengthy conversation regarding artificial intelligence (AI) on July 12, shortly after announcing his new AI company, xAI. The discussion, which focused predominantly on AI safety, took place on Twitter spaces. Prior to the nearly 60-minute discussion kicking off, Mr. Musk unveiled xAI…


No Way Out of China’s Economic Predicament, Says Strategist

China’s producer prices fell at their fastest pace in over seven years in June, leading to fears among economists and investors that the world’s second-largest economy is on the verge of slipping into deflation. Chief Strategist at Macrolens, Brian McCarthy, joins Don Ma to discuss China’s economy. …


‘This Is National Policy’: Suspicious Blood Samples Forcibly Collected in Chinese Jails, Say Persecuted Citizens

It was March 2006 when The Epoch Times broke the hard-to-believe news about China’s forced organ harvesting from living prisoners of faith, primarily Falun Gong adherents. In the months that followed, more evidence built up. By July 2006, the first independent investigative report, the Kilgour-Matas report, further documented credible findings of recorded telephone conversations with…


Former NBA Player Enes Kanter Freedom Says He Lost $50 Million in Earnings After Speaking out Against CCP

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom has claimed to have lost roughly $50 million in salaries and possible endorsements after his career ended abruptly when he spoke out against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The basketball player made the claims in a hearing on July 11 before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), which is chaired…


Chinese Money Launderers Are Major Obstacles in Fight Against Fentanyl: US Officials

Law enforcement officials say that America’s drug war is now in cyberspace, and the main antagonists are transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) serviced by Chinese money laundering outfits. “Mexican cartels’ ability to traffic deadly fentanyl into the United States is greatly enhanced by Chinese money laundering,” said Steven Cagen, assistant director of the Countering Transnational Organized…


Chinese Money Launderers a Major Obstacle in Fight Against Fentanyl: US Officials

Law enforcement officials say that America’s drug war is now in cyberspace, and the main antagonists are transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) serviced by Chinese money laundering outfits. “Mexican cartels’ ability to traffic deadly fentanyl into the United States is greatly enhanced by Chinese money laundering,” said Steven Cagen, assistant director of the Countering Transnational Organized…