Tag: China’s human rights

‘I Will Not Bend’: MP Jenny Kwan Says She Won’t Allow China to Erase History

The briefing with Canada’s spy agency, warning Jenny Kwan that she is a target of foreign interference by China, took roughly an hour. It took less than a second, she says, for her to decide that she wouldn’t let Beijing weaken her resolve. The Hong Kong-born member of Parliament has been outspoken against human-rights violations…


Apple’s Chinese Suppliers in Dilemma as Apple Curbs Reliance on China

The net profit of one of the leading Apple suppliers has fallen sharply compared to last year. AAC Acoustic Technologies Holdings Inc. (AAC), a top Apple supplier in China, released its third-quarter (Q3) profit forecast for 2021, showing its Q3 consolidated net profit is expected to fall by 51 to 61 percent. AAC was once…


Nikki Haley: Attending Beijing Olympics After Tokyo Would Give ‘Propaganda Victory’ to China

Former Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley supports a boycott of the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, because of China’s numerous human rights abuses, including genocide against Uyghur Muslims. “The physical and sexual abuse that’s happening to women and children, the forced labor … it’s unthinkable,” Haley told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Anyone that says…


Merkel Successor in Germany Panders to China

Commentary Germany’s most likely future chancellor is already saying what Beijing wants to hear. In an interview with the Financial Times published June 21, the leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union, the party of current Chancellor Angela Merkel, used phrases that could have been concocted by propagandists in Beijing. CDU leader Armin Laschet, according to…


EU Executive Slows Drive for China Investment Deal

BRUSSELS—The European Commission has dialed down efforts to promote its planned investment agreement with China, recognizing that EU lawmakers will not approve any such deal while Beijing maintains sanctions on five of their colleagues. The Commission said in a statement on Wednesday the EU-China Comprehensive Investment Agreement (CAI) could not be divorced from other EU-Chinese…