As of Thursday, the UK and Canada are the latest countries to join the diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics. This comes just days after the White House’s corresponding announcement. The United States cited the persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang as the primary reason for its action. But, are there other motives underlying its…
More Countries Boycott Beijing 2022, but #WhereIsPengShuai?
World ‘Far More Complex and Dangerous’ Than in Past 30 Years: UK Defence Chief
The security outlook of the West is “far more complex and dangerous” than at any time over the past three decades, Britain’s new defence chief has warned. Adm. Sir Tony Radakin, who replaced Gen. Sir Nick Carter as Britain’s chief of the defence staff on Nov. 30, said Russia is a threat to Western values…
‘Russia Collusion’ Hoax Reveals Dangerous ‘Evolution’ of US Media Since Watergate: Feat. Lee Smith
How high does the Russia-collusion hoax rate on the scale of U.S. political scandals? Veteran journalist and author Lee Smith would say it tops them all. With the Watergate scandal, the American press uncovered corruption and crimes at the highest levels of government, leading to President Richard M. Nixon’s resignation. Fifty years on, we find…
Getting Answers From China on Its ‘Disappeared Dissidents:’ Is China in Economic Crisis?
Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan has been jailed since May 2020 after filming and reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic from Wuhan. Chinese human-rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, who has long defended activists and the civil rights of religious minorities, has been “disappeared” since 2017. What point of leverage could the world use to compel the Chinese Communist…
How China Exported ‘Pandemic Tyranny’ to the World; Side-Effects of Stripping Away People’s Rights
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” —Vladimir Ilyich Lenin In certain aspects, China’s early “handling” of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak—in particular, its draconian lockdowns—set the tone for the erosion of civil liberties continuing across the world in the name of “pandemic response.” In this episode, I’m joined by…
NBA Star Tackles China’s Human Rights Abuse; How the Peng Shuai Scandal Could Impact Beijing 2022
“Where is Peng Shuai?” Pressure on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to present legitimate proof that Peng Shuai is safe and free to speak continues to mount. By and large, the seemingly-choreographed photos and videos that the Party has released have failed to quell international concern. If anything, they’ve added to suspicions that Peng is…
‘Happy’ Peng Shuai Videos & Photos Raise More Suspicions; Why IOC Accepts China’s ‘Peng’ Propaganda
“She is safe and well … but would like to have her privacy respected at this time,” the International Olympic Committee (IOC) relayed, this message apparently from Peng Shuai. Certainly, in many of the videos recently released by Chinese Communist Party media, she is smiling. But I think I would find a way to smile…
Beijing Objects to Vancouver’s Plan to Form Partnership With Taiwanese City
Beijing is objecting to the City of Vancouver’s plan to form a special relationship with the City of Kaohsiung in Taiwan, as the communist regime continues to isolate the democratic island nation on the international stage. In September, Vancouver City Council adopted a motion proposed by Mayor Kennedy Stewart to form a Friendship City Program, a…
Willful Blindness: Experts Weigh In on Money Laundering, CCP’s Transnational Criminal Activity
Investigative journalist Sam Cooper’s revelations of money laundering and communist China’s involvement in transnational criminal activities on Canadian soil was the topic of a panel discussion on Oct. 21, with one expert saying that Ottawa should do a better job of keeping the public informed. Cooper’s book, “Wilful Blindness: How a Network of Narcos, Tycoons…
David Matas: CCP’s Human Rights Abuses Continue as Notorious ‘610 Office’ Officials Investigated
The corruption charges and subsequent downfall of several top officials in China’s Gestapo-like “610 Office” doesn’t mean the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is changing its ways when it comes to its disregard for human rights, says well-known rights lawyer David Matas. Fu Zhenghua, a longtime official in the Chinese public security sector, was recently placed…
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