Tag: Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

China’s Plan to Build Largest Embassy in UK Blocked by Local Council

The Chinese regime will not be able to move its UK embassy to a historical site in East London after the local council voted unanimously to reject the plan. The Chinese government purchased the site of the old Royal Mint, which is a short walk from the Tower Bridge, for £255 million ($310 million) in…


Canada Needs to Accept China ‘Believes It Is at War With Us’: NB MLA

Canada should accept and prepare for the scenario that “China believes it is at war with us,” New Brunswick MLA Dominic Cardy says. Speaking at a book launch event in Toronto on Nov. 25, the former N.B. education minister warned that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is taking an adversarial stance against Canada and Western democracies,…


Groups in Los Angeles Join China’s COVID Lockdown Protests, Calling for CCP to Step Down

Several Southern California groups gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles Nov. 27 in support of demonstrations across China and the world calling for an end to the country’s COVID-19 lockdowns and for the ruling Chinese Community Party (CCP) to step down. Protesters were chanting “Take down the Chinese Communist Party” and…


‘The China Nexus’: New Book Chronicles CCP’s ‘Human Rights Horrors’ of Three Decades

Benedict Rogers had an idea late one night—to write a book that chronicles all of the “human rights horrors” committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that he observed during his three decades of experience as a journalist and human rights campaigner in and around China. “I realised that although there are many books on China,…


‘The China Nexus’: New Book Chronicles CCP’s ‘Human Rights Horrors’

Benedict Rogers had an idea late one night—to write a book that chronicles all of the “human rights horrors” committed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that he observed during his three decades of experience as a journalist and human rights campaigner in and around China. “I realised that although there are many books on China,…


Nearly 1,000 Chinese Students in Toronto Rally in Solidarity With Protesters in China Against ‘Zero-COVID’ Policies

TORONTO—Nearly 1,000 students rallied outside the Chinese consulate in Toronto Sunday night, calling for an end to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as they stood in solidarity with protesters in China following the deaths of at least 10 people in a fire in Xinjiang’s capital of Urumqi. “Down with the Chinese Communist Party!” protesters chanted…


College Affiliated With University of Waterloo Confirms Closure of Beijing’s Confucius Institute

A college affiliated with the University of Waterloo confirms its contract with China’s Confucius Institute (CI) ended last year—joining the ranks of other institutions in North America and around the world that are cutting ties with the Beijing-led program. A spokesperson for Renison University College said in an emailed statement on Nov. 18 that there…


Chinese-Canadians Say Cabinet Must ‘Stand Up’ to Beijing Even If It Worsens Relationship: Internal Federal Poll

Chinese-Canadians say cabinet ministers must “stand up” to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) even if it will worsen the relationship between the two countries, according to an internal poll conducted for the federal government. “While the Sino-Canadian economic relationship continued to be viewed as important, a number of participants expressed the need to balance this…


MPs Request Emergency Meeting on Reports of CCP Interference in 2019 Federal Election

Conservative, Bloc, and NDP MPs are requesting an emergency House of Commons meeting to get answers over reports that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had “actively worked to influence” Canada’s federal election in 2019. The allegations stem from a Global News report on Nov. 7 that intelligence officials had warned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and…


CCP-Owned Media Targeted Tory Candidates in Last Federal Election: Disinformation Monitoring Expert

Chinese state media and pro-Beijing actors ran propaganda campaigns to smear the credibility of Conservative candidates in the last federal election, says the director of a foreign disinformation monitoring and debunking organization. The narratives pushed in those campaigns indicate a “likelihood of a coordinated operation” to influence Chinese-Canadian voters. Testifying before the parliamentary House Affairs…