Tag: Chinese Regime

Yellen Arrives in China for Talks as Beijing’s Unfair Trade Practices Come Under Scrutiny

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in China on Thursday for a four-day visit, a trip that has drawn concerns over the Biden administration’s continued effort to engage Beijing. According to China’s state-run media, Ms. Yellen was greeted by Chinese officials led by Yang Yingming, director general of China’s Finance Ministry’s international cooperation department, as…


China Restricts Export of Rare Metals Used in High-Performance Chips; Expert Says Move Mainly for Propaganda

The Chinese Communist Party’s announcement of new state controls restricting exports of gallium and germanium on July 3 is retaliation for the West’s chip sanctions on the regime, according to a Taiwan-based defense expert. Su Tzu-yun, director of the Institute for National Defense Security Research in Taiwan, said that the move by China’s Ministry of Commerce and Customs…


Hong Kong Police Issue Arrest Warrants for 8 Overseas Pro-Democracy Activists, Including Canadian Man

Hong Kong police have issued arrest warrants for eight pro-democracy activists living abroad, claiming they have violated the territory’s national security law. Dennis Kwok, a former politician in Hong Kong who was born in Canada, is among them. Hong Kong’s National Security Department (NSD) issued the arrest warrants on July 3, along with a HK$1 million…


Chinese Regime’s Fertility Campaign Targets Girls as Young as 15 for Childbearing

China’s communist regime is gearing up to promote “scientific childbearing” in an effort to resolve the low birth rate in the country. Officials at various local levels will be implementing activities to increase the fertility of eligible female citizens and promote childbearing. This will include girls as young as 15 receiving folic acid supplements and…


Did Chinese Court Reject Divorce Plea by Mother of Six to Help Boost China’s Birthrate?

A local court in China’s southern Hunan Province refused a divorce request filed in June 2023 by a mother of six daughters. The woman had asserted that she could no longer tolerate the pressure her husband put on her to provide him with a seventh child, which he hoped would be his son and heir. …


Putin, Xi Speak in First Summit Since Wagner Mercenary Uprising in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi shared the same stage on Tuesday, speaking at a virtual summit of a Shanghai-headquartered regional security organization in the wake of an aborted Wagner mutiny that had political implications for both nations. Both leaders spoke about the importance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a regional power…


Former Peking University Professor Exposes Xi Jinping’s Little-Known State of Mind – Part I: Xi’s Thinly-Veiled Extreme Maoist Ideology

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) high-tech authoritarian surveillance state is a bit of an anomaly in the modern world. The regime is characterized by a complex power structure, with very few people knowing the clandestine deals behind the scenes. Subsequently, many of its decisions and policies appear strange and unconventional to the free world, but…


US Government Issues ‘Level 3’ Warning Over China Travel Due to Risk of Wrongful Detention

The U.S. government has warned Americans against traveling to China due to the arbitrary enforcement of laws by the Chinese communist regime that can result in people getting jailed without even being aware of their alleged crimes. “The People’s Republic of China (PRC) government arbitrarily enforces local laws, including issuing exit bans on U.S. citizens…


Trump Shows Tough Stance on Chinese Spy Base in Cuba: ‘I’d Give Them 48 Hours to Get Out’

Former U.S. president and 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump showed his tough attitude toward China in an interview, saying that if he were reelected, he would give Beijing 48 hours to shut down its spy base in Cuba, threatening severe tariffs on Chinese goods. However, when asked whether the United States would support Taiwan militarily…


Chinese Regime Fears Repeating the Collapse of Former Soviet Union, Expert Says

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda magazine Qiushi Theory reprinted party leader Xi Jinping’s talk to cadres of Central Party School in March 2022. The talk, reprinted on July 1—which the party claimed to be its founding day in 1921—was filled with Xi’s concern that the party is at the brink of collapse if cadres…