Tag: democracy

Samuel Chu on Hong Kong’s Future: ‘Once People Have Tasted Freedom, You Can’t Tell Them to Forget It’

Hong Kong’s upcoming executive election has just one candidate. This Sunday, the city will “choose” its next chief executive. Meanwhile, the Chinese communist regime continues to clamp down on the ever-shrinking freedoms in the city. Why do the people of Hong Kong continue to fight for change? I speak with Samuel Chu, a Hong Kong…


Decoupling from China’s Economy ‘Is The Future’: Analyst

U.S. political leadership must work with the private sector to decouple critical technology development from mainland China, according to one expert. “One of the key vulnerabilities that we’re becoming more and more aware of is the degree to which Wall Street firms and American banks and investment companies continue to see China as this great…


Ontario MPP Faces 9 Charges Related to Freedom Convoy Protests

Independent Ontario MPP Randy Hillier is facing nine charges stemming from the Freedom Convoy protests in the nation’s capital last month. Arriving at the Ottawa police’s headquarters this morning, Hillier told reporters police called him on March 27 to turn himself in over charges related to the truckers’ protests in downtown Ottawa. “We know [the…


Chinese Secret Police Targeted US Army Vet on American Soil, Attempted to Interfere in Election: DOJ

Chinese secret police and their agents are stalking, harassing, intimidating, and conspiring to commit violence against pro-democracy activists and Chinese dissidents on American soil, according to three new criminal cases unsealed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 16. The efforts include a plot to interfere in a Congressional election, covert attempts to arrest…


Divine Messengers | Socrates Secrets (Episode 2)

Scholars agree that the ancient Greeks laid the foundation for Western civilization in various areas, including art, science, theater, and democracy. In the center of all of this was a man who would become one of the most well-known Greeks throughout time, and maybe one with the greatest influence on our thinking in the Western…


[COMING SOON] Divine Messengers | Socrates Secrets (Episode 2)

Scholars agree that the ancient Greeks laid the foundation for Western civilization in various areas, including art, science, theater, and democracy. In the center of all of this was a man who would become one of the most well-known Greeks throughout time, and maybe one with the greatest influence on our thinking in the Western…


Canadians Can Decide Themselves Whether to Join Ukraine’s Foreign Legion, Joly Says

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said she will leave it to individual Canadians to decide if they want to join Ukraine’s new foreign legion against Russia’s invasion. Speaking at a press conference on Feb. 27, Joly said it is up to Canadians to decide whether they want to join the fight with Ukraine against Russia,…


Canadian Democracy Weakened Amid Pandemic: Report

The state of democracy in Canada has tumbled compared to the past, pushing it out of the top-10 most-stable democracies in the world, according to a new report that places the blame in large part on the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on personal freedoms and related public sentiment. On Feb. 10, London-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)…


Truckers Are Hard-Working Canadians, ‘Deserve to Have a Voice,’ Says Tory MP Thomas

Truckers protesting in Ottawa deserve to have their voices heard and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s refusal to meet them shows a disregard for democracy, says a Conservative MP. “These [truckers] are hard-working Canadians, and they deserve to have a voice, they deserve to be listened to,” MP Rachael Thomas told the Epoch Times in an…


Authoritarian China, Russia Growing Closer As They Seek to Challenge West: Expert

China and Russia are engaged in authoritarian attempts to subvert and change the rules of the international order, according to one expert. The attempt, they say, can only be thwarted by a united effort of the world’s democratic nations. “China and Russia are authoritarian states that see themselves constrained, encircled, and threatened by the liberal…