Tag: Social Control

Teaching Association Raises Alarm Bells as Top Educators, Students Continue to Flee Hong Kong

Droves of people are leaving Hong Kong, including many teachers who feel pressure to self-censor their political opinions both inside and outside the classroom. This has prompted the Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools (HKAHSS) to express concern over the loss of talent. It has called on the local authorities to create…


Hong Kong Schools Retold to Remove Books That ‘Endanger National Security’

Hong Kong’s education secretary Kevin Yeung on June 6 reiterated that schools are responsible for ensuring their libraries do not contain books deemed dangerous to national security. Yeung’s remarks have sparked concerns among Hongkongers fearing another wave of self-censorship at schools. After the implementation of the National Security Law in mid-2020, Hong Kong’s Education Bureau…


Footage of Woman Attacked in Restaurant in China: What Is Behind It?; Is the US Losing Latin America?

Security footage details a brutal gang attack in China. Authorities are now putting police on the street. Is the outrage from internet users being misdirected by the Chinese regime? And are there bigger implications behind this horrible attack?  I spoke with Joseph Humire at the recent Americas Summit. Mexico boycotted the event. What does that…


Communist Party Inserts Police Officers as School Vice Principals Across China

China’s ruling communist party has issued a notice ordering police to be sent into all Chinese schools as vice principals for “security reasons.” Experts have criticized the move as an excuse for the regime to further tighten its control over Chinese society, which is arguably already a police state. Major Chinese news portal NetEase reported…


Chinese Man Twice Blocked From Exiting China as Border Controls are Tightened

This year, Chinese immigration authorities twice prevented a Chinese businessman from leaving the country, even though he had valid travel documents. Mr. Zhao (an alias for safety) from China’s eastern Shandong Province was not allowed to exit China in January nor in May. Zhao is just one of many people prevented from exiting China. As the…


Top China Streamer Sparks Tiananmen Questions; Cal Thomas Discusses Biden Foreign Policy

China’s top streamer meets political censorship. An unintentional mistake may have cost his career, as the 33rd anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square massacre was once again censored in China. Plus, I spoke with Cal Thomas, a speaker at the Western Conservative Summit in Colorado and a celebrated columnist. He and I discuss President…


Taiwan’s Chinese Language Centers Expand as More Countries Close China’s Confucius Institutes

China’s ruling communist party went to great lengths to establish its network of Confucius Institutes across college campuses around the world. But many countries have since withdrawn their partnerships having discovered that these institutes are a propagandized extension of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—used simply as a means to promote the party’s communist philosophy. As…


The Ideologies Behind the 2020 Riots; Shanghai’s Health Code System Controls People’s Lives

We revisit the ideologies behind the 2020 riots. Will the summer of violence return in the near future? I discuss this with Dr. Douglas Groothuis at the Western Conservative Summit. China’s COVID-19 theatrics continue, as Shanghai’s so-called reopening met with roadblocks and even more problems. Seniors are barred from restrooms, and people can’t leave their…


Regime Threatens Death Penalty for COVID-19 Infected Who Cross Into China

China’s ruling communist party has warned local authorities in its latest COVID-19 control notice that anyone infected with COVID-19 crossing the border into China will face the death penalty. On June 2, nine governmental bodies of Fangchenggang city in China’s southwestern province of Guangxi jointly issued the official epidemic control notice on their Chinese social media…


China’s Normalization of COVID-19 Testing Draws Wide Criticism

Megacities in China have been setting up COVID-19 nucleic acid “sampling circles” (testing sites) within 15 minutes walking distance from anywhere in the city since the communist regime put out the requirement to normalize the testing nationwide on May 9. It has attracted wide criticism. Rights lawyers point out that it’s illegal. In Shenzhen, Xi’an, Beijing,…