Tag: Social Control

China’s Elderly Protest Against Health Insurance Cuts, Suppressed by Police

The elderly in the megacity of Wuhan in central China launched another large-scale protest in a week against the Chinese communist regime’s cuts to health benefits in its recent medical insurance reform. Meanwhile, in the northeastern megacity of Dalian, a similar protest broke out. Elderly protesters call for international attention and support. The protest in…


China’s Elderly Protest Against Health Insurance Cuts, Risking Police Suppression

Older adults in the central Chinese megacity of Wuhan gathered last week for their second large-scale protest in a week against the Chinese communist regime’s cuts to health benefits in its recent medical insurance reform, while, at the same time, a similar protest was staged in the northeastern megacity of Dalian. While the protesters are seeking…


US Commission Urges China to Release Citizen Journalist Who Reported on COVID

A Chinese citizen journalist who chronicled desperate scenes from Wuhan at the onset of the pandemic has now been detained for over three years. On Feb. 9, the U.S. Congress and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China called on the Chinese regime to immediately release the man, Fang Bin. “#FangBin, a citizen journalist and #FalunGong practitioner,…


Beijing’s Online Study Ban Has Not Brought Expected Chinese Student’s Visas Boom to Australia

Australia’s Home Affairs Department has confirmed there has been no significant increase in the number of visas issued to Chinese students despite the Chinese regime’s recent ban on online learning, forcing students to return to foreign universities around the world. During a Senate hearing on Feb. 13, the Home Affairs Department confirmed that it had…


Rubio, King Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Ban TikTok From US

Bipartisan legislation to ban social media giant Tiktok from the United States is gaining momentum in Congress following the incursion of a Chinese spy balloon into U.S. airspace. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who originally introduced the legislation in December, said that it was vital the United States work quickly to prevent the Chinese Communist Party…


Blinken: Chinese Spy Balloon Part of Global Campaign That Has Violated Nations Across 5 Continents

The United States is sharing information about China’s spy balloon program with dozens of nations after discovering a worldwide surveillance campaign led by the communist regime. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the announcement of the intelligence sharing during a joint press conference with NATO Secretary-General Jen Stoltenberg at the Department of State in Washington…


Companies Continue to Exit China Despite CCP’s Overture of Strengthening Economy: Observers

China’s ruling communist party has started announcing its plans to stimulate the domestic economy after the week-long Chinese Lunar New Year celebration. However, experts are not optimistic about China’s economic prospects and anticipate another wave of company exits. According to mainland Chinese media, after the Lunar New Year Holiday authorities in many provinces and cities…


Access to Free Information Turns Chinese YouTuber Into Anti-CCP Activist

A young Chinese internet celebrity suddenly became a target of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) censorship and suppression for a short video he made about Taiwan and China. Liu Dasheng, born in the 1990s, was a curious young man who liked to explore the outside world. He liked to chat with foreign tourists and learned…


Wave of Employee Turnover Hits China’s IT Industry

China’s IT industry has seen a wave of resignations and layoffs since last year, affecting the Chinese communist regime’s online censorship. Former employees believe political reasons and economic factors are behind the wave of employee turnover. Liu Jiang (pseudonym), a former employee of ByteDance, which is the parent company of TikTok, told The Epoch Times…


Communist China Seeks to ‘Replace’ US as World Tech Leader: Rep. Rodgers

Communist China is seeking to replace the United States as the world’s economic and technological leader, according to one Congresswoman. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was aiming to undermine and eventually displace the United States as a world power, during a Feb. 1 hearing of the Innovation, Data, and…