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Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang was sent back to jail on Friday following the dismissal of an appeal against a conviction for misconduct in public office, but with his sentence reduced from 20 months to 12 months. The unanimous decision by the three Court of Appeal judges means that Tsang, 73, previously released on […] -
It has been described as the David and Goliath battle of our time. July 20 marks 19 years of brutal persecution suffered by practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual practice in Communist China. On July 20, 1999, nearly 1 in 10 Chinese citizens became enemies of the state solely because they wished to live their […]
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WASHINGTON—U.S. lawmakers have reached an agreement that puts a measure to strengthen oversight of foreign investment from countries such as China into a must-pass defense policy bill, Representative Robert Pittenger’s office said on July 19. The goal of the measure is to strengthen the inter-agency U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS), which reviews mergers and stock purchases […]
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LONDON—The board that monitors Britain’s use of communications technology made by Chinese company Huawei has said that it can only give “limited assurance” that it poses no threat to national security. The report from the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Center (HCSEC) downgrades previous assessments that any risks from the Chinese company were “sufficiently mitigated.” Huawei […]
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The smiling, joyful faces of twin sisters Annabel and Joanna transcend the challenging childhood they experienced in China practicing Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa. Falun Gong is a traditional Chinese spiritual discipline consisting of moral teachings, meditation, and qigong-like exercises. The practice grew in popularity through the mid-to-late 1990s, reaching 70 million to […]
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FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed on July 18 that the FBI is investigating Chinese economic espionage cases in all 50 U.S. states, and that China is regarded as the “most significant” long-term threat to the United States. Wray, speaking to NBC at the Aspen Ideas Forum on July 18, said Chinese espionage “covers everything from […]
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Trump Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow Blasts Chinese Leader Xi Jinping for Stalling Trade NegotiationsAt an investors conference held in New York City on July 19, White House top economic adviser Larry Kudlow said he believed Chinese leader Xi Jinping is blocking progress on a deal to end dueling U.S. and Chinese tariffs. The $34 billion worth of tariffs went into effect in early July after months of negotiations between […]
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China’s Ministry of Education recently announced a plan to clean up academic research projects, revealing the problem of corruption in the field of higher education. More than 1,400 research projects in the humanities and social sciences are past their completion deadlines and will have their allocated research funding revoked, and the project coordinators will be […]
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Randall Schriver, the Pentagon’s top Asia official, reaffirmed the strong relationship between the United States and Taiwan, while discussing Taiwan’s important role in the United States’ defense strategy in the Asia-Pacific, in a talk given at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on July 18. Schriver, assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs, […]
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After almost four decades of a government-imposed one-child policy that led to a severe gender imbalance and a low birth rate, the Chinese regime decided to abolish the mandate in 2015 and encourage couples to have two children. It was an attempt at reversing the population decline that threatens the country’s development. Nearly three years later, […]
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SHANGHAI—China’s aviation regulator will reduce Air China’s Boeing 737 flights by 10 percent and cancel licenses of the pilot and co-pilot involved in an emergency descent that occurred last week, in a move analysts say could push the airline to cut some routes. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) will also launch a safety […]
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Faced with a trade war with the United States, China is now setting up a network of think tanks to better understand its adversary. On July 14, China’s Ministry of Finance set up the “U.S. Research Think Tank Alliance” with research institutes around the country, totaling almost 20 organizations, in an effort to figure out […]
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In northern China, customs officials seized wild animal parts worth millions of dollars, in one of the largest smuggling cases in years. According to a July 18 report by state-run news site China News, Chinese customs officials who were stationed at the Hulin Control Point—a land cargo port that borders Russia in Hulin City, Heilongjiang […]
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A court in California recently heard the case of two Chinese nationals who attempted to bribe a U.S. customs official when one of them was barred from entering the United States. The case centered around an incident on May 17 when Pei Qingbin, a resident from Qingdao, a port city in eastern China’s Shandong Province, […]
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BEIJING—An American professor and vocal critic of Beijing’s censorship said he has lost his job at the prestigious Peking University and is leaving China. Christopher Balding, who has taught at Peking University’s HSBC School of Business located in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen for the past nine years, said in a July 17 blog […]
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The night was so sweltering that the police had to open the doors of the interrogation rooms to let some air in. Zhang Hongyu was finally able to catch a glimpse of her mother, Xiu Jinqiu, in the room opposite hers. Police had relentlessly interrogated Zhang and Xiu for hours. Zhang could see that her […]
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A massive vaccine recall has been ordered in China, underscoring the plight of Chinese who have fallen ill due to faulty vaccines. On July 15, the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) announced that Changchun Changsheng Bio-technology, a vaccine manufacturer based in Changchun City, the capital of northeastern China’s Jilin Province, has uncovered evidence of forged data […]
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JOHANNESBURG—China is saddling poor nations with unsustainable debt through large-scale infrastructure projects that are not economically viable, the head of the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) said on July 16. The criticism of Beijing comes as Washington seeks to ramp up development finance in the face of China’s global ambitions. Unveiled in 2013, Chinese […]
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NEW YORK—As sunset slowly approached on a hot summer’s evening on July 16, candles were lit, one by one, in commemoration of those who have lost their lives to a brutal persecution. Just across the street from the Chinese Consulate, on the edge of the Hudson River, music tinged with sorrow played as practitioners of […]
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A series of incidents has experts speculating that deep divisions could exist at the upper echelons of the Chinese Communist Party, amid an ongoing trade war with the United States. On July 15, the Party’s mouthpiece newspaper People’s Daily failed to mention Chinese leader Xi Jinping on its front page—the second such omission within a week, […]
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A Chinese national living in California recently pleaded guilty to stealing U.S. military technology on behalf of the Chinese regime. Between 2013 and 2015, Cathy Chen, whose Chinese name is Chen Si, sent “advanced radar, military-grade communications jammers, low-noise amplifiers, and Ka-band space communications” to China via Hong Kong, without seeking approval from the U.S. […]
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A couple in China saw the entire fish stock at their fish farm disappear after high volumes of oil waste leaked into the local reservoir, polluting the waters. In 2015, Li Xiaoming, 55, and his wife, Liu Mingfeng, 53, returned to their hometown in Dingjunshan Township in northwestern China’s Shaanxi Province, after 19 years working […]
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A mainland Chinese website is selling forged college diplomas for profit. Named “The Diploma Factory,” the website claims that it can reproduce degree certifications and graduation diplomas from major universities in China and around the world. According to HK01, a newspaper in Hong Kong, the website claims that it is only selling the fake diplomas […]
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Since the trade war between the United States and China officially commenced on July 6 after tariffs went into effect, Chinese state media has gone into overdrive to sway public opinion. Specifically, state media has stoked nationalist sentiment to persuade citizens to support China “during this battle in the fate of nations” as China Media […]
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A new civil lawsuit in California has revealed details of how Chinese telecom firm Huawei—flagged by U.S. intelligence as posing serious security risks to American citizens—schemes to steal trade secrets from U.S. companies. In a whistleblower retaliation case filed in a Northern California state court, former Huawei employee Jesse Hong claims that the company fired […]
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Since escalation of the U.S.-China trade war, the U.S. and Chinese stock markets have largely moved in opposite directions.
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The Chinese regime maintains tight control over what films—both domestic and Hollywood imports—are allowed to screen in China’s cinemas. Western studios have been told to cut out scenes that portray China “unfavorably.” Domestic films are often axed for having “sensitive” content. So it is unusual when a domestically produced film exposing a long-running social problem […]
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