Chinese Regime

In Chinese culture, the little sparrow has been looked upon with much affection, and the bird has been depicted in Chinese paintings as a symbol of hope and happiness for hundreds of years. One misguided dictator decided to decimate them, and as a result, millions of people died from the domino effect. The Great Sparrow campaign, also called the […]

Sixteen years ago on the afternoon of Nov. 20, 2001, 36 Westerners from 12 countries quietly appeared on Tiananmen Square—the symbolic heart of China—with a simple message that shocked all those at the Square that day. Their unprecedented protest soon made international headlines. After group photos, most of the 36 Westerners from Europe, Australia, and North America sat […]

TAIPEI—Taiwan prosecutors indicted the spokesman for a pro-China political party and two other party members for allegedly seeking to recruit Taiwan military officers on behalf of China and violating the National Security Act, a court statement said. The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said in a statement on June 13 that New Party spokesman Wang Ping-chung […]

In the span of two weeks, two Chinese officials from a provincial prison management bureau have been placed under investigation for human rights violations.  Gao Qi, current deputy inspector with the prison management bureau in northern China’s Shanxi Province, was placed under investigation by the province’s discipline and supervision commissions, reported People’s Net, the online […]

Heavy rain has battered southern China all week, with more downpours forecast for this weekend. The subsequent flooding has claimed at least four lives as a result of electrocution, according to official estimates, though locals have reported many more. Local residents are also calling out local authorities for failing to improve electrical infrastructure to prevent […]

The summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore this week was a historic meeting between the two nations’ leaders. The news dominated headlines around the world, with media running coverage of the summit on their front pages. Except in China, where the news was just a blip […]

The recent slaying of a Chinese official by his subordinate is the latest in a long, bloody trail of human rights violations committed by an extralegal Party organization. Sun Hengshan, 57, the current director of the 610 Office in northeastern China’s Jilin Province, was stabbed a dozen times by his subordinate at around 2:25 p.m. […]

SYDNEY—Wine shipments from Pernod Ricard’s Australian business have been held up at Chinese ports, two sources told Reuters, the first foreign company to be harmed by a deterioration in relations between Australia and China. Six Australian wine companies have faced delays at Chinese customs since Prime Minister Turnbull complained of Chinese political interference late last […]

A bank in the Lanshan District of Shandong Province recently began offering personal loans that are exclusive to Chinese Communist Party members only, adding to their growing list of privileges. The news was first reported by the South China Morning Post. The Lanshan Rural Commercial Bank is offering a loan of 50,000 to 100,000 yuan (about […]

Recent events have revealed how China’s internet companies and higher education collude with censorship authorities to closely monitor citizens on social media. On June 9, China Digital Times, a U.S.-based website that closely monitors internet censorship in China, first revealed a public bulletin announcement posted by an unnamed college in China for all its students […]

LONDON—Confucius Institutes are touted as educational programs imparting Chinese culture and language, but critics say they promote Chinese Communist Party propaganda and exclude those who follow China’s actual traditional beliefs. Earlier this year, the UK’s Conservative Party Human Rights Commission launched an investigation into Confucius Institutes (CIs). The results of the inquiry are expected to […]

China maintains strict control over what its citizens can and cannot say. But recently it has come to light exactly how teachers in China’s classrooms are being closely monitored by the Chinese regime. Xu Chuanqing, an associate professor at Beijing University School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, was given an administrative penalty in April for comments she made during […]

A Chinese ship is suspected of spying on Australia’s largest warship while it was visiting the South Pacific nation of Fiji, according to the Australian navy. The news emerges as China continues to expand its presence in the South Pacific. When the aircraft carrier HMAS Adelaide arrived at the Fijian port of Suva on June […]

HONG KONG—Three protesters from Hong Kong’s youth opposition were jailed on June 11 for taking part in a 2016 protest that turned violent, receiving one of the harshest sentences handed down to democracy activists since the city was returned to Chinese rule in 1997. Edward Leung, 27, one of the leaders of a movement advocating […]

A former rising cadre of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), who was appointed as deputy head of a major city police station at the age of 35, recently received a heavy prison sentence for his corruption charges. However, he has committed a more egregious crime that the Chinese authorities failed to mention, according to a […]

News analysis During North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s visit to China in March, his first-ever overseas trip since taking power, Chinese President Xi Jinping made this telling remark about North Korea-China relations: “The traditional friendship between China and North Korea is a relationship between two parties and two countries that the older generation of […]

Truck drivers in multiple provinces in China have decided to go on strike, demanding that the Chinese authorities address their grievances. In the cities of Chongqing, a megacity in southwestern China; Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province; Tongren in Guizhou Province in eastern China; Liaocheng in Shandong Province; and Xiushui County in Jiangxi Province, truck […]

BEIJING—The U.S. State Department on June 8 issued an expanded health alert for all of China amid reports that some U.S. diplomats based in the country had experienced a mysterious malady resembling a brain injury.  The symptoms are similar to those exhibited by U.S. personnel in Cuba after they heard strange noises in an apparent […]

Millions of high school students are set to take China’s annual college entrance exam beginning on June 7. According to China’s state-run media, security at test centers will be tight to prevent the rampant cheating that’s been common in recent years. Also known as “gaokao,” China’s annual college entrance exam in June is viewed by […]

TAICHUNG—Taiwan simulated repelling an invading force on June 7 and used civilian-operated drones for the first time as part of annual military drills on the self-ruled island, amid escalating tensions with the Chinese regime. The drills were presided over by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and watched by the visiting king of eSwatini, the African kingdom […]