The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf revealed that backdoors had been installed in all the TV sets made by Chinese manufacturer TCL, and that the department was reviewing the company’s activities. Wolf added that the DHS would soon issue a related business advisory to warn against using data services […]

The Chinese regime recently mandated that 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines must be administered to people designated as high risk by Feb. 15, 2021—although drug companies have yet to complete testing and the vaccines have yet to be approved by regulators. Meanwhile, Fosun Pharmaceutical announced that it had ordered 100 million doses of the […]

Chinese state-owned enterprises were found to be recipients of Canada’s COVID-19 wage subsidy benefit. In an effort to push for transparency, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) launched a search registry on Monday to help Canadians track employers who have been receiving the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the recipients, Chinese […]

HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court granted bail of HK$10 million ($1.3 million) on Dec. 23 to media tycoon Jimmy Lai, the highest-profile pro-democracy activist charged under the city’s new national security law on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces. An immediate appeal by the prosecution was rejected. Lai is one of the financial hub’s most […]

Major cities in China’s southern Guangdong Province experienced sudden widespread blackouts on Dec. 21. The power outages lasted for more than an hour, causing panic among residents. Amid the power usage restrictions enforced by several provinces since last week, the recent incident fuels concern about China’s energy crisis as coal imports from Australia have been […]

Commentary With U.S. sanctions being announced against Chinese companies and officials one by one, Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping’s attempts to recover after such diplomatic disasters seemed to have failed. Xi did not appear in public for many days. On Dec. 11, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Politburo, comprised of top officials, suddenly met up […]

The United States has named 103 Chinese and Russian companies and entities to a new trade blacklist, banning them from acquiring U.S. technology. The Commerce Department released the new “Military End User” (MEU) list on Dec. 21, alleging that 58 Chinese and 45 Russian entities had ties to the two countries’ military forces. U.S. companies […]

A Zoom executive worked with Chinese authorities to provide data on users located outside of China and ensure the U.S. video-call giant retained market access in the country, according to recently unsealed court documents filed by U.S. federal prosecutors. The documents detailed internal communications between Zoom employees, which showed that Chinese security authorities made numerous […]

The United States on Monday issued additional visa restrictions on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials believed to have engaged in human rights abuses, including cracking down on freedoms of speech and belief. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement the restrictions affect officials believed to be responsible for or complicit in repressing religious […]

DOVER, England—More countries closed their borders to Britain on Monday over fears of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, heightening global panic, causing travel chaos and raising the prospect of UK food shortages just days before the Brexit cliff edge. India, Poland, Switzerland, Russia and Hong Kong suspended travel for Britons after Prime Minister Boris […]

Commentary Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the regime in Beijing has used the crisis as a business opportunity to export Chinese-made personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical supplies. However, a large number of Chinese-made COVID-19 testing kits and masks are of inferior quality, which has served to again tarnish China’s international image. The Chinese Communist Party […]

In Hong Kong, the safety of Falun Gong practitioners is again being called into question after several roadside information booths run by practitioners were vandalized by people believed to have ties to the Chinese regime. Whether the local practitioners could continue to freely practice their beliefs became a concern when Beijing imposed a draconian national […]

China is experiencing power shortages in large swathes of southern China, resulting in people’s homes and workplaces not getting enough heat. The country’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) confirmed the lack of electricity on Dec. 18 early morning. As people complained about the lack of heat amid cold weather, the NDRC announced that it […]

Leticia Lee See-yin, founder of a Hong Kong pro-communist organization, died on Dec. 16, after collapsing at home. In an autopsy, it’s confirmed that she died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the Chinese Communist Party virus (CCP virus). Lee was 56 years old. According to a local police announcement, Lee fainted at home and […]

More Chinese cities announced new CCP virus cases over the weekend, with authorities announcing “wartime” mode one by one. “At present, the epidemic in our country has entered the stage of ‘multi-point outbreak.’ … Over 20 cluster outbreaks have occurred in different regions,” Zhang Boli, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president […]

Note: If you’re having trouble viewing the video above, please click here. A leaked database of 2 million Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members suggests widespread CCP infiltration into the upper echelons of government and the private sector. The Big Four auditors collectively employ over 2000 Chinese Communist Party members, including at least one partner at […]

President Donald Trump on Dec. 18 signed into law bipartisan legislation that forces foreign companies listed on American exchanges to observe U.S. accounting rules—a move that could see Chinese companies delisted from U.S. exchanges. The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act will require Chinese companies to comply with U.S. auditing and reporting standards or face exclusion […]

The Chinese regime exploited vulnerabilities in the global mobile telecommunications network to conduct “mass surveillance” on Americans, according to a recent report by a cyber research firm. By analyzing signals data, the report by Washington-based Exigent Media found that Beijing, working through state-owned telecom operator China Unicom, was the leading source of attacks against U.S. […]

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent, bipartisan federal commission, has added detained Hong Kong activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai to its Religious Prisoners of Conscience Project. The USCIRF project is a campaign intended to draw attention to individuals who are imprisoned, detained, under house arrest, or have disappeared because of […]

News Analysis Information about Canada’s winter survival military training with China has been in the public sphere for some years but only drew heightened attention after recent media coverage. A February 2018 tweet by the Canadian Army shows Canadian soldiers participating in winter training in China with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and Canada extending an invitation […]

When Wyman Chan decorated her modest restaurant with posters and signs showing support for the democracy movement in Hong Kong, she had perhaps never dreamed of it becoming a hot topic online, nor a target of threats. Negative reviews first poured in online, then came threatening phone calls, culminating with graffiti of male genitals sprayed […]

Chinese authorities formally announced charges against Hong Kong detainees more than three months after they were first arrested while reportedly fleeing to Taiwan for political asylum. Two were charged with organizing illegal border crossings while eight others were accused of taking part in a border crossing operation, according to a Dec. 16 statement from the […]

The capital of Beijing is on alert following a new COVID-19 diagnosis, as regions across China are seeing the disease resurface. It is difficult to assess the true scale of the outbreaks due to the lack of transparency from Chinese authorities. On Dec. 15, Beijing authorities announced the latest confirmed COVID-19 case at a press […]

Commentary The following column is by Devon Williams, daughter of Walter E. Williams. In the late 1980s, when telemarketing was at it is peak, a company called our home during dinner. I picked up the phone and handed it to my dad. This is what we heard him say: “I’m not interested.” “No. No, thank […]

Foreign Correspondents’ Clubs (FCCs) in seven Asian regions issued a joint statement on Dec. 15, expressing concerns over the detention of a Chinese journalist working for Bloomberg News. Fan Haze, a Chinese citizen, was taken from her home in Beijing by plainclothes officers of the local state security bureau on Dec. 7, allegedly on suspicion […]

BOSTON/WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE—MSCI Inc. will cut seven Chinese firms from some of its global indexes, it said on Tuesday, the third major index publisher to do so following U.S. restrictions on owning the companies. As with similar steps by S&P Dow Jones Indices and FTSE Russell the move means index-tracking funds will need to divest, the latest […]

The ground-breaking data leak that revealed 1.95 million CCP members were embedded worldwide across governments, companies, and universities has also exposed the presence of Chinese Communist Party-affiliated (CCP) staff members in several Shanghai-based consulates. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has been prompted into action following the revelations. At least 10 Shanghai-based consulates, including the Australian, […]

WASHINGTON—Dominion Voting Systems has come under scrutiny for its ownership structure after its parent company raised funds with the help of a Swiss bank before the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The transaction, peculiar in several ways, has led some to speculate that a Chinese entity could be an indirect investor in Dominion. Staple Street Capital […]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Dec. 14 voiced support for arrested Hong Kong activist and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, noting that his case demonstrates the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s threat to the free world. “Jimmy Lai is a true patriot. He cares deeply about the people of Hong Kong, as does our administration … […]