The U.S. Department of Defence on Dec. 3 blacklisted a Chinese state-owned oil company that has a heavy presence across Canada for being associated with the communist regime’s military.

BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet approved a bill Dec. 16 that would require companies involved in setting up critical infrastructure such as high-speed 5G networks to guarantee that their equipment can’t be used for sabotage, espionage, or terrorism. The bill, which now goes to parliament, seeks to address concerns that vendors such as Chinese tech […]

A spokesperson for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has accused Australia of playing the victim in response to the regime’s coercive trade strikes on Australian exports. This comes as the spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, justified its trade embargoes but denied knowledge of an alleged ban on Australian coal. Prime Minister Scott Morrison told The Morning Show on […]

The recently retired secretary general of Amnesty International in Canada says that after 20 years of observing Chinese human rights abuses in that role, it has been “truly despairing” to witness the lack of response to the brutal persecution of Falun Gong adherents in China.   “I’ve always been bolstered by the conviction and clarity […]

News Analysis The U.S. stock market gyrations of 2020 need no introduction. From the market depths in March, the federal stimulus-funded market rebound, to the meteoric rise of Tesla and recent technology IPOs, the year of COVID-19 has seen a large influx of consumers taking up stock investing. And for these new investors, the platform […]

New Zealand academic Anne-Marie Brady said there was nothing to justify the “complaints,” “gagging order,” and suppression of academic freedom that she had faced for months after she coauthored a report documenting the Chinese regime’s influence operations.  The University of Canterbury (UC) said on Dec. 11 that a review of the report found that Brady […]

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said the federal government’s “kowtowing” approach to Beijing is “disturbing” and “dangerously naive,” and urged them to stand up to China. In a press conference on Thursday, O’Toole raised his concerns about the approach the federal government takes in Canada’s relationship with China. “Yesterday, we saw an access to information request […]

Chinese troops were in Canada to observe winter survival training exercises in February 2018, the Department of National Defence has confirmed, according to the Toronto Sun. Internal government documents had previously shown that the department of defence cancelled winter survival trainings with China after the United States expressed security concerns and risk of undesired knowledge […]

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Thursday it begun the process of revoking China Telecom’s authorization to operate in the United States as it took further steps to crack down on China’s role in U.S. telecommunications. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai noted several U.S. government agencies had recommended the revocation citing national security concerns. […]

The grotesque features of the Holocaust that led to the mass extermination of millions of Jews have many parallels with the persecution of Falun Gong adherents and other groups in China today, serving as a warning of the urgent need to address Beijing’s threat, a panel of experts heard on Dec. 9. International human rights […]

The Conservatives pressed the Liberal government in the House of Commons on Dec. 10 for answers on the foreign affairs department’s push to have representatives from China’s military attend winter survival training in Canada. “Why was [Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland] trying to push the Canadian Armed Forces to train the Chinese military on our […]

OTTAWA—In his darkest moments, Michael Kovrig draws strength from knowing that his fellow Canadians and people around the world are working to free him and Michael Spavor from their respective Chinese prison cells. As much as that matters, Kovrig’s wife Vina Nadjibulla says he is also subjecting himself to a strict regimen to strengthen his […]

Canada’s defence department canceled winter survival training with observers from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) after security concerns were raised by the United States, Canadian government documents show. The documents (pdf), obtained by Rebel News under an Access to Information Act request, show the Department of National Defence relaying that the U.S. military was concerned […]

Psychological torture and torment were a harsh reality for human rights activist Yang Jianli while held as a prisoner of conscience in China for five years. But the hardest thing to endure was not knowing how long it would all last. “There were many worries, anxieties, and regrets. But the most difficult thing was that […]

Several states are stepping forward to join Texas’s lawsuit in the Supreme Court. What’s the next step? A lawmaker wants to charge New Yorkers more for online shipping, to save the city’s struggling transportation agency. We talk to some locals to get their opinion. And a Huawei report claims its face-scanning system can recognize Uyghurs—and alert the police. […]

A campaign to send Christmas cards in support of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor was launched by a group of experts, as the second anniversary of the detention of the two Canadians by Chinese authorities approaches. The campaign, launched by Charles Burton, a senior fellow at Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and Guy Saint-Jacques, the former ambassador to […]

Commentary Dec. 10 marks the second anniversary of the abduction and imprisonment of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig by the Chinese Communist Party in response to Canada’s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wangzhou. This will be yet another Christmas the two Canadians will spend in a cell. The anniversary also is a cause for reflection […]

Within 15 years, communist China will gain the ability to send military forces to any part of the world in days as a result of its political warfare, according to one of the top experts on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its military agendas. The CCP’s goal is to become the global hegemon “and […]

A Chinese professor accused by U.S. prosecutors of helping steal American technology to benefit China‘s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd on Dec. 4 pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, but is expected to be allowed to return home after prosecutors decided not to pursue a more serious charge. The professor, Bo Mao, had been charged with […]

Today, we sit down with China analyst Gordon Chang, author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” to discuss Chinese Communist Party paid propaganda in American news outlets, how Beijing interfered in the U.S. elections, and why China is building a massive DNA database of people all over the world. This is American Thought Leaders 🇺🇸, […]

A leaked document from a major Chinese company with Canadian operations offers evidence that corroborates with security concerns Canada’s intelligence agency has raised over foreign state-owned enterprises. The document, recently obtained by The Epoch Times, is a directive by the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). It was issued in August to its overseas offices in […]

WeChat has deleted Prime Minister Scott Morrison response to the Beijing foreign ministry’s inflammatory Twitter post belittling Australian soldiers. The prime minister, who had previously condemned the post, took to WeChat to distance the actions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from the 1.2 million-strong Chinese Australian community living in the country. “Our Chinese Australian […]

Britain has been offered a toolkit of practical policies that it and other democracies can use to stand up to the increasingly aggressive Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and tackle China’s egregious human rights abuses. The potential policy solutions to counter China’s aggression, as well as its influence, were set out in a report (pdf) published […]

The Chinese regime has, to its own detriment, chosen to reaffirm—not apologise for—a “repugnant” tweet by a top official that has inflamed relations with Australia. The tweet may have “demonstrably weakened” Beijing in the eyes of the world, according to Simon Benson, the national affairs editor at News Corp’s The Australian. “[Beijing] clearly has no […]

LONDON—British telecommunications firms must not install a new Huawei 5G kit after September 2021, the government said on Nov. 30, as part of a plan to purge the Chinese firm’s equipment from high-speed mobile networks. Britain has already ordered all Huawei equipment to be removed from its 5G network by the end of 2027, falling […]

Federal Trade Minister Simon Birmingham says the Chinese communist regime’s recent trade disruptions are not just damaging Australian businesses but also that of its own people. Birmingham told ABC Insider host David Spears in an interview on Sunday that he will do all he can to resolve the attacks on Australian imports by China. He […]

An Australian cabinet minister suspects Beijing is not being honest about the tariffs it has placed on Australian wine imports. “What the government is doing is seeking to address a concerning pattern of behaviour by the Chinese against Australia,” cabinet minister Dan Tehan said on Saturday. “We’re seeking to have conversations with the Chinese, seeking […]

Brazil, Ecuador, and the Dominican Republic last week joined the U.S-led Clean Network initiative meant to ensure that its participants use only trusted vendors in their 5G networks, State Department Undersecretary Keith Krach said. “Brazil became the 50th member of the Clean Network, followed by Ecuador and the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica is on the […]

A new survey shows Canadians want their government to take a tougher stance against China. Negative views spiked as Canadian national values for rule of law, human rights, and democracy have deteriorated in the communist regime over the past decade. The findings is part of a study on Canadian view on Asia, shown in the […]

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) biggest ambitions in 2020 are its 14th Five-Year Plan and 2035 vision for national economic and social development. The focus is on the so-called accelerating the construction of a modern economic system based on high-quality development. However, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is setting himself up for a tough job. […]