- US Urged to Boost AI Weapons to Counter China’s Rise
The United States must sharpen its artificial intelligence-powered tools in order not to fall behind the efforts of communist China, a U.S. national security commission has told Congress. In a 750-page report (pdf) to Congress released on March 1, the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) detailed the threats posed by Beijing, which has […]
- War to Unify Taiwan in One Year? China May Not Be Ready: China Experts
An expert said mainland Chinese military leaders told her that they would be ready to unify Taiwan by force in one year, while another China expert told The Epoch Times that Chinese leader Xi Jinping would be too busy maintaining his position as party boss over the next 20 months. Oriana Skylar Mastro, center fellow […]
- Chinese Regime Burns Religious Books, Jails Believers in War Against Faith
China’s communist party has continued its broad attack on faith through the pandemic, burning and trashing religious books while jailing spiritual adherents for possessing religious literature. While the officially atheist Chinese regime formally recognizes five religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Christianity, it imposes strict rules over how these religious organizations should operate, and often […]
- UK Calls for ‘Urgent and Unfettered’ UN Access to Xinjiang
Britain on Monday condemned the Chinese regime’s “deteriorating human rights situation” and urged Beijing to give the United Nations “urgent and unfettered” access to Xinjiang. Addressing the U.N. Human Rights Council, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: “We stand with the growing number of international partners, U.N. experts, and NGOs concerned about the deteriorating human […]
- Hong Kong Sees Rush for Burner Phones as Government Pushes Contact-Tracing App
HONG KONG—Electronics shops in Hong Kong have seen a sharp increase in demand for cheap burner phones as the Chinese-ruled city’s government eases coronavirus restrictions but pushes the use of a contact-tracing app which has raised privacy concerns. The former British colony saw anti-government and anti-China protests erupt in 2019 and a sweeping national security […]
- Signs of Infighting Surface Among Chinese Leadership in Leaked Document
An internal document of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently leaked to The Epoch Times exposes an ongoing internal struggle within the party between Xi Jinping, the head of the regime, and Li Kechiang, the premier, who have different visions for the CCP’s management of the Chinese economy. The confidential circular, issued by the Shijiazhuang […]
- Video: Gordon Chang: Will Biden Allow Investment in Companies Tied to China’s Military?
Video: Gordon Chang: Will Biden Allow Investment in Companies Tied to China’s Military? At the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, we sat down with China analyst Gordon Chang. We discuss President Joe Biden’s recent executive orders on China. Will President Biden ultimately choose to go the route of increasing cooperation or holding […]
- UK’s Johnson Refuses to Boycott Beijing Winter Olympics Over Uyghur Abuse
Britain does not favour sporting boycotts, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday when asked if he thought the UK should boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over the abuse of Uyghurs. At the Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, said: “Today, millions of Uyghur people […]
- Advocacy Group Claims Chinese State-owned Companies Supply Arms to Burma’s Military
An advocacy group has recently accused Chinese state-owned companies of being the biggest arms supplier to the Burmese military. Meanwhile, thousands of Burmese citizens have recently protested against the coup and believe Beijing was behind it, despite the Chinese embassy repeatedly denying the claim. Citing research by the advocacy group “Justice For Myanmar,” Radio Free […]
- Burma’s Suu Kyi Faces New Charge as Crackdown Intensifies
YANGON, Burma (also known as Myanmar)—Police in Burma filed a new charge against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer said Tuesday, in a move that may allow her to be held indefinitely without trial as part of an intensifying crackdown by authorities who seized power in a coup. Suu Kyi, who was deposed […]
- International Outcry After 47 Opposition Figures in Hong Kong Charged Under National Security Law
The United States, United Kingdom, European Union, and Taiwan have voiced concern at the Hong Kong government’s subversion charges directed at 47 pro-democracy activists under the pro-Beijing national security law on Sunday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took to Twitter late on Sunday night to condemn the detentions and charges against the activists, saying that “freedom […]
- Hong Kong Government Allocates $1 Billion for National Security Crackdown Without Providing Any Details
On Feb. 24, The Hong Kong government announced a new budget for fiscal year 2021–2022, allocating HK$ 8 billion (US$ 1 billion) for the national security crackdown, despite facing a huge deficit. This is the first time that national security expenditures appeared in the Hong Kong government’s budget, following Beijing putting out and implementing the […]
- Hong Kong Residents Now Able to Apply for UK Visas via Smartphone App
Hong Kong British National (Overseas) status holders can now apply for UK visas using a smartphone app, the UK Home Office said on Tuesday. The UK government opened a new visa scheme last month designed to offer BN(O) status holders in Hong Kong a path to citizenship at a time when freedom and human rights […]
- Authorities in Tianjin Order Government Workers to Watch Anti-US TV Show
Authorities in China’s northeastern port city of Tianjin issued a notice on Feb. 14, requesting all government employees, agencies, and Communist Party members to watch a TV history series with anti-U.S. overtones. Some China experts believe that this move is meant for government employees to prove their allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). According […]
- Australia to Join UK-Led Carrier Strike Group With US, Japan, Dutch Navies
Australia is joining forces with the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, and the Netherlands for naval exercises in the Indo-Pacific in a show of strength that an expert says marks the UK’s return as a global maritime power as it seeks to protect its interest in the face of an expansionist China. The U.S. and […]
- Dozens of Leading Hong Kong Dissidents Charged With Subversion in Major Crackdown
HONG KONG—Forty-seven Hong Kong dissidents were charged on Sunday with conspiracy to commit subversion, in the largest single crackdown on the pro-democracy opposition under a Beijing-imposed “national security law.” Sam Cheung, a young activist and a participant in an unofficial primary election last summer, was charged after reporting to a local police station, dressed in […]
- China Will Exploit Paris Climate Accord to Undermine US: Expert
After the Biden administration rejoined the Paris Climate Accord on Feb. 19, reversing the policies of the previous administration, experts warned that it will benefit China and the latter will take advantage of this move to undermine the United States. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will gain in four fronts through the Paris agreement, Sen […]
- Blinken Urges China to Come Clean on Pandemic
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized China for its continued failure to be transparent about COVID-19, in a recent interview with BBC World News. “It requires countries to be transparent; it requires them to share information; it requires them to give access to international experts at the beginning of an outbreak—things that, unfortunately, we haven’t […]
- Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai Denied Another Bid for Bail in National Security Case
HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s High Court denied another bail application on Thursday to media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai, the most high-profile person to be charged under the Chinese-ruled city’s national security law. The Court of Final Appeal ruled last week that a lower court’s decision last year to grant him bail applied “an erroneous […]
- How the Trump Administration Permanently Transformed U.S. China Policy—Former Pompeo Adviser Miles Yu
“The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is probably the most ideologically intoxicated, most dogmatic political party of Leninist stripe in human history. Yet, we don’t tend to think of the CCP that way.” Tonight, we sit down with Miles Yu, who served as Senior China Policy Adviser to Mike Pompeo when he was Secretary of State. […]
