Chinese Man Detained and Tortured for Signing Anti-Communist Petition on White House Website
“Everyone in China is brainwashed and forced to join the CCP’s Young Pioneers without having any choice,” Yan said, urging others to recognize the nature of the oppressive regime they are living under, and choose to break free from its ideology.
Justice Department Indicts 5 People for Allegedly Spying for China
“The Department of Justice will defend the rights of Americans and those who come to live, work and study in the United States. We will not allow any foreign government to impede their freedom of speech, to deny them the protection of our laws or to threaten their safety or the safety of their families.”
The West’s Dream that Died: Growing Wealth Will Not Turn China Into a Liberal Democracy
Palden Sonam | Hong Kong Free Press In 1971, Henry Kissinger, then US National Security Advisor, made his famous secret trip to China to realize President Nixon’s dream of bringing an isolated China into the family of nations. Kissinger did his job well and the rest is history. However, if we look back at four decades of US policy on […]
When Technology Meets Tyranny
PETER ZHANG | Epoch Times As China heads full force in developing AI weapons, the West needs to take a stand Back in May 2014, Stephen Hawking, along with several scientists, warned the world: “Success in creating AI [artificial intelligence] would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, […]
Why Non-elite Chinese Officials Are Being Picked for Top Offices
Larry Ong | Epoch Times Cai Qi spent 14 years in several modest official positions in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. Finally, in 2013, Cai became a deputy to the provincial number two. In the past four years, however, Cai has enjoyed career progression somewhat similar to a multinational company employee in middle management […]
Court in China’s Guizhou Jails Protestant Pastor on Spying Charges
Hai Nan | Radio Free Asia Authorities in southern China have sentenced a pastor of an unofficial Protestant “house church” to two-and-a-half years in jail on spying charges, his lawyer said. Pastor Yang Hua of the Huoshi church in the southern province of Guizhou was handed the jail term by the Nanming District People’s Court […]
US Lawmakers, Chinese Dissidents Ask Trump to Pressure Beijing on Rights
Voice of America WASHINGTON — Some U.S. lawmakers are urging President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration to recalibrate U.S.-China relations with a harder line on human rights. “It is increasingly clear that there is direct link between China’s domestic human-rights problems and the security and prosperity of the United States,” Congressman Chris Smith said at […]
The Conundrum of Chinese Manufacturing
Frank Tian Xie | Epoch Times Chinese manufacturing brings to the world a double edged sword: sheer pleasure in affordable shopping, and painful witness of closed factories. The world seems to have been used to those Made-in-China wares and gadgets that are quite inexpensive to purchase, albeit they do not last for too long. Well, […]
Obama Goes to Hangzhou – G20 Summit
China Change This article was first published in China Change web site on September 1, 2016 Human rights cannot be treated as a stand-alone issue anymore. President Obama is going to China again, this time to attend the G-20 summit on September 4 and 5 in Hangzhou. Every time the President, the National Security Adviser, […]
China Throws Tirade at U.S. Over Tibet and Taiwan Meetings
Colin Fredericson | Visions Times The Chinese foreign minister fears that the United States president could meet with Taiwan’s new lady president . Tsai is currently on diplomatic visits, passing through countries in the Americas. Beijing continues to give the standard response that countries should not recognize that Taiwan has a separate, independent government by meeting […]