Authorities on High Alert About Northern China Virus Outbreak, as Beijing District Is Marked ‘High-Risk’

 Nicole Hao | New Tang Dynasty Chaoyang district in Beijing city was officially designated a “high-risk region” for the virus outbreak on April 19. This is the first such region outside of Hubei province, China’s CCP virus epicenter, that authorities publicly acknowledged. Meanwhile, the virus continues to spread in northeastern China’s Harbin city. Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of […]

US Universities Hasten Shut Down of Confucius Institutes

<!–[CDATA[ VISION TIMES With American intelligence agencies warning about the academic threat from Confucius Institutes (CI), there has been a trend of American universities ending their partnerships with the Beijing-backed program. The latest to join the bandwagon is the University of Maryland (UMD), which was the first American university to allow a CI on its campus. Closing […]

China’s Great Firewall Gives Rise to a Robust Industry of Information Smugglers

Oiwan Lam  |  Global Voices More often than not, information smugglers prioritize things like click rates over hard-hitting public interest journalism It is common knowledge that China’s so-called Great Firewall bars Chinese netizens from accessing overseas websites. A chief side effect of the firewall that is less commonly known among foreigners are the many social media outlets that “smuggle” news from […]