Rural banks in China’s Henan Province have frozen depositors’ accounts for more than a year, even after the authorities promised to recover losses. More than 1,000 large account holders have received no repayment, but suppression from the police and local officials, adding further miseries to their already dire situations. On Oct. 25, local officials dispatched […]

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), co-chair of the Policy and Steering Committee, condemned the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) arbitrary detention and human rights abuses against Falun Gong adherent Ms. Kong Qingping. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sept. 29, 2023, Ms. Lee asked that the secretary contact his Chinese counterparts and […]

President Joe Biden is holding a trilateral summit at Camp David with Japan and South Korea to set up new defense strategies against the increasing military coercion from Beijing. While the summit brings two historic rivals, Japan and South Korea, together in the face of the regional threat from China, experts welcome the move, adding […]

Human rights advocates around the world came together on Aug. 13 to mark the 6th anniversary of the forced disappearance of prominent Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. In a global protest, hosted by multiple organizations in numerous cities across the United States, hundreds gathered to show their support and raise awareness about Mr. Gao’s concerning absense. […]

One of the world’s largest global law firms is separating from its partner firm in mainland China because of the tightening regulatory environment. Dentons announced that it will split up with its Chinese partner firm, Dacheng, which joined its business in 2015. The move marks the latest response of global firms to the tightening and […]

After 24 years of persecution, at least 4,974 confirmed deaths have been recorded from the Chinese regime’s persecution campaign against followers of Falun Gong. Another 74 Falun Gong practitioners were illegally imprisoned and sentenced, and 15 deaths were recorded in July. Falun Gong is a mind and body spiritual practice based on the universal principles […]

The United States has banned imports of goods from two China-based firms in an effort to “eliminate the use of forced labor practices in the U.S. supply chain,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Aug. 1. Camel Group, a lead-acid battery producer, Chenguang Biotech Group, a food additive manufacturer, and its subsidiary Chenguang Biotechnology […]

A 12-page research report examined the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) NeuroStrike program against the United States and its allies in the Indo-Pacific and outlined a strategy to counter it. Sean Lin, a microbiologist and former laboratory director at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and a survivor of the Tiananmen Square […]

Chinese smartphone company OPPO launched its chip branch, ZEKU, in 2019 when independent semiconductor chip research and development (R&D) was a national campaign of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Four years later, China’s chip bubble finally burst when OPPO abruptly terminated ZEKU. It is believed that more Chinese semiconductor developers will soon follow suit. Experts analyzed […]

While the world is awakening to the threat of TikTok, WeChat is another Chinese social media platform that is infiltrating and monitoring a huge population of Chinese people overseas. Lydia Liu is a Chinese American who found herself becoming a victim of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) censorship through WeChat, a Chinese-owned social media video-sharing […]

Zhang Jiuhai, a Beijing resident, died in early 2023, about one and half years after he was released from a 4-year prison term for practicing Falun Gong. After Zhang was released from prison in May 2021, he struggled with poor health from the long-term torture he had endured while in custody, according to a Minghui.org […]

Since last November’s “white paper revolution” in China last year, large-scale protests have rippled across the country. The regime has attempted to suppress the ongoing nationwide demonstrations, engaging in a campaign to harasss potential protesters. However, the effort has failed, as evidenced by the massive protest by Wuhan elderly on Feb. 15. The Chinese people […]

Chinese students were required to pledge loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) before entering Sweden on a Chinese regime-sponsored program, a Swedish media revealed. Dagens Nyheter (DN), a Swedish newspaper, reported on Jan. 12 that Chinese Ph.D. students admitted to Sweden via the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC), are obliged to sign secret agreements and […]

A senior U.S. delegation visited China on Dec. 11 and 12 to discuss a range of topics to follow up on President Joe Biden’s meeting with the PRC leader Xi Jinping in Bali. The Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin acknowledged the talks between the U.S. delegation and Vice Foreign Minister Xie Fengin in Langfang, […]

The Netherlands demanded the closure of two illegal Chinese police “service stations” in the country. On Nov. 2, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wopke Hoekstra, posted on Twitter that the ministry has informed the Chinese ambassador that the stations must close immediately. Human rights NGO, Safeguard Defenders, revealed in its September report that China had set up […]

Sens. Angus King (I-Maine), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) are seeking to introduce legislation for a China Grand Strategy Commission (China Commission) tasked with developing a comprehensive whole-of-government approach to address the threat the communist regime in Beijing poses to the U.S. economy, security, and foreign relations. According to a press release on […]

Zhengdong Cheng, a Texas A&M professor and NASA researcher, pleaded guilty to charges related to lying about his connections to China. Cheng was arrested and charged with conspiracy, making false statements, and wire fraud in 2020. According to an FBI’s Twitter post on Sept. 23, Cheng pleaded guilty to lying to Texas A&M University (TAMU) […]

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved legislation aimed at supporting the security of Taiwan and its right of self-determination in a 17-5 bipartisan vote on Sept. 14. The Taiwan Policy Act of 2022, a bill introduced by Sen. Robert Menendez, (D-N.J.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), would provide Taiwan with $4.5 billion through a foreign […]

China announced the detention of a Taiwanese activist after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) finished her visit to Taiwan. The state security from eastern China’s Zhejiang placed Yang Zhi-yuan, a leader of the Taiwanese National Party, under criminal detention and investigation for allegedly endangering national security, according to state-run media CCTV’s report on Aug. […]

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has warned that China is using its space program to attempt to take over the moon, a claim the Chinese regime denies. Nelson told German outlet Bild on July 2, “We must be very concerned that China is landing on the moon and saying: It’s ours now and you stay out.” […]

China’s army is undergoing the largest buildup in the Chinese regime’s history since World War II, according to Adm. John Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Indo–Pacific Command. Aquilino made the comment in a conversation hosted by the research institute the Foundation for Defense of Democracies on June 24 (pdf). The buildup encompasses all army domains and capabilities, […]

As of May 30, at least 396 million Chinese have quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its associated organizations, according to Tuidang.org, the Global Service Center for Quitting the CCP. Living under the strict zero-COVID measures of the CCP, many more Chinese people have awakened to the damage the CCP is doing to China […]

On World Falun Dafa Day, Falun Gong practitioners in mainland China expressed their gratitude to the founder of the spiritual practice, Li Hongzhi. May 13 is World Falun Dafa Day, and also the birthday of Li. Li introduced the spiritual practice in China on May 13, 1992, and within two years it was practiced by tens […]

Authorities in Beijing claim that the latest wave outbreak is under control, but internal data obtained by The Epoch Times tells a different story: one hospital’s number of confirmed cases exceeded the officially reported cases for the entire city. The Epoch Times received numerous internal CCP virus reports from the Beijing Ditan Hospital, which were […]