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China Grants Hong Kong Power to Ban Foreign Lawyers From National Security Cases
China’s top lawmaking body granted Hong Kong leader John Lee the authority to ban foreign lawyers from national security trials, taking away the...
Americans Sanctioned by China Over Human Rights Issues in Tibet Say They Don’t Care
Two American citizens who were sanctioned by China in a reprisal for U.S. sanctions imposed over rights abuses in Tibet have said that...
Read moreQin Gang, Chinese Ambassador to the US, Is New Foreign Minister
SINGAPORE — China has named its ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, as the new foreign minister, as the communist state displays...
Read moreAmid Food Shortage, North Koreans Mandated to Donate ‘Patriotic Rice’
Notwithstanding wide-ranging food shortages in North Korea, the government is forcing its people to donate several kilograms of “patriotic rice” for use by the...
Read moreChina Persists in Detaining Dissidents in Psychiatric Facilities
Victims at these facilities are beaten, tied up, forced to undergo electroshock therapy, and kept incommunicado. ...
Read moreChina’s ByteDance Admits It Spied on U.S. Journalists
Employees of Chinese technology behemoth ByteDance inappropriately retrieved data from social media platform TikTok to monitor American journalists in an attempt to trace...
Read moreChina, Philippines Try to Prevent ‘Miscalculation’ in Disputed Waters
The Philippines and China will set up direct communication between their foreign ministries to prevent "miscalculation and miscommunication" in the fiercely contested South...
Read moreHong Kong Teachers Instructed to Snoop on Students and Co-workers in Free Speech Clampdown by China
Teachers in Hong Kong will be mandated to report "potential violations" of the city's laws to the authorities, in a further suppression of...
Read moreChinese Shareholders Scramble to ‘Cash Out’ as Communist Party Tries to Deter Capital Drain
The stock sales are a response to the CCP's efforts to bring the Chinese economy back under state control and curb capital flight....
Read moreA Glimpse of China’s Persecution of Christianity
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has, particularly under the aegis of President Xi Jinping, been undying in its moves to suppress Christianity amid...
Read moreIndia to Dispatch Ballistic Missiles Near China and Pakistan
SINGAPORE — India has authorized the purchase of 120 Pralay quasi-ballistic surface-to-surface missiles to be stationed along the country’s borders with Pakistan and...
Read moreChina Tells Citizens That Harsh Lockdowns Were “Worthwhile”
China’s communist propaganda newspaper Global Times declared in a recent editorial post that almost three years of the Communist Party’s “zero-Covid” policy — which entailed...
Read moreForced Participation in Religious Activities to Be Considered ‘Child Abuse’ in Japan
Concerns have arisen that the guidelines curtailing parental influence on the religious upbringing of children could eventually lead to more state interference in...
Read moreAustralia Considers Giving MPs Say in War Matters Amid Worsening Regional Security
Amid deteriorating regional security largely due to China's pugilism, Australia is considering whether future decisions to go to war should lie with the...
Read moreSingapore Plans to Have at Least 5 Vaccine Plants ‘By Next Pandemic’
Over the past two years, five pharmaceutical companies have decided to establish plants projected to produce over a billion doses yearly in the...
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