Michael Segarty

Elmer Yuen: The CCP Is Becoming More Isolated and Reckless (Part 2)

Hong Kong industrialist Elmer Yuen recently gave an interview in which he spoke about how reckless the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is becoming and warning of a faction within the Party pushing for more aggressive action against the United States. See Part 1 here. The CCP crossed the line in Hong Kong and antagonized Western ...

Michael Segarty

Hong Kong industrialist Elmer Yuen

Policemen Escape Death by Abandoning Evil

This story took place during the time of the Republic of China (1912-1949). Zhang Fengjiu, a native of Jilin, voluntarily provided funds to run a free school. The local police were not happy about it, and they started to harass him. One day, four policemen came to create trouble for him, intending to extort money ...

Michael Segarty

Mountainous terrain.

The Leshan Giant Buddha Weeps at the Crimes Against God and Humanity

The world’s largest and tallest stone Buddha statue, the Leshan Giant Buddha, is located at Lingyun Mountain’s Qifeng Peak, which is located at the confluence of three rivers — the Min River, Qingyi River, and Dadu River — in the southern part of Sichuan Province in China. The statue depicting Maitreya Buddha in a sitting ...

Michael Segarty

The Leshan Giant Buddha.

The Arrest of Jimmy Lai Spurs Defiance

On August 10, the Hong Kong police launched a large-scale raid and arrested 10 people, including the founder of media group Next Digital, Jimmy Lai, his two sons, several executives of Next Digital, and Zhou Ting, a former member of an opposition group. They were suspected of violating Hong Kong’s National Security Law. The police ...

Michael Segarty

Jimmy Lai wearing a face mask.

Press Freedom Threatened as Jimmy Lai Arrested by Hong Kong Police

On August 10, the Hong Kong police arrested seven people, including Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, a Hong Kong tabloid-style newspaper. It is part of Next Digital, the parent company. Along with Jimmy Lai, his two sons and four senior officials of Next Digital were also arrested under the new Hong Kong National Security ...

Michael Segarty

Jimmy Lai wearing a face mask.

WeChat and TikTok Banned

Citing national security concerns, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) on August 6, 2020, to prohibit any U.S. company or person from transacting with ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok and messaging app WeChat. The executive orders take effect within 45 days, after which the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, will further ...

Michael Segarty

WeChat app on a smartphone.