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Hong Kong Bar Association Challenges Beijing’s Draft Resolution

On May 25, 2020, in the third session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC), the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) deliberated on their draft resolution to establish a Hong Kong version of the National Security Act, targeted to criminalize secession, sedition, subversion, and foreign interference in Hong Kong. They claim that the protests in Hong ...

Michael Segarty

A judge's gavel and block.

Northern China Hit by New Wave of CCP Coronavirus Outbreaks

Outbreaks of the CCP coronavirus are resurfacing in parts of northern China, as communist authorities continue to suppress information about the epidemic from the public. Leaked government documents from various cities across the region show that the real figures of those newly infected with the disease are rising fast. Meanwhile, authorities are taking steps to ...

Max Lu

A hospital ward.

Turning Crisis Into Opportunity: Stinky Tofu

In the eighth year of the Kangxi reign in the Qing Dynasty (1669), Wang Zhihe traveled almost a thousand miles from Anhui Province to Beijing to attend the imperial national examination. Little did anyone realize that stinky tofu would be born from this journey. Wang Zhihe was born in the rural area of Xianyuan County, ...

Emma Lu

Storm clouds.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Beijing Silencing Critics in China and U.S.

Beijing’s censorship on the coronavirus outbreak is not only limited to China but has also expanded into other countries like the U.S. Whether by removing online posts or threatening people who speak the truth about the coronavirus, the Chinese communist government is doing everything it can to crush any criticism raised against it. Silencing critics ...

Jack Roberts

A mother and child wearing face masks.

After Breaking Ties With Beijing, Prague Plans Sister City Agreement With Taipei

After the cancellation of a sister city pact with Beijing, Prague will sign an agreement with Taiwan’s capital Taipei concerning economic, business, and cultural cooperation Prague has drafted a document that would have it enter a sister city relationship with Taipei, the capital of Taiwan.  The move comes several weeks after the capital and largest ...

Jack Roberts

Charles Bridge with statues and a view of Prague Tower and Castle in Prague, Czech Republic.

Over a Million People in Beijing Live Below the City

More than 1 million people in the Chinese capital of Beijing today live in an underground city. This was built as a bomb shelter during the Cold War era. At that time, the Chinese government was worried that Russians might start dropping bombs. As a consequence, Beijing built several underground shelters as a last resort ...

Max Lu

Derinkuyu underground city.

Trump to Create a ‘Gigantic’ Military to Scare Off Beijing

The potential flashpoints in the South China Sea and the East China Sea didn’t get much of a mention during the race for the U.S. presidency, largely because they aren’t core issues for domestic America. If there was any China-related talk during the campaign, the now President-elect Donald Trump mostly spoke about trade issues with the ...

James Burke