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North Korea: Eating Swans Cures Cancer

Communist propaganda in North Korea is touting the consumption of black swan meat, claiming it contains “anti-carcinogenic materials,” as the nation’s severe food shortages threaten to trigger an outright famine, the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday.

Black Swan (Don Sniegowski/Flikr) Insert: This picture taken on July 4, 2017 and released

China Dismisses Greta Thunberg as Uneducated for Calling Out Beijing

The Chinese government newspaper Global Times insultingly urged climate change celebrity Greta Thunberg to seek “a better education” on Monday after the Swedish teen listed pressuring China to cease being the world’s worst polluter as “not the least” of her concerns.

The flag of a freighter ship from Shanghai flies near a metal scrap heap being loaded onto

Again! Chinese Foreign Minister Berates Antony Blinken at G20 Summit

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi accused America of harming China’s “legitimate rights” and berated American counterpart, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, over Washington’s relationship with Taiwan at an in-person meeting Sunday at the G-20 Summit in Rome.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi meet on Oct

China: U.S. Troops in Taiwan ‘Could Trigger a War’

China’s government-run media have responded to President Tsai Ing-wen’s revelation of an American military presence in Taiwan explosively, warning on Thursday that those troops could “trigger a war.”

Chinese President Xi Jinping stands by national flags at the Schloss Bellevue presidential

Iran, China Legitimize Taliban as ‘Interim Government’ of Afghanistan

Chinese and Iranian diplomats both referred to the Taliban terrorist organization on Wednesday as a “government” – modifying the term with terms like “interim” or “caretaker” – suggesting both rogue regimes have accepted the group’s legitimacy as a state entity.

Taliban officials and commanders attend an open-air rally in a field on the outskirts of K

Report: Saudi Arabia Arrests American over China Genocide T-Shirt

Police in Saudi Arabia arrested an American citizen in Mecca on Wednesday for wearing a shirt reading, “Pray for the end of China’s genocide & occupation in East Turkistan,” his son, the head of the East Turkistan Government in Exile, denounced.

Setiwaldi Abdukadir holds up a shirt asking Muslims to pray for Uyghur victims of genocide

Report: North Korea Tells Population to Eat Less Through 2025

Locals in North Korea revealed in remarks to Radio Free Asia (RFA) on Tuesday that communist officials are encouraging civilians to eat less for at least another three years, a demand they consider akin to being told to “starve to death.”

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Cuba: Communists Display Weapons for ‘People’s War’ on Dissidents

Cuban communists flooded social media outlets with images of mobs holding firearms, sticks, rocks, and other makeshift weapons as part of “acts of revolutionary affirmation” meant to scare political dissidents out of participating in a march planned for November 15, multiple outlets reported on Monday.

Riot police walk the streets after a demonstration against the government of President Mig

Russia Prepares to Fund Afghanistan, Remove Taliban from Terror List

Russia announced Monday it would soon launch a “humanitarian operation” in Afghanistan, funding efforts to benefit the “Afghan people.” The announcement notably omitted to specify if the humanitarian aid would go to the Taliban, the de facto government of the country.

Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov, left, shake hands with member of

NBA’s Enes Kanter Debuts Anti-Communist Tiananmen Square Sneakers

Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter continued his campaign against the Chinese Communist Party on Sunday with the debut of sneakers featuring images inspired by the Tiananmen Square massacre and what appears to be an illustration of himself holding the severed head of Winnie the Pooh.

Enes Kanter #13 of the Boston Celtics poses for a photo during Media Day at High Output St

Second Chinese Laboratory Explodes This Year, Killing 2

A laboratory at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics exploded on Sunday, killing two and injuring nine. The explosion, Chinese state media noted, was the second of its kind at a research institute this year.

Laboratory technicians wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) work on samples to be t

Congressmen Call for Olympics to Ban Chinese Team over Genocide

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to not just relocate the 2022 Winter Olympics out of China but ban Chinese athletes from participating in a letter published Thursday.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 06: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) arrives at the U.S. Capitol Octo