
In an extensive report published this week, Reuters has revealed how the Chinese communist state threatens and intimidates foreign citizens of ethnic Uighur extraction into spying on fellow Uighurs abroad.
by Frances Martel31 Dec 2015, 9:36 AM PST0

(Reuters) — Microsoft Corp experts concluded several years ago that Chinese authorities had hacked into more than a thousand Hotmail email accounts, targeting international leaders of China’s Tibetan and Uighur minorities in particular – but it decided not to tell the victims, allowing the hackers to continue their campaign, according to former employees of the company.
by Breitbart News31 Dec 2015, 8:14 AM PST0

On the day after Christmas, three Chinese boats, one modified to carry four cannons, entered Japan’s territorial waters surrounding the Senkaku Islands in the southern portion of the East China Sea. The move, a dangerous escalation, is the first time the People’s Republic of China sent an armed vessel into an area that Tokyo claims as its own.
by Breitbart News31 Dec 2015, 6:06 AM PST0

Tsoi Wing-mui, author of The Secret Emotional Life of Zhou Enlai, argues that despite his many years of marriage, Zhou had an enduring romantic relationship with Li Fujing. “Zhou Enlai was a gay politician who had the misfortune of being born 100 years early,” Tsoi writes in her book.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.30 Dec 2015, 9:43 AM PST0

A book to be published in Hong Kong in the new year says Zhou Enlai, Communist China’s much-respected first premier, was probably gay despite his long marriage, and had once been in love with a male schoolmate two years his junior.
by Breitbart News30 Dec 2015, 5:58 AM PST0

China recently implemented legal sanctions for spreading false information about terrorist threats (or, really, disagreeing with the official narrative about terrorism in any way.)
by John Hayward29 Dec 2015, 8:52 PM PST0

The relationship between Vietnam and China is strained over Beijing’s aggressive assertion of its maritime territorial claims, pushing Vietnam’s Communist Party toward an old enemy, the United States, The Washington Post (WaPo) reports.
by Edwin Mora29 Dec 2015, 1:49 PM PST0

Internet policy in China is ‘a key component’ of the country’s political governing mechanism.
by Nate Church29 Dec 2015, 1:22 PM PST0

Chinese state media are promoting a more prominent role for the communist country in resolving the civil war in Syria, with a column in the People’s Daily suggesting China could “build on the basic consensus reached by the international community that the Syrian crisis should be solved politically.”
by Frances Martel29 Dec 2015, 10:11 AM PST0

A patriotic organization opposed to Chinese imperialism in the Philippines has made a voyage to the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, where China has begun constructing numerous military facilities in violation of international law.
by Frances Martel29 Dec 2015, 8:38 AM PST0

Chinese President Xi Jinping has made his first appearance in a rap music video; the state-sponsored single, “The Reform Group is Two Years Old,” celebrates a Communist Party reform committee’s persecution of allegedly corrupt party officials.
by Frances Martel29 Dec 2015, 7:34 AM PST0

The People’s Republic of China has passed a law that requires technology companies to comply with all government requests for information, up to and including handing over encryption keys.
by Allum Bokhari28 Dec 2015, 1:11 PM PST0

Despite investing billions into turning Africa into a friendly business environment for them, a recent poll found that Kenyans perceive China as “the biggest threat to the country’s economic and political development.”
by Frances Martel28 Dec 2015, 9:54 AM PST0

Japan is alleging that an armed Chinese vessel violated its sovereign waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands on Saturday, lodging a formal protest with the Chinese government.
by Frances Martel28 Dec 2015, 7:37 AM PST0

Contents: Japan says that armed Chinese ship infiltrates its territorial waters; Japan aggressively expands its military defense of the Senkaku Islands
by John J. Xenakis28 Dec 2015, 6:03 AM PST0

The Chinese government has just passed a security law that reportedly could require technology companies to hand over encryption keys to private data. The law is so controversial that President Obama personally raised concerns about it to President Xi Jinping.
by Ferenstein Wire27 Dec 2015, 6:31 PM PST0
The Chinese government passed an “antiterrorism” law right after they announced they will not renew press credentials for French journalist Ursula Gauthier after she criticized their treatment of the Muslim Uighur minority.
by Mary Chastain27 Dec 2015, 12:30 PM PST0

An unusual threat warning has been issued by the American, British, French, and Australian embassies in Beijing, warning Westerners to use extra vigilance when visiting the popular Sanlitun shopping district.
by John Hayward26 Dec 2015, 2:01 PM PST0

The Times of Israel reports: Just a few days after the Technion broke ground on a research center in Guangdong, a second Israeli institution — Israel Aerospace Industries — announced that it, too, was establishing one in the southeastern Chinese province.
by Breitbart Jerusalem25 Dec 2015, 5:33 AM PST0

The Chinese government is seeking to expand its Exclusive Economic Zone in the Yellow Sea, deep into South Korean waters–the latest move in what appears to be a comprehensive strategy to usurp sovereignty over Asian waters that include both the South and East China Seas.
by Frances Martel24 Dec 2015, 10:53 AM PST0

Beijing is trying to nip the growing Chinese labor movement in the bud, as ABC News reports the detention of seven labor activists in Guangdong province, including three leaders of the movement, “on charges they improperly intervened in labor disputes.”
by John Hayward23 Dec 2015, 8:05 PM PST0

A “grain of salt” warning must accompany reports from Seymour Hersh, who has made some fantastic claims during his career. With that in mind, his latest post in the London Review of Books alleges the U.S. military is sharing intelligence with the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad for the purpose of helping Assad’s military take down Islamic State and al-Qaeda rebels.
by John Hayward23 Dec 2015, 1:28 PM PST0

Stephon Marbury didn’t enjoy as much success in the NBA that he’d hoped, but becoming a member of the Beijing Ducks has brought him much more acclaim. In fact, he’s become so famous there that a museum dedicated to his career is set to open in China’s leading city.
by Warner Todd Huston23 Dec 2015, 12:30 AM PST0

China is considering tough new restrictions on its state-run media operations, using a new anti-terrorism law that could be in effect by New Year’s Day.
by John Hayward22 Dec 2015, 8:40 PM PST0

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi demanded Secretary of State John Kerry “respect China’s core interests” in the South China Sea following the presence of a B-52 bomber within 12 nautical miles of the Spratly Islands, a passage the Pentagon has branded unintentional.
by Frances Martel22 Dec 2015, 1:57 PM PST0