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

Under leader Vladimir Putin, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, who purged between 20 and 60 million of his own people, has become increasingly popular in Russia.
by Mary Chastain22 Dec 2015, 8:36 AM PST0

Some 10,000 faithful from the underground Catholic Church in China gathered at the Zhengding Cathedral on the third Sunday of Advent to celebrate the beginning of the Jubilee Year of Mercy and the opening of the Holy Door.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.20 Dec 2015, 6:37 AM PST0

Experts and human rights activists at a congressional hearing assert that China’s recently announced switch to a “two-child policy” is nothing more than a continuation of the Communist Party’s control over its citizens through terror, and that little will change as a result of it.
by Dr. Susan Berry4 Dec 2015, 5:32 AM PST0

Chinese President Xi Jinping has unveiled the most significant changes to his nation’s military in over 60 years, laying out plans to boost combat readiness and make the world’s largest army better equipped to radiate force beyond the country’s borders, according to state-backed news media.
by Edwin Mora30 Nov 2015, 6:16 PM PST0

The Communist Party-run Xinhua News Agency is bombarding readers with reasons why China’s two-child population policy is beneficial for the country and the world, while completely ignoring the core complaints of human rights activists who say that the policy changes little or nothing.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.10 Nov 2015, 5:36 AM PST0

On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) blasted China’s human rights record and asked for unanimous consent to rename the plaza in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C. as “Liu Xiaobo Plaza,” after the Nobel Peace Prize winner imprisoned on charges of inciting state subversion.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.5 Nov 2015, 5:16 AM PST0

“The Chinese Communist Party will never end coercive population control, because coercive population is keeping it in place,” prominent women’s rights activist Reggie Littlejohn tells Breitbart News.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.2 Nov 2015, 9:04 AM PST0

The Chinese Communist Party has tightened up discipline for its 88 million members by banning several sinful activities, including extravagant eating and drinking, abuse of power, nepotism, adultery, and golf.
by John Hayward22 Oct 2015, 2:36 PM PST0

On the occasion of the centenary of Arthur Miller’s birth, Paul Kengor has published a major exposé of Miller’s dedication to communism in the American Spectator.
by Spyridon Mitsotakis21 Oct 2015, 1:09 PM PST0

In the lead-up to a major summit on religion, the Chinese Communist party is preparing intensified restrictions on Christian churches, according to the Party’s official newspaper on religious issues, Zhongguo Mingzu Bao.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.11 Oct 2015, 7:11 PM PST0

China’s stock market suffered an 8.48% crash on Monday that humiliated the country’s leadership and will almost certainly cause a major Communist Party crisis.
by Chriss W. Street27 Jul 2015, 1:26 PM PST0

Contents: Zimbabwe offers 5 US dollars for 175 quadrillion Zim dollars; IMF and ECB walk out of negotiations with Greece; The Greek Tragedy must move to the happy ending
by John J. Xenakis12 Jun 2015, 6:12 AM PST0

BEIJING (AP) — China’s former security chief was sentenced Thursday to life in prison on corruption charges, in a victory for President Xi Jinping’s anti-graft campaign seen as further cementing his authority by removing a potential challenger.
by AP11 Jun 2015, 6:20 AM PST0

Looking back, I can think of no better way to describe June 9, 1954 than as a demonic day of creation.
by Diana West9 Jun 2015, 12:01 PM PST0

When I travelled for two weeks in working class areas of Cuba last year, a Cuban worker explained to me that while they hear endlessly from the government about the “American embargo against Cuba,” the real problem is the “internal embargo”—the embargo that the government elite has imposed on the Cuban people to keep them from participating in the economies of the elite and the outside world.
by Spyridon Mitsotakis13 Apr 2015, 9:41 PM PST0

Tibetan nun Yeshi Khando is believed to have died after setting herself on fire earlier this week to protest Chinese rule in the Himalayan region and express support for the Dalai Lama. Khando is the 138th Tibetan to perform this
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.11 Apr 2015, 8:57 AM PST0