House Passes Bill Aiming to Reduce Chinese Influence on American Campuses
Two months ago, Stanford University reached a settlement with the Department of Justice to pay $1.9 million for failing to disclose foreign funding 12 faculty members received on their research programs with federal grants.
Trudeau’s Chief of Staff to Testify on Foreign Interference at Committee
Telford is a key witness to get to the heart of the scandal, [which is] what the prime minister knows, and what did he fail to do about Beijing’s interference in two federal elections under his watch?” said the Conservative MP Michael Cooper, who tabled the motion.
Moves to Advance $52 Billion Chips Funding Bill by US Senate
Semiconductors, which are used in the production of everything from personal computers to hypersonic missiles, have become a key point of anxiety in the past two years as a global supply chain crisis has wreaked havoc on the United States’ ability to obtain the chips.
Twitter Censors New Zealand Scholar for Mocking Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party
Last year, Twitter had appointed Fei-Fei Li, a pro-CCP expert on Artificial Intelligence (AI), as an independent director on its board. The decision attracted widespread criticism because Li has deep ties to the communist party and was instrumental in establishing Google’s AI lab in China. Wong Longmeng, a commentator from France, stated that hiring Li was like hiring a fox to guard the hen-coop.
Hong Kong Court Grants Bail to Three Democrats Pending Subversion Trial, Two Ex-Lawmakers Remain in Custody
The 47 face charges over their roles in what prosecutors call a subversive attempt to win a majority in Legislative Council elections and oust the city’s leader through a vote in the chamber.
Hong Kong District Councillor Series: Leticia Wong Says She Will Do the Most She Can Amid Fears of Ousting and Arrests Targeting Democrats
Many see the November 2019 polls, in which democrats took control of 17 out of 18 councils, as Hong Kong’s last democratic elections after higher-level Legislative Council elections scheduled for September this year were postponed for at least 12 months. Last month, four opposition LegCo members were ousted for alleged disloyalty and 15 more resigned in sympathy.
China Releases Lengthy White Paper to Chronicle COVID-19 Response
Joyce Huang | Voice of America China on Monday released a lengthy white paper to chronicle what it called a hard-won fight against the COVID-19 outbreak in the past five months – a report that has mostly won acclaim from its people. In the 37,000-word document, however, China said little about its early response to […]
Hong Kong Democrats Reject Beijing’s Warning over Legislative Stalling Tactics as ‘Interference’
<!–[CDATA[ KELLY HO | HONG KONG FREE PRESS Beijing has warned that Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers who use “malicious filibustering” to paralyse the legislature could be in violation of their oaths and guilty of misconduct in public office. The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) and Hong Kong Liaison Office issued two strongly worded statements […]
Hong Kong Protesters to President Xi: ‘Release Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo!’
Lam Kwok-lap, Goh Fung, Ng Yik-tung andby Ding Wenqi | Radio Free Asia As President Xi Jinping arrived in the city to mark two decades of Chinese rule on Thursday, protesters gathered in downtown Hong Kong to call for the release of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo and 17 democracy activists held following a protest […]