China: CCP impedes independent political candidates although affirms the opposite
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) stated it has reached a “full-process people’s democracy,” but independent candidates alleged it was a plain lie. Chinese leader Xi Jinping on December 8th said the CCP always “respects and protects human rights” ahead of the Democracy Summit hosted by the U.S. Multiple CCP officials later ...
Evergrande officially defaulted, Chinese creditors file lawsuits
China Evergrande, the former real state giant, is officially confirmed defaulted on Dec. 17th by credit rating agency Standard & Poor's Global as it failed to pay its bond payments earlier this month. S&P said Evergrande had requested the rating to be withdrawn following a downgrade to 'selective default'. Rating companies ...
CCP Media reporters spy on Starbucks after applying for jobs there
Starbucks is facing a stream of criticism in mainland China after a journalist for state-owned media spied on its stores as an employee there. Beijing News on Dec. 13 alleged that two Starbucks stores were using expired ingredients. The paper credited the findings to its reporters who worked there after passing ...
The storm is not over yet: Beijing’s regulatory crackdowns expected to continue in 2022
Bankers and lawyers expect unprecedented regulatory crackdowns in China to be extended into 2022, Reuters reported on Dec. 21. This trend aligns with Xi Jinping's plan to fortify state control over the private sector when he enters a historic third term as China's Communist Party (CCP) leader. The year 2021 has ...
China: Zhejiang epidemic is getting worse
According to the Epoch Times, as of 4:00 pm on Dec. 16, the Zhejiang government said that 50 more COVID-19 cases were detected within the past 24 hours in three areas: Ningbo, Shaoxing, and Hangzhou. By Dec. 6, there were 342 cases of COVID infections. Zhenhai District of Ningbo City has ...
The China-EU annual summit delayed until next year over human rights disputes
South China Morning Post reported from sources that the China-EU trade summit is being postponed as both regions found little common ground in their interests.The paper said the annual event had been rescheduled until next month. It was supposed to be hosted by the end of this year. The China-EU relationship ...
Former Wall Street banker missing in China amid financial misconduct probe
According to financial magazine Caixin, the founder of a Chinese private equity fund and former Wall Street banker has gone missing after Chinese authorities launched an inquiry into alleged financial wrongdoing at his firm. Wang Chaoyong, 56, widely known as the "The Golden Boy of Wall Street," last appeared at Chinaequity ...
China: Almost 25% of teenagers suffer from depression
The Epoch Times cited a Chinese government report from 2020, stating that the depression rate among Chinese teenagers is 24.6%. The number of young people with mild depression is 17.2%, and the rate of major depression is 7.4% In December 2019, China acknowledged that mental health, especially among children and adolescents, had ...
Microsoft Bing turns off features at Chinese government’s behest
Microsoft's Bing Search Engine announced on Dec. 17 that "Bing China" has suspended the search auto-suggest function for 30 days at the request of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As a global search platform, Bing clarifies that it will continue to respect legal principles and users' privacy rights. Significantly, it would help customers ...
US Lawmakers call on NBC to address China’s human rights abuses during Olympics coverage
U.S. Lawmakers are calling on NBCUniversal, a news and entertainment network to honor their broadcasting roles that include providing background coverage of the Chinese regime's human rights abuses. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative James McGovern, the chair and co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), a bipartisan and bicameral committee ...
Xi Jinping’s wife making shock waves in Xi’s art propaganda campaign
On Dec. 14, the CPC National Federation of the 11th National People's Congress and General Secretary of the Tenth National People's Congress was held in Beijing. When Chinese leader Xi Jinping appeared, Peng Liyuan, Xi's wife, also was shown by CCTV cameras. On the same day, Xinhua News Agency also published ...
China’s Central Bank progressively under Beijing dictates
China's Central Bank is increasingly under Beijing's mandates and losing its special economic status as its policies become affected by political pressures, a Vision Times analysis published on Dec. 18 concluded. To support that argument, the analysis brought about the recent example of contradictory mandatory reserve policies of the People's Bank ...
Chinese regime’s coercion? Tennis player Peng Shuai now denies her abuse allegation against former leader Zhang Gaoli
The recent appearance of the Chinese tennis player, Peng Shuai, denying having reported sexual abuse aroused many suspicions, including those of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). "We remain steadfast in our call for a full, fair and transparent investigation, without censorship, into her allegation of sexual assault, which is the issue ...
Germany’s new Chancellor takes a tougher stance on human rights but says China is still important
Germany’s new Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pitched a less tolerant government with China on December 15th. Delivering an inaugural address to parliament, Scholz, who was sworn in on December 8th, stated that Germany would not close their eyes to human rights abuses in China. He said, "we must orient our China policy ...
Beijing Olympics is repeating the history of Nazi Germany Summer Olympics 1936
Experts are saying the Beijing Olympics scheduled for the next two months would be similar to that of Nazi Germany 1936 Summer Olympics. Rafael Medoff, the founder of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, told Voice of America that these two governments saw the games as an opportunity to ...
CCP media excludes Xi Jinping as it praises party’s success
Chinese state-run media ignored Xi Jinping in a propaganda article praising the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on December 9th. The piece entitled "Reform and Opening is the great awakening of the China Communist Party" was reposted on prominent news agencies in mainland China such as the People’s Daily and Qiu Shi. According ...
Hong Kong: Barely 30% showed up to vote in the disputed elections organized by the Chinese regime
On Sunday, Dec. 19, Hong Kongers held legislative elections. Still, only 30.2% of the electorate turned out to vote, revealing the disbelief of the population in the election process organized by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after it eliminated opposition candidates. The turnout in Hong Kong's recent elections was the lowest ...
Beijing asks Evergrande to solve problem of unpaid salary to migrant workers
The Chinese government asked Evergrande to prioritize on settling payments for migrant workers and contractors of its real estate projects before the Lunar New Year, Bloomberg reported. Evergrande's progress in rolling out new-built houses and completing their projects is slower than expected, so the salary payment to employees is dragging on. On ...
Multiple provinces in China cut civil servants’ salaries due to tight budget
Many civil servants in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces have had their salaries trimmed since December 2021 with the rate cut between 20% to 30%, the Epoch Times citing local sources reported. Accordingly, Shanghai has been considering a salary cut and Shaoguan has mainly reduced payrolls. One female official in ...
China urges Japan to treat Beijing Olympics kindly after Japanese PM refuses to attend event
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made it clear on Dec. 16 that he has no intention of attending the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, The Epoch Times reported. In its response, Kong Xuanyou—Chinese Ambassador to Japan—asked Tokyo to support its Olympic games. Kong said that the Beijing Winter Olympics are being "used by ...
