By Lisa Peryman for Probe International China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, which encompass roughly 90% of the strategic waterway via the so-called nine-dash line, rest on a surprisingly modern and error-prone foundation rather than ancient, unbroken sovereignty, according to seasoned analyst and author Bill Hayton. In a recent lecture examining the modern origins of these “historic” […]
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Top general Zhang Youxia purged as rumors rock the CCP. By Probe International The recent purge of China’s top general, Zhang Youxia, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), marks a potentially historic turning point for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Second only to Xi Jinping himself in the country’s military pecking order, one of […]
The recent leak of a Chinese Communist Party directive has revealed a regime in crisis. American Thought Leaders in conversation with China analyst Heng He. By Lisa Peryman for Probe International In the wake of U.S. tariffs on the world’s largest export economy, leader Xi Jinping looks to revive Maoist dogma, as he gambles on […]
By Patricia Adams and Lawrence Solomon | Published by The Epoch Times Ramped up pro-Hamas, anti-Israeli rhetoric from communist China under leader Xi Jinping since Oct. 7, serves a higher domestic priority for Xi—the subjugation of Taiwan, on which so much of his reputation depends. In fact, China has little to lose and much to gain should […]
By Patricia Adams and Lawrence Solomon | Published by The Epoch Times Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2017 ignored multiple warnings and committed Canada to membership in Xi Jinping’s pet project—an infrastructure bank that finances Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative and furthers China’s bid to become an imperial power. The bank, known as the Asian […]
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“The various vile acts that are taking place in China severely trample on human rights and human relations, and violate the basic freedoms of citizens, they will not only endanger the Chinese people, but the repercussions are destined to overflow and will undermine human freedom and peace, and cause harm to all mankind.”