Chinese President Xi Jinping’s hand-picked parliament is about to roll out a road map to overtake the U.S. economy when it meets on March 5 in Beijing, Asian newspapers report.
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China Denies Giving Anal COVID Tests to U.S. Diplomats
A State Department spokesman told VICE World News that China gave U.S. diplomats anal COVID tests.
Beijing “promised to stop using” those tests on diplomats. But now reports say China denies ever administering the tests.
China Rushes to Crush Pro-Democracy Movement in Hong Kong
According to a report published in the Wall Street Journal, China’s police repression and the new draconian laws are succeeding in crushing the pro-democracy aspirations in Hong Kong.
Chinese-American Rights Group Calls Critical Race Theory ‘Hateful Fraud’
The Chinese-American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York (CACAGNY) has denounced Critical Race Theory in a scathing letter.
They describe the ideology as a hateful fraud and even call on their members to “resist” its implementation.
Wuhan Institute of Virology Approved for U.S. Taxpayer Funding for Research Through 2024
In July 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) told EcoHealth Alliance, a New York-based nonprofit, that it must hand over information and materials to its Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) partner in China:
Biden to Pay $200 Million in WHO “Obligations,” Reversing Trump’s Decision
President Joe Biden’s administration will pay more than $200 million to the World Health Organization (WHO), reversing another decision made by the outgoing Trump White House.
WHO backtracks on its earlier dismissal of potential Chinese laboratory leak of coronavirus
Just a few days ago, we reported that the World Health Organization (WHO) dropped its investigation into the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, declaring it did not originate in a Chinese laboratory.
China Bans the BBC in Its Territory After Report of Rape, Abuse in Uighur Concentration Camps
China banned the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) in its territory.
The move comes after the BBC published a report with allegations of rape, torture, and abuse in Uighur concentration camps in Xinjiang province.
UAE and Chinese Mars Missions Enter Orbit Around Mars
This week, a United Arab Emirates spacecraft, the Mars orbiter Hope, successfully entered the orbit around Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor.
The probe is the first since NASA’s Insight lander in November 2018 to reach the planet. The successful arrival at Mars makes the UAE the fifth nation to reach Mars, following the...
Biden Administration Drops Trump Plan to Track Campus ‘Confucius Institutes’
Campus ‘Confucius Institutes’ have been repeatedly accused of spreading Chinese Communist Party propaganda in the United States for years. Trump took action on this issue last year, following the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Biden is now turning back the clock and reversing this policy, which makes no sense.
WaPo Editorial Board: “Possibility Of A Laboratory Accident Or Leak” of COVID-19 From Wuhan Lab “Must Be Investigated” (Update: WHO drops investigation)
On February 16, 2020, Legal Insurrection published a piece reporting that Chinese university researchers believed the virus might have originated in a government laboratory.
University of Michigan Demanding $1,200 in Fees for China Related Research Documents
These are public documents related to a research partnership with China. What’s up with the huge fee?
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
University of Michigan Demands...
Former U. Florida Researcher Indicted for Hiding Alleged Ties to Government of China
We get one of these stories every other month or so now. Do we have a problem here?
The College Fix reports:
Former U. of Florida researcher indicted for hiding ties to Chinese government
A former researcher at...
China, Russia Demand Biden Administration’s ‘Unconditional’ Re-entry to Iran Nuclear Deal
China and Russia have demanded U.S. President Joe Biden to ‘unconditionally’ rejoin the Iran nuclear deal.
Reuters: China gene firm providing global COVID test coverage worked with China’s military
A fascinating report from Reuters reveals that BGI Group, the world’s largest genomics company, has worked with China’s military on research that ranges from mass testing for respiratory pathogens to brain science.
Biden Pick for UN Ambassador Gave Speech at Confucius Institute at Savannah State U. in 2019
Last year, we finally reached the point where some Republican lawmakers were calling for an end to Confucius Institutes on college campuses, over the claim that they spread propaganda for the Chinese Communist Party.
Now we have this.
Campus Reform reports:
Biden’s UN ambassador nominee under fire for campus remarks at Chinese Communist-funded institute
President...
China Once Again Peddles Conspiracy Theories on Wuhan Coronavirus
Top Chinese officials are again peddling false stories about the Wuhan coronavirus’s origins and spreading rumors about the U.S. vaccines developed during President Donald Trump’s presidency.
China has intensified its pandemic misinformation campaign after independent trials found the much-feted Chinese vaccine to be highly ineffective. Clinical trials in Brazil showed that the...
