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Faculty Voice Concerns as Cornell Considers Dual Degree Program With Peking University

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 23, 2021 6 Comments

"A joint degree program with Peking University creates issues of academic and personal freedom not raised by mere exchange programs or visiting students"...

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U. San Diego Law Prof. Thomas Smith Harshly Criticized Chinese Gov’t, Now Faces False Claims Of Ethnic Bias (Update)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2021 39 Comments

Thomas Smith, a corporate law professor at University of San Diego Law School since 1992, is the target of a malicious and dishonest smear campaign by students falsely claiming that in a blog post Prof. Smith disparaged the Chinese ethnic group.

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Tufts University Closes Campus Confucius Institute After Protests

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 20, 2021 3 Comments

"Tufts did not [close its Confucius Institute] because they wanted to. In fact, they did everything they could to keep it as long as they could"...

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China Taunts Biden Admin at Alaska Summit: U.S. Does Not “Speak to China From Position of Strength”

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on March 19, 2021 19 Comments

The Biden team called the car crash summit "substantive, serious and direct."...

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China, Iran Building Massive Underground Missile Facilities

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on March 17, 2021 3 Comments

While President Joe Biden's administration looks forward to diplomatic talks with China and Iran, both regimes have started to build ballistic missile facilities. 

Chinese nuclear-armed ballistic missiles are not only capable of hitting anywhere in the world, but they can also target satellites and space assets in the earth's orbit. Iran, aided by Russian, Chinese, and North Korean technology, can strike western Europe. 

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China, Russia Sign Agreement to Build Joint Base on Moon

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on March 11, 2021 12 Comments

Communist China and the Russian Federation have agreed to build a joint station on the moon. According to the bilateral agreement publicized on Wednesday, they want to create a "complex" of facilities on the moon's surface and its orbit. 

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Ivy League Schools Partnering With Healthcare Companies Linked to Chinese Communist Party

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 11, 2021 4 Comments

For example, "Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health has partnerships with seven Chinese universities, six of which have 'serious security risks...

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COVID-19 Anal Swabs in China Become ‘Common Practice’ for Foreigners

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 05, 2021 30 Comments

Earlier this year, we reported that China had been utilizing a protocol requiring anal swabs for coronavirus testing. The system has been recently used on foreigners, which has caused distress and complaints from those subject to the tests.

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Utah Lawmakers Introduce Resolution to Close Its Remaining Confucius Institutes

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 03, 2021 0 Comments

"citing security concerns and influence from the Chinese Communist Party"...

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China’s Parliament to Roll Out Road Map to Overtake U.S. Economy

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on February 28, 2021 23 Comments

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

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 26, 2021 23 Comments

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.

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China Rushes to Crush Pro-Democracy Movement in Hong Kong

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on February 26, 2021 19 Comments

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. 

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Chinese-American Rights Group Calls Critical Race Theory ‘Hateful Fraud’

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 26, 2021 18 Comments

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.

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Wuhan Institute of Virology Approved for U.S. Taxpayer Funding for Research Through 2024

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 19, 2021 15 Comments

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:

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Biden to Pay $200 Million in WHO “Obligations,” Reversing Trump’s Decision

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on February 18, 2021 19 Comments

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.

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WHO backtracks on its earlier dismissal of potential Chinese laboratory leak of coronavirus

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 14, 2021 6 Comments

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.

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China Bans the BBC in Its Territory After Report of Rape, Abuse in Uighur Concentration Camps

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 12, 2021 20 Comments

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.

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UAE and Chinese Mars Missions Enter Orbit Around Mars

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 12, 2021 14 Comments

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 United States, Russia, China and India.

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