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YouTube Suspension of Site for Persecuted Minorities in China Is Human Rights Issue
Serikzhan Bilash founded the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights organization in 2017 to be a voice for the voiceless. He started the YouTube channel so that people could share their experiences of persecution and draw attention to family members caught in the vast web of internment camps in Xinjiang, China. Now, the very platform that once… -
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‘Woka-Cola’: Ad Trolls Coke for Defending China, Giving Americans Diabetes
Consumers’ Research, a consumer advocacy group, launched a series of advertisements Thursday calling out Coca-Cola’s “woke hypocrisy” for its reported defense of China and alleged health concerns associated with its sugary drinks. Part of the campaign is a video advertisement satirizing a Coca-Cola commercial, which is set to music with lyrics like “Just drink Coke, the road… -
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How Transparent Is China’s Government? Here’s What We Know
The Chinese Communist Party, which has ruled China for 100 years, remains highly secretive in its policies and actions. Fortunately, sources outside China’s government have provided the world with a great deal of information about what is really happening within the communist regime. Compiling what we do know about the Chinese Communist Party, The Heritage… -
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What China Hides About Its Economy
Unreliable statistics, mounting debt, and nonperforming loans are just a few underlying characteristics of China’s economy. For years, China has tried its best to hide and shadow its unsustainable economic practices from its people and from the world. Research suggests that it has been overstating gross domestic product numbers for the past decade. It’s important… -
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Chinese Scientists Try to Make a Male Rat Pregnant. It’s Time to Draw the Line.
Recently, a team of Chinese scientists published a study in which they parabiotically joined a male and female rat, then gave the male rat a uterus and attempted to have it carry embryos to term. Hopefully, this has at least given you pause. Arina Grossu, director of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family… -
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House of Representatives Goes Fishing on China
“If you don’t scare Congress, it goes fishing,” Will Rogers once said. “If you do scare it, it goes crazy.” Regarding China, the humorist’s wisdom is bearing out on both ends of the Capitol. The Senate in June passed the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, a $200-plus billion (until recently, a lot of money) stab… -
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China’s Secrecy Affects US
The COVID-19 pandemic illustrates why a lack of knowledge about China’s problems can become the world’s problems, says Rep. Steve Chabot, regarding one of the world’s most powerful, yet also most secretive and oppressive regimes. “No one fully understands what is happening in China. On the one hand, China seems to be an unstoppable juggernaut… -
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Why This Dispute in South China Sea Matters to America
Tensions between China and the Philippines are rising in the South China Sea. How this conflict plays out will have long-lasting effects on the power struggle between China and other nations in the region, and larger implications for the U.S. as well. A total of 220 Chinese militia and fishing boats on March 20 swarmed… -
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America Must Act Decisively Against China’s Theft, Spying
Grand theft auto is a persistent crime in America. It’s a felony in most states with jail sentences up to 10 years and a fine of $10,000, depending upon the value of the car and any valuables left inside. Car theft is a lucrative pursuit. Thieves steal an average of 2,400 vehicles a day for… -
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Bills Combating Chinese Communist Party’s Influence in US
MIAMI—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two bills Monday aimed at combating the influence of the Chinese Communist Party in the U.S. The first bill is intended to safeguard public institutions from “undue foreign influence,” DeSantis, a Republican, said at a press conference, noting that the bill will prohibit “agreements between public entities and the Communist… -
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We Hear You: Thomas Sowell, Housing First, and China and Celebrities
Editor's note: This week, we're sharing your thoughts on a cowardly celebrity, how to tackle homelessness, and applause for a teacher outing classroom wokeness. Want to sound off? Email us at [email protected], and we'll consider your letter for publication in a future edition of "We Hear You."—Katrina Trinko Dear Daily Signal: Having been long been… -
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John Cena’s Groveling to China Previews World Where We Must Live by Lies
Pro wrestling star and Hollywood actor John Cena—known lately for playing good guy protagonists—has gone through quite a heel turn. Cena became mired in controversy when promoting his soon-to-be-released movie “F9,” the latest in the “Fast and Furious” franchise, Reuters and other news outlets reported. While promoting “F9” on a Taiwanese television station in early… -
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China Isn’t Winning. The West Is Forfeiting.
This week, The Wall Street Journal reported that three researchers from the Chinese Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalized in November 2019 with “symptoms consistent with both COVID-19 and common seasonal illness.” That report followed hard on a series of investigative pieces from journalists such as Nicholas Wade and Donald McNeil, formerly of The New… -
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‘Lunatic Conspiracy Theories’: How Liberal Media Treated Supporters of China Lab Leak Theory
Liberal media fact-checkers were quick to label reporters and lawmakers who supported the lab leak theory as conspiracy theorists in the wake of the 2020 coronavirus outbreak. Fact-checkers repeatedly labeled comments and reporting that referenced evidence of a lab leak theory—the hypothesis that the coronavirus came from a Wuhan, China, lab instead of a food… -
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It’s Time for Climate Realism When It Comes to China
The Biden administration has made much of its new commitment to the Paris climate agreement, marrying it with trillions in climate spending and regulatory proposals in the American Jobs Plan and courting complimentary legislation from Congress. Under the agreement, the U.S. is committing to reduce national greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% (from 2005… -
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Red China Reaches Red Planet as Beijing Joins Mars Club
The People’s Republic of China last week became one of only three countries to successfully land a spacecraft on Mars. The Tianwen-1 mission, China’s first mission beyond the Earth-moon system, deployed the Zhurong lander on the Martian surface. That’s part of the Chinese plan for the Tianwen-1 mission to “orbit, land, rove.” The Zhurong rover… -
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Senate Needs To Keep Its Eye on the China Challenge, Not Political Spending Priorities
It has been a few months in coming, but the U.S. Senate is about to debate comprehensive legislation on how to respond to China. It’s a welcome development – as long as it’s really about strategic competition, and not a package of mostly unrelated government giveaways. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) offered no assurances this… -
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American Conservatives Renew Push Against China’s ‘Developing Country’ Status at World Bank
A group of conservative U.S. senators has introduced legislation that would prevent China from continuing to exploit its “developing country” status at the World Bank to access super low interest rate loans that are funded in part by American taxpayers—even as China continues its huge and aggressive debt-trap diplomacy “One Belt, One Road” development lending… -
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No, NASA Shouldn’t Get in Bed With China’s Space Program
The International Space Station is getting a new neighbor. The People’s Republic of China launched the Tianhe (Heavenly Harmony) module of its new space station on April 28. This module will serve as the core habitation area of the space station, which will be joined by several other modules for experiments and scientific activities. The… -
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Why China Will Remain a Challenge Whether Its Economic Reform Policies Succeed or Fail
A former deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund recently warned that China would face huge structural problems in its economy as Beijing falls back on its old playbook to try to grow its economy. We can’t disagree with this timely, candid assessment by former IMF senior economist Zhu Min. “In 2021, structural reform…