Section: Victims of Communism (USA)
January 31st, 2017
ALBANIA In Albania, Communism Still HurtsBBC 27 years since the fall of communism, Albania finally is opening up its secret police files. The secret service, known as Sigurimi, was brutal. It relied on a huge network of civilian informers to crush any dissent and keep the communist regime in power. At least 7,000 opponents of the regime were...
A Shaky Story, Now Set In Stone
A monument honoring Russian and Soviet soldiers has been unveiled in a military cemetery in Esztergom, Hungary, two weeks before Russian leader Vladimir Putin visits the country. The Russian ambassador to Hungary pointedly mentioned the timing at the unveiling ceremony, casting the monument as “an important part of a big cooperation” between the...
January 26th, 2017
CHINA China’s Great Firewall Is Doubling Up on VPN Regulation Cheang Ming, CNBC Authorities in China have tightened their grip on internet use in the country through a 14-month long campaign that will target the use of virtual private networks (VPNs) and other “illegal” internet practices. An advisory on the Ministry of Industry and...
January 19th, 2017
CHINA Trump Aide Sells China an Entree to Wall Street Hedge Funds Rick Carew and Lisa Beilfuss and Kane Wu, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL An adviser to President-elect Donald Trump is giving China an entree into the elite world of US hedge funds. Anthony Scaramucci, a loyal Trump surrogate known as “The Mooch,” is selling his controlling stake in...
January 17th, 2017
CHINA China’s Xi Defends Globalization at Opening of Davos TalksDEUTSCHE WELLE Communist Party Leader Xi Jinping opened his speech to political leaders, CEOs, and bankers at the World Economic Forum by admitting that many people are concerned about what has gone wrong with the world in recent years. But he said it was wrong to blame...
January 13th, 2017
CHINA China Is Scrubbing Outspoken Taiwan and Hong Kong Celebrities from Its Streaming Services Zheping Huang, QUARTZ China has allegedly blacklisted over four dozen overseas celebrities, including several high-profile singers from Taiwan and Hong Kong who have expressed political views unfavorable to Beijing, another sign that China is...
January 6th, 2017
CHINA Christians Severely Beaten by Communist Gangs for Protecting Church from Destruction Stoyan Zaimov, THE CHRISTIAN POST Christians in China’s northern Hebei province were severely beaten by gangs hired by the Communist regime after they tried to protect their church property from being destroyed. China Aid reported on Wednesday that...
January 5th, 2017
CHINA China’s Smog Has Gotten So Bad, It’s Almost Impossible to See Skyscrapers from the Air Lydia Ramsey, BUSINESS INSIDER China’s still getting hit with intense levels of air pollution. As of Wednesday, Beijing was under a “red alert” for smog—the highest of four levels—and a “yellow alert” for fog. Other areas, particularly...
January 4th, 2017
CHINA Dumping of Untreated Acid in Chinese Canal Highlights Nation’s Water Pollution Woes Sidney Leng, SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST A Jiangsu chemical plant has been fined 20 million yuan for dumping almost 2,700 tonnes of liquid acid waste into the Grand Canal, causing environmental damage “beyond measure,” according to a local court verdict...
January 3rd, 2017
CAMBODIA Website to Provide Public Access to One Million Khmer Rouge Documents Ith Sothoeuth, VOICE OF AMERICA The Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) is set to launch a new interactive multimedia website later this month hosting more than 1 million publicly accessible documents related to the Khmer Rouge regime. Estimates suggest as many...
