Section: Victims of Communism (USA)
December 9th, 2016
CHINA China’s Xi Calls for Universities’ Allegiance to the Communist PartyREUTERS China’s President Xi Jinping has called for allegiance to the ruling Communist Party from the country’s colleges and universities, the latest effort by Beijing to tighten its hold on education. The government has campaigned against the spread...
December 6th, 2016
CHINA Torture in Secret Prisons: The Dark Side of China’s Anti-Corruption Crackdown James Griffiths, CNN A gray, concrete building looms over the street in central Beijing. Inside lies an organization that strikes terror into the hearts of some of China’s most powerful people, and oversees a sprawling network of secret prisons where...
December 2nd, 2016
CHINA Singapore May Prove a Tough Nut for China to Crack Over Regional Security Greg Torode and Marius Zaharia, REUTERS As the impounding of Singaporean troop carriers in Hong Kong exposes rising tensions between China and Singapore, the Lion City is unlikely to budge on core security interests concerning Beijing—its military relationship with...
November 28th, 2016
RETROSPECTIVE: FIDEL CASTRO 4 Reasons Fidel Is Not Cool Naphtali Rivkin, DISSIDENT Those who support Fidel Castro should know why no victim of communism would praise this dictator. The Dark Reality of Cuba’s Postcard Fantasy Katarina Hall, DISSIDENT Many advertisements present Cuba as a tropical paradise, but the truth is much different....
November 22, 2016
CHINA Eight Activists “Disappear” in China’s Shenzhen After Police Raid on DinnerRADIO FREE ASIA Eight rights activists in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen are missing and believed detained on Monday after a meal they attended was raided by state security police. Ten people were taken away; at least two have been released following the...
November 21st, 2016
CUBA Cuban Human Rights Activist Urges US to Suspend Trade and Investment in Cuba Until Regime Stops Oppression Elizabeth Llorente, FOX NEWS One of Cuba’s most prominent human rights activists is in the US to push for a halt or suspension of US-Cuba trade and investment changes that he and other leaders say are enriching and empowering the...
November 15th, 2016
CAMBODIA Recovery of the Cambodian Church After the Killing Years Mark Woods, CHRISTIAN TODAY The Church in Cambodia is recovering after decades of struggle following the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, according to one of the country’s Catholic bishops. Cambodia is a mainly (95 per cent) Buddhist country with Christian, Muslim and indigenous...
November 11th, 2016
CHINA Hong Kong Faces New Political TurmoilTHE ECONOMIST China’s rulers are beginning to view Hong Kong as yet another restive province with ungrateful subjects—a better-washed version of Tibet or Xinjiang. China does not appear to be mulling the use of its troops to crush unrest—that would be calamitous for business and the much-vaunted...
November 10th, 2016
CHINA China’s New Cybersecurity Law Rattles Foreign Tech Firms Josh Chin and Eva Dou, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL China’s government has approved a broad new cybersecurity law aimed at tightening and centralizing state control over information flows and technology equipment, raising concerns among foreign companies operating in the...
November 7th, 2016
CHINA China Launches $11 Billion Fund for Central, Eastern EuropeREUTERS China has set up a 10 billion euro ($11.15 billion) investment fund to finance projects in Central and Eastern Europe, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China said in a statement issued on Sunday. The China-Central Eastern Europe fund will be run by Sino-CEE Financial...
