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Banned Cotton Found in One-Fifth of US, Global Stores
Banned Chinese exports are reportedly sneaking through loopholes in U.S. law again. Research published on Tuesday shows nearly one-fifth of the products it tested use banned cotton from the Xinjiang region. The United States accuses Beijing of committing human rights violations and genocide against the Uyghur ethnic group there and has banned the use of […]
Chinese Jet Fires Flares, Forcing Australian Helicopter Into ‘Evasive Action’
China’s foreign ministry on Monday accused an Australian aircraft of deliberately flying close to a Chinese jet, saying it had endangered China’s maritime security. However, Canberra said a Chinese jet fired flares in front of the Australian helicopter—forcing the pilot to “take evasive action in order to not be hit by those flares.” Meanwhile, Germany […]
Chinese Leader Xi Meets Macron for 2nd Day
On Tuesday, Chinese leader Xi Jinping sat down with French President Emmanuel Macron for lunch before leaving for his next stop: Serbia. According to Beijing’s state-run media, Xi and Mr. Macron called for a political settlement on the Iranian nuclear issue. The media also stated that on the Israel–Hamas War, they had called for a […]
TikTok Sues US Government Over Forced Divestment Law
TikTok sued on Tuesday to block a new law that requires the sale of the app from its Chinese parent company or its ban from app stores and web-hosting services. About two weeks ago, President Joe Biden signed the bill, which passed both legislative chambers with broad bipartisan support. In a filing with a federal […]
‘Russia Is a Proxy for China’: Gen. Spalding
Russian authorities recently raided the homes of five Falun Gong practitioners. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual mediation practice that has been heavily persecuted in China since 1999. NTD spoke to retired Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding about the incident, and he also gave insight into recent revelations about Chinese tech giant […]
Huawei Secretly Funds US Research via Contest: Report
China’s efforts to acquire U.S. technology is getting harder to detect alongside a million-dollar award used as bait to lure U.S. innovation. A new case reveals that Chinese tech giant Huawei has been secretly funding researchers at top U.S. schools, including Harvard, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Meet the Women Fighting to Relocate Their Serbian Village
KRIVELJ, Serbia—Before dawn, 78-year-old Vukosava Radivojevic prepared breakfast for her husband then walked into her village in eastern Serbia to guard a barricade stopping trucks entering an open-pit copper mine that residents say is contaminating local land and water. Ms. Radivojevic is one of two dozen women who since January took shifts day and night […]
Hong Kong Shops Shut Amid Post Pandemic Downturn
HONG KONG—When Jacky Yu, 48, opened his Japanese gift shop in Hong Kong more than a decade ago, the tourist and shopping district of Mong Kok was a bustling hub packed with stalls, street food and tourists. Fast-forward 12 years and parts of the area are struggling to stay afloat, a combination of customers emigrating, […]
Beijing Weaponizes Data From Chinese Tech Firms: Fleming
A multi-front battle is taking place between the United States and China. Chinese online shopping platforms operating in the United States are posing threats to American data safety. American sentiment toward the Chinese regime and its leader is hitting its lowest point in years. Inside China, a political movement appears to be making a return. […]
China Spy Chief Threatens Taiwan’s Independence Supporters
The head of Beijing’s Ministry of State Security has vowed to fight “Taiwan independence,” calling on the Chinese public to support Beijing’s plan to, as he said, “reunify” the island. A democratic, self-ruled island, Taiwan is home to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), a major supplier of advanced semiconductors to a number of U.S. tech […]
US Urges Companies Not to Operate in Xinjiang
The Biden administration has a new message for American businesses: don’t operate in Xinjiang. The region is the home of the Uyghur ethnic group, and where the United States accuses Beijing of committing human rights violations and genocide against the group.
Report: Temu Owner Partners With Chinese Data Collection Agency
Could shopping on Temu send consumer data into Beijing’s hands? That’s the question mark hanging over the heads of the app’s 70 million American users, as a new report reveals Temu’s owner partners with a Chinese data collection agency.
China’s 2022 Military Spending Reaches $710 Billion, Over Triple What Beijing Announced: Report
China’s communist regime spent $710.6 billion on its military in 2022, more than three times Beijing’s publicly stated totals, according to a report from the Washington-based American Enterprise Institute (AEI). “Considering that the Pentagon has labeled China the ‘pacing challenge,’ this revelation should cause concern,” the April 29 report reads. “When compared globally, China’s estimated […]
Top Chinese Virologist Evicted From His Own Lab
A top Chinese virologist has been protesting outside his lab after authorities reportedly shut down his facility and barred him from entering. Zhang Yongzhen is the first scientist in China to publish a genomic sequence of the COVID-19 virus. In January 2020, Mr. Zhang published his research on the COVID-19 virus without permission from authorities. […]
Chinese Doctor: COVID Cases Treated as ‘Colds,’ Resulting in Many Deaths
COVID-19 seems to have faded from Western media headlines, but this may not be the case for its origin country: China. After noticing the lack of official coverage on the pandemic, NTD reached out to many local residents and professionals working in the medical field across the country. Here’s what they told us.