Beijing’s new Hong Kong election system is designed to exclude those supporting democracy, making a mockery of the “one country, two systems” principle that the China’s...
The United States government has begun to tighten surveillance of Confucius Institutes operating in that country. Confucius Institutes are non-profit educational institutions established...
Against a background of international criticism of its crackdown on the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang province and police violence in Hong Kong, the Communist...
On June 30, the National People’s Congress (NPC) — the legislative body of the Communist Party of China — unanimously passed the Hong Kong National...
China’s novel coronavirus epidemic could well become Xi Jinping’s greatest internal challenge. The epidemic’s economic and social ramifications are stretching beyond control and have...
It may be natural for an authoritarian regime to cover up an inconvenient truth. For the reason of a column headline, China has expelled three...
The time has come for the Japanese government and Diet to act in defense of the freedom and human rights of the people of Hong...
It is already 30 years since the Tiananmen Massacre of June 4, 1989, during which regular units of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army bloodily suppressed...
Last March 13, China yet again blocked the proposed initiative of the United States, Britain, and France to have the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)...
Clive Hamilton’s latest book, Silent Invasion: China’s Influence in Australia (Hardie Grant Books, 2018, 356 pp.), is an important read not just for...
First of 2 Parts Despite its economic power, Japan’s political clout in Canada and around the world is modest. The Japanese government is...
(Part 1 of 2) By Akio Yaita Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan’s former president who stepped down in 2008, is on medical parole...
