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by | Mar 31, 2024

Reporting in The Diplomat, Katja Drinhausen, the head of the Politics and Society Program at the Mercator Institute for Chinese Studies, notes that the implementation of China’s Hong Kong National Security Law by the Legislative Council’s (Hong Kong’s Parliament) passage…

by | Dec 20, 2023

Continuing its commitment to abusing the religious freedom and human rights of its people, the government of the People’s Republic of China, in collaboration with the Hong Kong government, began the trial this week of media mogul Jimmy Lai, who…

by | Oct 25, 2023

Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson was taken into custody by Chinese authorities at Hong Kong International Airport last Friday after he stored a revolver in his carry-on luggage. “It was an honest mistake, and I expect the situation to be…

by | Apr 26, 2023

Hong Kong is seeking to recover its leading financial role on the global stage. The last few years — filled with angry demonstrations, draconian COVID rules, and brutal Chinese repression — have not been good to the traditional economic hub….

by | Feb 27, 2023

I love the McDonald’s near my campus, Old Dominion University. What I like the most there is its ambiance: two-story high ceilings; glass walls from ceiling to floor, providing ample light and panoramic views; clean and quiet. There are not…

by | Sep 21, 2022

Crux reports that the trial of Cardinal Joseph Zen, a stalwart opponent of the atheistic Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is set to begin this week in Hong Kong. Zen is facing charges for his association with the 612 Humanitarian Relief…

by | Jul 21, 2022

Longtime American Spectator contributor Neal B. Freeman was honored by the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday for “advancing American values.” In accepting the award at the annual dinner in Nassau County, Florida, Freeman made these remarks. I am delighted…

by | Jun 7, 2022

“Tiananmen Square, 33 Years Later,” editorial cartoon by Shaomin Li for The American Spectator, June 7, 2022.

by | Jul 18, 2021

Identifying a problem is at best only half the job of fixing the world. Responsibility demands that we must determine whether any proposed solution to the problem will result in actual betterment. No one made this point more strongly that…

by | Jun 25, 2021

After two and a half decades of pro-democracy muckraking, one of Hong Kong’s most popular publications ceased to exist this week.  Apple Daily, founded in 1995 by entrepreneur and activist Jimmy Lai, had been a constant headache for the Communist…

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