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Dec 31 2020
News
China Looks To Cartoons, Social Media To Form A Patriotic Generation
China has a long history of focusing on the political education of new generations. Under the guidance of President Xi Jinping, however, the Chinese Communist Party has turned to social media and cartoons to instill sympathetic attitudes in the nation’s children.
Pro-China propaganda has become the norm in recent years. A multi-pronged effort to spread nationalistic sentiment across the
International Business TimesSep 30 2021
Opinion
Amnesty Is Unfair to Legal Immigrants Like Me
Lawmakers in Congress are still trying to use their $3.5 trillion spending bill to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens — even after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that their initial proposal was ineligible for inclusion, due to the complex rules surrounding the filibuster-proof budget “reconciliation” process that Democrats are using to pass their agenda on a strict party-line vote
National Review (News)Jun 06 2015
News
Snowden sees 'profound' public shift against electronic spying
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, pointing to new curbs by Congress on electronic surveillance, says he sees a "profound" change in public opinion on the issue since he leaked details of NSA intelligence gathering two years ago.
Snowden, 31, also a former Central Intelligence Agency officer, was an NSA contractor when he provided information on such programs to
USA TODAYOct 09 2019
News
NBA Kowtows to China
“An increasing number of U.S. lawmakers voiced anger on Monday over the NBA’s response to a Houston Rockets official’s tweet backing Hong Kong democracy protests… The National Basketball Association, which has built a huge following and burgeoning business in China, said in a statement it regretted the remarks by Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey. A Chinese-language version seemed to
The Flip SideJul 01 2013
News
Snowden's Options for Refuge Narrow
As Edward Snowden entered his second week of limbo in Moscow's airport on Sunday, his decision to go to Russia is looking riskier than it first appeared, and may have left him in a worse situation than if he had stayed in Hong Kong.
Even with his next move uncertain, the former National Security Agency contractor caused fresh uproar over the weekend. On Sunday, German weekly Der Spiegel
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 01 2014
News
Snowden's asylum status in Russia ends
Edward Snowden's temporary asylum status in Russia expired at midnight Thursday, but the former U.S. National Security Agency systems administrator appears set to stay on until authorities decide on his application for an extension.
Snowden was stranded in a Moscow airport last year en route from Hong Kong to Cuba, shortly after he revealed the NSA's sprawling program of tapping phones
USA TODAYNov 19 2019
News
Xinjiang Abuses Exposed
Last Saturday, The New York Times released “more than 400 pages of internal Chinese documents [that] provide an unprecedented inside look at the crackdown on ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region.” (New York Times)
Both sides condemn China and call for a forceful response:
“The echo of ‘1984,’ ‘Brave New World’ or ‘Fahrenheit 451’ is unmistakable. But this is not dystopian
The Flip SideDec 03 2019
News
Why tyrants really block the internet
For five days in mid-November, during one of the largest protests in Iran’s history, the regime in Tehran blocked access to almost the entire internet for the first time. In effect, it imposed an information blackout to the rest of the world. Now we know why. Videos and other reports sent out since then show police on a killing spree against peaceful protesters. Yet the crackdown is not a big
Christian Science MonitorMar 17 2020
News
China Pulls Credentials From Journalists At 3 Major U.S. Publications
Two weeks after the U.S. told a handful of Chinese state media entities to slash their U.S.-based staff, Beijing has retaliated with an order of its own: Certain U.S. nationals working with The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post have been banned from working in China.
The Chinese foreign ministry announced the order early Wednesday local time, saying that
NPR (Online News)Jul 24 2020
News
US consulate: China orders US consulate closure in tit-for-tat move
China has ordered the closure of the US consulate in the south-western city of Chengdu, in a tit-for-tat escalation between the two countries.
China said the move was a "necessary response" to the US, which ordered China to close its consulate in Houston earlier this week.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US decision was taken because China was "stealing" intellectual
BBC News