Confucius is a representative figure of traditional Chinese culture. The moral values he advocated, and the belief in heaven above, have been passed down through the generations for more than 2,000 years. After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seized power in China, the regime has been defaming and denouncing Confucius and Confucian Thought. As a result, China’s ancient traditions have been completely ruined and are absent in today’s China. However, since 2004, contrary to its previous...

Back in July 2009 when I first met Michael Perlman, director of Tibet: Beyond Fear, I shared this epiphany with him: “If you want to help Free Tibet…you need to help Free China first!” That same night we shook hands and agreed to make a film called just that “Free China.”

When I think back to the storyline of this film that I was so privileged to produce, I think back to how my grandparents also left China in search of freedom, a better life for...

Following the downfall of Xu Caihou, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, the leading Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mouthpieces released articles implying thatXu’s boss is a party-leader-level “super big tiger”. Commentators claim that, former CCP leader Jiang Zemin had used corruption and blackmail to make party and military officers loyal to him. As Jiang’s followers fall from their positions one by one they must have confessed their connection with Jiang. If so, the...

It was a privilege to revisit Taipei in early April to support the “Sunflower Movement” and its well-founded concerns about Taiwan as a democratic and sovereign nation. Permit me to mention some points I made outside the Legislative Yuan:

Public support for the Sunflower coalition of students, academics, civic organizations grew increasingly during three weeks of protest; one estimate...

Hong Kong residents marked the 17th anniversary of the handover of the city from Britain to China today by marching in protest of the Chinese government.

Hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters, mostly young people, held banners demanding "real democracy" and chanted slogans against Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader, Leung Chun-ying, as they marched from Victoria Park to the city's central business district.

Tuesday's protest coincides with the annual July 1...

The Human Rights Law Foundation (HRLF) reports that Doe v. Cisco Systems, Inc. is a case currently being litigated in the Northern District of California against Cisco Systems, Inc., a major American network technology corporation. The plaintiffs are a group of Falun Gong practitioners who have been subjected to serious human rights abuses in China through the use of China’s “Golden Shield” project. The Golden Shield is an unprecedented network security system used...

In a move aimed to shame the Chinese regime for its abysmal human rights record, a Congressional committee has voted to rename the official address of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, No. 1 Liu Xiaobo Plaza.

Fourteen bipartisan Congressmen, led by Virginia Republican Frank Wolf, proposed the resolution, which calls for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to institute the name change. The call to change the name came in an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2015 State and Foreign...

A Chinese state media article has defined the pro-democracy movement as a cult and criticized liberal intellectuals, insistent lawyers, and democracy activists, calling them heretics. The article sparked public outcry. Many believe the characteristics of a cult as explained in the article best describe the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

On June 11, the online version of CCP mouthpiece Qiushi Magazine, qstheory.cn, published a commentary entitled, "Why The Pro-Democracy Movement Is...

WASHINGTON D.C. - The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) yesterday hosted a day of commemorative and celebratory events. The Foundation celebrates its 20th year, seven years since the opening of its Capitol Hill memorial to the Victims of Communism, and 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. In addition, the foundation awarded its highest honor, the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom to Ukrainian human rights advocate and former political prisoner Myroslav Marynovych...

The iconic photo of the 'tank man', an enduring image of courage in the aftermath of the massacre. The man was eventually pulled away from the tanks and was believed to have been executed after interrogation.  (Photo courtesy of 64memo.com)

June 4, 2014 is the 25th anniversary of the horrific Tiananmen Square Massacre, in which the 7 week old, student-led democracy protests...