Influential figures in Washington are calling for the establishment of a bilateral free-trade agreement with Taiwan, even as U.S. and Chinese officials move toward a resolution of their long-running trade dispute.

"We have a lot of issues with Beijing, and a lot of opportunities with Taiwan," said Edwin J. Feulner in an interview with VOA. Feulner is the founder and former president of the Heritage Foundation, an influential think tank in Washington known for its...

An independent peoples’ tribunal examining evidence that the Chinese state is forcibly removing the organs of innocent prisoners of conscience, thereby killing them for profit, began on Dec. 8 in London.

The Tribunal of seven independent members is chaired by Sir Geoffrey Nice, QC. who previously led the prosecution of Slobodan Milošević at the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Evidence from 30 witnesses and experts was heard over three days...

When  the  Congressional-Executive  Commission  on  China  (CECC)  was  established  in  2000,  the  prevailing  wisdom  underpinning U.S.-China relations maintained that increased trade and economic  interconnectivity,  as  well  as  diplomacy  and  robust  cultural exchange,  would  lead  to  greater  openness  and  political  liberalization within China.

In  the  years  that  followed,  the  Chinese  economy  grew  dramatically, while the...

(Sun Yi, whose story is told in the documentary "Letter From Masanjia." (Flying Cloud Productions)

The award-winning documentary film “Letter from Masanjia” tells the true story of the extraordinary courage and hope of a man named Sun Yi, despite the unimaginable horrors he endured as a prisoner of conscience in a...

(Plastinated corpse of woman and 8th month foetus)

The 'Real Bodies' exhibition at the Entertainment Quarter is to close on Sunday 16th September.

This is one month earlier than the organisers, Imagine Exhibitions, had planned.

There has been a public outcry and protests since the display opened on April 14th, demanding the NSW and Australian...

The Confucius Institute (CI) is the Chinese government’s multi-billion dollar Chinese language and culture program, with locations at over 1,600 foreign universities and schools around the world.

Ostensibly, it offers convenient Chinese language and culture programs, but many worry that these institutes pose risks to academic freedom, human rights codes, and even national security.

“In the Name of Confucius” is the first documentary to expose the many...

Ethan Gutmann, a China analyst, human-rights investigator, and author of 'The Slaughter,' briefed the Prague Senat earlier this month about forced organ harvesting in China.

Three years ago, I spoke to the Senat about Chinese organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience. What has...

Australian governments of both persuasions (Liberal and Labor) have long given lip service only, to human rights when dealing with the Chinese communist regime.

The government bends over backwards to avoid criticizing China so as not to jeopardize trade with the regime.
When profit is to be made, then human rights, integrity, and moral principles are nowhere to be seen.

A recent example is a hearing on June 8 in Canberra of the Inquiry into Human Organ...

The iconic photo of The Tank Man, Tiananmen Square, June 1989.(64memo.com)

Speech at Remembrance rally in Chinatown Sydney Australia 3rd June 2018.

We are here to remember how on June 4 1989 and on subsequent days the Chinese Communist Government sent the so-called Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) to kill protesters who...

The 'Real Bodies' exhibition continues in Sydney, Australia despite public outcry and protests that demand the NSW and Australian governments close it down because of the failure of the organisers to show consent and proper governance of the corpses.

There has been a daily peaceful protest outside the Sydney Entertainment Precinct where the...

This article was first published in Diplomat and International Magazine Canada.

Protesters of Confucius Institutes rally in front of the Toronto District School Board. (Photo: In the Name of Confucius documentary)

The Confucius Institutes (CIs), ostensibly benign Chinese language and cultural agencies, are funded and overseen by the Beijing party-state through an office commonly known as Hanban...

The 'Real Bodies' Exhibition in Sydney, Australia is a display of 'plastinated' bodies and organs from supposedly donated or unclaimed bodies in China.

However, these exhibitions that have been held around the world for many years, source their bodies from China, especially Dailian, in Heilongjiang province...