The Chinese Communist Party’s quest to dominate Tibetan Buddhism continued this week with a press conference on Thursday to assert that the communist regime will control the death of the Dalai Lama and not allow him to reincarnate outside of China.
Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, South Africa’s newly minted electricity minister, followed up a trip to China last week with pronouncements that the Communist Party will provide a solution for the socialist country’s collapsing power grid, which has needed planned blackouts for much of the past year.
The Catholic organization Aid to the Church in Need denounced an “increasingly muted response” to religious persecution in China and India.
The communist government of North Korea boasted, through its state media arms, on Tuesday of orchestrating a massive rally in Pyongyang to mark the anniversary of the Korean War, declaring America the sole actor responsible for the war and celebrating that the communists “have firmly grasped” nuclear weapons.
Chinese state media propaganda outlets undermined the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s robust support of Russian leader Vladimir Putin with analyses on Sunday and Monday questioning if Putin could stabilize his country after Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin threatened – and abruptly canceled – an armed march on Moscow.
American actor Jeffrey Parise caught Cuba’s figurehead “president” Miguel Díaz-Canel and partner Lis Cuesta enjoying one of Rome’s top fine dining restaurants this week, outraging Cubans who have faced frequent, severe food shortages at home for decades.
Amnesty International issued an “urgent” call for Cuba to free Yoruba leader Loreto Hernández García and his wife, Donaida Pérez Paseiro.
Far-left American President Joe Biden praised his top diplomat, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, for a “great trip to China” this week in remarks to reporters on Thursday – and dismissed concerns about cratering Washington-Beijing communication as “hysteria.”
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a North Korean government propaganda network, published an angry screed condemning Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to China this week as a “disgraceful begging trip” setting America up to be a “loser.”
Far-left American President Joe Biden reportedly referred to genocidal communist dictator Xi Jinping of China as a “dictator” during a fundraiser on Tuesday, a far cry from Biden’s regular boasting of having traveled alongside Xi more “than any other world leader.”
China and Cuba are holding advanced negotiations to establish a joint military training facility on Cuban soil, according to a report based on anonymous sources published by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
Miguel Díaz-Canel, the figurehead “president” the Castro family uses to represent the Cuban Communist Party abroad, held a meeting with Pope Francis on Tuesday as part of a greater tour of Europe including Italy, Serbia, and France.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters following talks with genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday that the U.S. government was “prepared to cooperate” with China on “public health” projects, among other interests.
Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping held an extended meeting with American Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday in which, according to the Chinese government, Xi claimed the Communist Party “does not seek to challenge or displace” America, but demands Washington “respect China” and “not hurt China’s legitimate rights and interests.”
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi pledged to confront the United States and its “aggressive imperial policy” alongside the communist Castro regime’s figurehead President Miguel Díaz-Canel and former Cuban dictator Raúl Castro during his trip to Havana on Thursday.
Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe, known in the West as “Salt Bae,” reportedly closed his New York restaurant “Salt Bae Burger” this week.
The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs failed to publish statistics on the number of cremations documented in the last quarter of 2022, the South China Morning Post observed Thursday – the first time in 16 years the agency has not done so.
Germany’s parliament on Friday commemorated the 70th anniversary of a popular uprising that was brutally crushed by the Soviet dictatorship.
Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi, whose team is the reigning FIFA World Cup champion, played an exhibition match alongside his team in Beijing, China, on Friday – genocidal dictator Xi Jinping’s 70th birthday.
The East Turkistan Government in Exile, which represents the oppressed Uyghur and other Turkic communities under Chinese communist rule, condemned Palestinian leaders on Wednesday for meeting with dictator Xi Jinping and endorsing the genocide of Muslims in the region.
The United Nations Security Council confirmed that the Russian government had begun to, once again, ship oil to North Korea.
Multiple Chinese-language reports describe an uncontrolled crowd surrounding local government officials in Sichuan province, China.
The U.S. State Department and Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed Wednesday that Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Beijing next week.
The Chinese state newspaper Global Times proclaimed on Monday that China’s relationship with Saudi Arabia is in a “‘honeymoon’ period” following the deterioration of U.S.-Saudi relations under leftist President Joe Biden, citing the successful culmination of a Saudi-Chinese trade event this weekend reportedly resulting in $10 billion in deals.
John Kirby railed against “shameful” leaks indicating that China is working on building, or may already have, a spy base in Cuba.
The Global Times, a Chinese government propaganda newspaper, dismissed a Wall Street Journal report accusing Beijing of setting up a “spy base” in Cuba as an attempt to sabotage a rumored visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to China this month.
Honduras Foreign Minister Enrique Reina told China’s state-run Global Times his country is joining China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said he “ignore[s]” concerns about the growing friendship between his country and China.
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi will travel to Latin America on Sunday to meet with the leaders of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua.
China’s state-run Global Times propaganda outlet shared stories on Thursday of Chinese “netizens” on regime-controlled social media mocking New York City for being engulfed in a wildfire smog plume flying in from Canada, declaring the wildfires a “losing-face” moment for America.
The communist governments of China and Cuba issued statements on Thursday and Friday denying a report in the Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources, that the Castro regime had agreed to allow Beijing to install a secret “spy base” on the island.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) encouraged congressional efforts to implement American anti-slavery laws against Shein.
China’s government-run Global Times newspaper on Thursday rejected a flurry of reports in American corporate media claiming that Secretary of State Antony Blinken would soon visit Beijing, dismissing them as an attempt by the American government to “test” the Communist Party’s reaction to such a trip.
Communist Cuba, long disregarded as a priority by leftist President Joe Biden, boasted of taking on a role as a “key partner” to Russia on Wednesday, shortly before a bombshell report claimed the island would soon host a Chinese “spy base.”
Hong Kong’s Beijing-controlled government sought a court injunction Monday against the 2019 pro-democracy anthem “Glory to Hong Kong.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday local time for the first of his major engagements in Saudi Arabia, reportedly discussing, among other issues, “progress on human rights” and “clean energy.”
Members of the Uyghur community and supporters organized a protest in front of the White House on Sunday urging the administration of President Joe Biden to take “meaningful action” to end the genocide of their people in China, as well as condemn American corporations such as J.P. Morgan Chase and Tesla for profiting from business with the Communist Party.
Chinese National Defense Minister Li Shangfu, making his debut on the international stage, told attendees at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Sunday that the communist nation’s military would attack “without any hesitation” against any allies of Taiwan seeking to support the nation’s independence from Beijing.
The Nicaraguan human rights collective Nicaragua Nunca Mas (“Nicaragua Never Again”) released a report this week accusing the communist Ortega regime of using 40 different types of torture on dozens of political prisoners.
The tide of protests and other acts of dissent — including posting banners, distributing petitions, or individual protest posts that grew tremendously in China throughout 2022 — has yet to ebb, the Freedom House China Dissent Monitor revealed in its latest update this week.
