The government-run China Daily claimed in a weekend column that the backlash against basketball player LeBron James for standing with the Communist Party has “nasty racial connotations.”
We’ve learned a lot from the National Basketball Association’s kowtow to the People’s Republic of China. Here are five key takeaways.
North Korean laborers have begun fighting over and stealing each other’s excrement in an attempt to meet an impossible quota collection in time to prepare fertilizer for next year’s farming season.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Sham is in the hospital late Wednesday after an unknown group of masked thugs bludgeoned him with hammers while out in public.
The Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), the largest dissident organization on the island, denounced the disappearance Tuesday of its leader, José Daniel Ferrer, from records at the prison where authorities told his family he was being held.
Protesters in Hong Kong took to a basketball court in the Wanchai neighborhood Tuesday night to support Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, under fire for publishing a note of support to the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, and protest pro-China basketball player LeBron James.
Politicians and media personalities took to Twitter and unloaded on NBA star LeBron James after he sided with China by assessing that Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey “wasn’t educated” for tweeting support of the pro-freedom movement in Hong Kong.
China’s Global Times state newspaper suggested on Monday that the American government use its policies in Xinjiang – where the Communist Party has built hundreds of concentration camps for Muslim ethnic minorities – as a “reference” in fighting terrorism at home.
China’s English-language state media had yet to weigh in on LeBron James criticizing public support for the pro-freedom Hong Kong movement on Tuesday, but did extend support to pro-China NBA “stars.”
NBA player LeBron James’ condemnation of Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey on Monday for supporting human rights in China has triggered a widespread backlash in Hong Kong, whose pro-freedom movement Morey endorsed. James complained that Morey “wasn’t educated” when
China procures political compliance among American elites through development of financial relationships, explained Robert Spalding.
Paloma Dominguez Caballero, 1, died last week less than three days after receiving her scheduled 12-month vaccinations from a government clinic in Cuba. Subsequent reports on Sunday indicated that as many as 24 other infants are in “critical condition” after similar doctor’s visits.
China’s state-run propaganda outlet Global Times condemned Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday for traveling to Hong Kong and dressing in black, the color of pro-democracy protesters which, according to the outlet, made him “synonymous with a thug.”
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping threatened anti-communist dissidents with a gruesome death in remarks Sunday during a visit to Nepal, warning that anyone defying China’s illegal territorial claims will have “their bodies smashed and bones ground to powder.”
Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said on Friday that he and other officials will “call out” China for “foreign interference in universities” and cyberattacks used to steal intellectual properties.
Cuba detained José Daniel Ferrer, the leader of the country’s largest dissident group the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), this month and, as of press time Friday, has yet to release him.
A female student at Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on Thursday spoke out at a public forum on campus, removing her mask and revealing her name to accuse Hong Kong police officers of sexually molesting her during an arrest.
The Chinese government went on the defensive through its propaganda arms Thursday as the United States imposed restrictions on communist officials believed to be involved in gross human rights abuses against its citizens.
China’s English-language propaganda outlets abruptly ceased publishing outlandish invective against the NBA on Friday, their front pages dominated instead by vitriol against Taiwan and pro-Xi Jinping stories.
Radio Rebelde, the website of a state-sponsored radio station in Cuba, published an article urging Cubans to eat banana and plantain peels and use them as painkillers and skin cleansers, astute online observers noted on Thursday.
A pro-communist group organized by Chinese officials will award a taxi driver HK$520,000 ($66,297.40) after ramming his car into a crowd of pro-democracy protesters, the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported on Thursday.
President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen asserted that her nation is “the first line of defense for democratic values,” standing mere miles from its biggest threat in the world, during a speech observing the Republic of China’s National day on Thursday.
Russia’s state communications regulator announced on Tuesday that China and Russia will sign an agreement to cooperate in further censoring internet access for their citizens.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is calling on the United States Senate to investigate China’s influence on American education.
The Chinese Communist Party has razed dozens of Uighur Muslim cemeteries in western Xinjiang province to create more “civilized” areas, the Agence-France Presse (AFP) reported on Wednesday.
China’s Global Times defended Chinese internet users allegedly acting independently of the government for praising the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as revenge for an NBA executive expressing support for the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
A senior Russian official suggested that Moscow could be a top partner to Cuba should it ever decide to build a nuclear power plant, the island independent outlet Cubanet reported Monday – the latest ploy to expand Rosatom’s reach into underdeveloped allied nations.
Blizzard is facing backlash from consumers angry that the company banned Hearthstone eSports champion Ng Wai “blitzchung” Chung, a native of Hong Kong, for making comments in favor of the pro-democracy protests in the city.
The Chinese government newspaper Global Times warned “global brands” to “make their members speak cautiously” on Chinese political issues Monday in response to an ongoing controversy following an NBA executive lending support to pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
Students at the University of Maryland were interviewed about their feelings on the 70th anniversary of communist China. Multiple students were sympathetic to the communist government, including one who commented that it “must be doing something right” to have lasted seven decades.
North Korea’s Foreign Ministry called negotiations with America on its illegal nuclear development “sickening” in a statement Sunday, accusing Washington of offering “empty hope” and refusing any further talks in the near future.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) may be denied medical treatment for his heart disease under his own proposed “Medicare for All” program. Dr. Jane Orient, executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, outlined the possible scenario in a Thursday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s first move since returning from a trip to Beijing was to ban individuals from wearing face coverings on Friday, including both masks and face paint.
A coalition of minorities facing persecution by the Chinese Communist Party organized a protest outside of the United Nations headquarters in New York Tuesday to call for solidarity for the victims of Beijing’s totalitarian regime.
The superintendent of Hong Kong’s police force dismissed criticism of officers shooting a teenager in the chest during protests by claiming on Wednesday that “professional firearms training” is necessary to judge if the incident constituted police brutality.
An elderly man armed with a meat cleaver confronted protesters who were attempting to barricade a street in Hong Kong around midnight on Wednesday, leading to a bloody brawl in which the old man was kicked and beaten with sticks.
Over 100 people were injured and police arrested nearly 200 during demonstrations in Hong Kong on Tuesday against China’s celebration of its 70th anniversary as a communist state.
Fighting China’s egregious violations of human rights – including the imprisonment of up to 3 million Muslims in concentration camps – is “what we do, and who we are,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said of America Wednesday at a speech before the Vatican.
“Congratulations to President Xi and the Chinese people on the 70th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China!” he wrote on Twitter.
The Communist Party of China (CPC) staged a massive parade Tuesday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist China.
