Insights

Insights 09/25/22, 08:09

The Chinese mainland's market for second-hand homes is slow. A netizen recently told of buying a house in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Zhejiang province's capital is one of China's most expensive cities. After looking at more than 100 apartments in two months, he finally placed an order and signed a contract.  Some real ...

Insights 09/25/22, 07:56

Recently, the Ecological Environment Bureau posted on Weibo that a chemical company in Henan emitted an unpleasant odor, causing nearby villagers to vomit. The case caught people’s attention, and one of the comments claimed that the plant’s infrastructure had long degraded. On September 18, the bureau revealed the latest investigation on ...

Insights 09/25/22, 07:42

A retired general has called on the U.S. government to send an ultimatum to its allies, asking them to decouple from China. Robert Spalding is a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general and now serves as a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, focusing on U.S.–China relations and economic and national ...

Insights 09/25/22, 03:47

According to a Reuters' report on September 16, at least three challenges await the new leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after the 20th National Congress. Those are questions related to solving the implications of the property crisis, the zero-COVID policy, and the relation with the U.S. Data recently shows that ...

Insights 09/24/22, 19:16

On October 16, 2022, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will hold its 20th National Congress. The meeting of the "proletariat" will test the management of the current National Secretary, Xi Jinping. Meanwhile, large fractures in the organization come to light amid a climate of persecution of dissidents—scapegoats that the CCP ...

Insights 09/24/22, 17:48

More than 200 days have passed since President Vladimir Putin launched the "special military operation," against Ukraine, and China has moved closer to Russia, cooperating on several vital issues. However, a recent meeting between the foreign ministers of China and Ukraine cast doubt on China's true intentions. On September 22, during ...

Social problem 09/23/22, 18:34

Recently, officials in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, ordered locked-down food service shops to install electronic surveillance robots upon reopening. Because of the Chengdu lockdown, the food service industry is in a state of ruin. The installation of electronic robots was another wave of exploitation by the communist regime. The social media ...

Disasters 09/23/22, 17:36

Although China continues its intense "zero-COVID" policy, the epidemic continues to spread, causing people everywhere unspeakable suffering. For example, recent reports say at least 22 people have died of starvation or lack of medical care in Yining city in northern Xinjiang due to being in lockdown. In the face of ...

Insights 09/23/22, 16:27

Secrecy usually characterizes the Chinese regime's internal politics, especially regarding the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Specific facts that expose the fierce struggle confronting the leaders on the eve of the October 16 conference are sometimes surprising.  Such is the case of the rare public appearance of ...

Insights 09/22/22, 21:45

Tiktok is one of the popular music and social networking sites among young people. Tiktok was founded by Zhang Yiming, the founder of the Chinese company ByteDance. It has been growing rapidly since 2016. However, Tiktok has faced many accusations during its activities. Recently, the research of NewsGuard, a firm that ...

Insights 09/22/22, 21:15

According to Nikkei Asia on September 14, Brazilian mining giant Vale in Indonesia is joining on three nickel refining projects totaling $8.6 billion with Chinese companies. Those firms include battery materials manufacturer Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt; Tisco, a unit of state-backed stainless steel giant China Baowu Steel Group; and top nickel ...

Insights 09/22/22, 19:44

On September 12, the human rights NGO Safeguard Defenders posted an investigation on Chinese overseas police stations. These stations, also known as "110 Overseas," are now established across five continents. 110 Overseas is part of an anti-fraud program managed by the Fuzhou Public Security Bureau (PSB). It's where overseas Chinese can ...

Insights 09/22/22, 19:16

Former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko has alleged that at least one Twitter employee was an agent for the Chinese government. In front of a Senate committee on September 13, Zatko said he was told about the spy a week before his abrupt dismissal on January 19, 2022. According to Senator ...

Insights 09/22/22, 18:58

A Reuters study has found that Twitter has been making major advertisement revenue from Chinese local governments. The British news agency made its conclusions by probing 36 publicly available local government tenders, budget documents from 2020 to 2022, and social media accounts. While mainlanders are strictly prohibited from accessing the popular social ...

Insights 09/22/22, 18:23

Chinese overseas media outlets reported that an online video on September 12th showed a group of older women in Chengdu with sticks in hand.  Like the Red Guards in the 50s, they work openly to maintain the regime’s shutdown. Netizens criticized the CCP for continuing to “incite the masses against the ...

Insights 09/22/22, 18:15

According to SOH, the governor of Jilin recently urged the government for small and medium-sized companies to help improve Jilin's economy. Several political and economic observers said that China's economic and financial system had reached a point where there is no turning back. According to statistics of the Ministry of Finance, ...