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PANIC LAWS

TikTok Is Bad. Banning It Would Be Much Worse.

A U.S. government ban on the social media app is authoritarian and unconstitutional.

Brad Polumbo

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COUNTDOWN

House Panel Passes Bill for ByteDance to Part With TikTok

The legislation would give ByteDance an ultimatum of 165 days to divest from TikTok, or else it will become illegal for app store operators to sell the app.

Edith Olmsted

Ron DeSantis
‘STOP CCP INFLUENCE’

DeSantis Bans Chinese Citizens From Buying Land in Florida

The bill also limits citizens from other “countries of concern” such as Russia and North Korea from purchasing certain types of land.

Isabella Ramirez

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‘SECRET POLICE’

The Specter of the CCP Haunts the Chinese Diaspora

China’s authoritarian government is brazenly stalking and attacking its citizens abroad—even in America.

Jianli Yang

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LONG ARM OF TYRANNY

How China’s Dictatorship Terrorizes Students in America

The Chinese Communist Party uses spies and technology to silence dissent—even abroad. Western institutions need to fight back.

Jianli Yang

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TENSION BUILDING

China Stands by ‘Zero-COVID’ Plan After Anti-Xi Protests

The country’s ruling Communist Party is facing its fiercest opposition in decades.

Dan Ladden-Hall

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CONFLICTS AND INTERESTS

Congress Should Investigate Elon Musk’s Ties with China

The Twitter/Tesla/SpaceX boss’s business dealings with the Chinese Communist Party could threaten free speech, privacy, national security, and U.S. foreign policy goals.

Jianli Yang

Li Yifeng
DETAINED

Prada Drops Chinese Star After Prostitution Charges

Li, who’s performed in several promotional videos for the Chinese government, has been dropped by major brands after reports of his detainment.

Helen Holmes

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BOOK BURNING

5 Hong Kong Authors Jailed for ‘Seditious’ Books

Speech therapists in Hong Kong have already been jailed for their alleged depiction of anti-government ideas in a series of children's books about sheep and wolves.

Fletcher Peters

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BUSTED

DHS Officer Indicted in Creepy Plot to Harass China Critics

The officer is one of five men accused of working together to intimidate critics of China.

Alan Halaly

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PERSECUTION

The New Movie Exposing the Evils of the Chinese Government

The new film about China’s persecution of a minority—in this case, the Falun Gong—is an “enraged exposé of China’s fondness for propagandistic deception and murderous oppression.”

Nick Schager

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