“The Chinese Communist Party now regards ethnic Mongolians as the ‘enemy within’, who are planning to incite separatism in China.” These are the words of ethnic Mongolian Boronruh Tsinrh, who grew up in China but is now studying in Paris. Mongolian rights activists have documented persistent problems in Inner Mongolia including “arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial detention, violation of […]
Police in Hong Kong have arrested 289 people and used pepper spray and pepper balls to disperse pro-democracy demonstrators. Amongst those caught on camera being brutalised by the police was a 12 year old girl who was said to be shopping for crayons. The demonstration was called Sunday to challenge the postponement of elections, and the imposition of […]
A lawyer and leading political expert on China says that the United States, and Western democracies, should focus on defeating Chinese communism, not accommodating it. Gordon Chang said that the “audaciousness, ruthlessness, and maliciousness” of China’s Communist Party (CCP) was being emboldened by the “feebleness” and “timidity” of the response from the rest of the world. Writing for […]
The development group which was reported to be in talks with the Irish government regarding the possibility of building a city for Hong Kongers in Ireland, has now confirmed that the discussion is ongoing. While the Department of Foreign Affairs seemed to downplay the possibility, Mark Lutter, the Chief Strategy Officer for the Victoria Harbor […]
Police in Hong Kong have confirmed that nearly 200 people in the region have been arrested less than 24 hours after the new National Security Law was imposed on Hong Kong by China. The law, which aims to clamp down on the protests that have been occurring in the city over the last year, was […]
Lord Patten, the last government of Hong Kong, has released an open letter calling on China to move back from its plans to unilaterally introduce national security legislation in Hong Kong. The legislation would give the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] wide-ranging powers to crack down on “treason, secession, sedition, and subversion! whilst also allowing the […]
The Chinese Communist Party [CCP] is continuing to put economic pressure on the Australian Government as part of an escalating campaign seemingly designed to stop the Australian Government from continuing to push for an investigation into the crucial early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak. This week has already seen the CCP threaten tariffs of 80% on Australian […]
Chinese propaganda has launched an international offensive of fake news to counter “enormous evidence” that the virus came from a Wuhan laboratory. On March 17, 2020, Bitter Winter told the story of how a paper on the virus responsible for COVID-19 by two respected Chinese scientists, Dr. Botao Xiao from South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, and Dr. […]
For years, Bernie Sanders’ critics have accused him and his campaign of political radicalism and holding fringe, far-Left positions. His opponents often claim that he is a crypto-socialist (if not full-blown communist) who wants to smuggle dangerous and extreme ideas into the White House under a moderate guise. Sanders, of course, vigorously denies these allegations. […]
While the ongoing global shutdown of business is highly damaging to the economy and jobs, most world leaders have made the calculation that stopping the coronavirus is worth the economic turmoil and disruption to daily life. The risk of letting covid-19 spread through the population is simply too great, and they seem to be taking […]