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English By Tommy Walker Share on Facebook Print this page HONG KONG - With the roundup of more than 50 pro-democracy activists and their supporters this week, Hong Kong has thrown off the last restraints on who can be targeted under Chinas harsh new security law and for what reasons, human rights advocates say.  Even so, at least some of the activists will continue to defy the rapid erosion of the broad political autonomy that had been promis...

For nearly 250 years, free and fair elections have been a hallmark of American democracy. In their pursuit to counter a king’s oppressive tyranny, our nation’s founders forged a representative government that gave power not to an elite monarch, but to the people. Since the founding of our nation, American government has reflected the will of the people. However, government “of, by, and for the people” is possible only as long as Americans have faith in the electoral system. To have tru...

For nearly 250 years, free and fair elections have been a hallmark of American democracy. In their pursuit to counter a king’s oppressive tyranny, our nation’s founders forged a representative government that gave power not to an elite monarch, but to the people. Since the founding of our nation, American government has reflected the will of the people. However, government “of, by, and for the people” is possible only as long as Americans have faith in the electoral system. ...

Primer: On September 25, 2015, during CCP General Secretary Xi’s state visit to the United States, President Obama and Xi gave remarks to the press in the White House Rose Garden. The two leaders announced that they had agreed “neither the U.S. nor the Chinese government will conduct or knowingly support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, including trade secrets or other confidential business information for commercial advantage.” Xi also pledged that “China does not intend t...

Dems Water Down China Provisions in Defense Bill GOP accuses Pelosi of gutting enforcement against Chinese influence on campus Getty Images December 18, 2020 4:59 AM House Democrats stripped down an anti-China bill that unanimously passed in the Senate by removing language reining in Chinese government influence on U.S. campuses. The Senates National Defense Authorization Act included a provision that authorized the Department of Education to withhold funding from U.S. universities that ...

House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Liz Cheney is one of the 17 GOP members who sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanding the removal of Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., from the Intelligence Committee over his alleged ties to a suspected Chinese intelligence operative. Cheney, R-Wyo., blasted Pelosi, D-Calif., for not taking action against Swalwell and said he represented "a national security hazard." "We watched [Pelosi] again and again treat her responsibility over the Intelligence...

The revelation that an alleged Chinese spy placed at least one intern in the Washington, D.C., office of California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell has House party leaders taking sides on whether congressional interns should be better vetted before working for lawmakers.