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Olivia Enos interviews Jessica Batke on ChinaFile's China NGO Project and the current landscape for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in China. Jessica Batke is a Senior Editor at ChinaFile.
Toggle open close On March 31, the Biden Administration released details on its “American Jobs Plan.” Containing $2.25 trillion in new spending, $400 billion in tax credits, and $2.75 trillion in tax increases, if passed as proposed, the plan would be among the largest pieces of legislation in American history.REF The sprawling nature of the proposal, which includes taxes, transportation infrastructure, schools, health benefits, economic incentives, and more, makes the package difficult to analyze and summarize for public debate. This has become standard practice in Washington: Leading Me...
Rubio Leads Bipartisan Thrust Urging Biden to Fight for Religious Freedom Worldwide Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Wednesday led a bipartisan group of legislators calling on President Joe Biden to take a more decisive role in protecting religious freedom across the world and fill the position of Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, something the president has not yet done after over 100 days in office. “Today, @SenatorLankford and I led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to President Biden on the pressing need to fill the position of Ambassador at Large for International Reli...
Visitors look through a wire fence covered with prayer ribbons wishing for reunification of the two Koreas. Photo taken at Imjingak, near the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea, on June 20, 2019. | Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Prompted by South Koreaâs "anti-leaflet law" that many fear will hinder the ability to get information to people suffering under the regime of Kim Jong Un in North Korea, members of Congress on the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held a hearing to discuss the far-reaching implications of this new law. In December, South Korea's National Assembly passed the...
Persecution Fears Rise as Biden Backs Away From Religious Freedom Abroad Blinken 'repudiation' of Trump religious liberty policies may exacerbate human rights abuses President Biden delivers speech on Afghanistan on Apr. 14 / Getty Images Graham Piro • April 22, 2021 5:00 am SHARE The Biden administration's pledge to roll back Trump-era policies promoting religious freedom abroad threatens to undermine America’s ability to protect religious minorities in China, the Middle East, and beyond. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in March reversed a 2020 executive order that directed fe...