Eight Chinese firms and 12 nationals have all been sanctioned by Washington to combat the illegal fentanyl trade. Is China planting illegal drug farms on U.S. soil? We take a look at how Chinese crime groups may be ushering in a wave of violence on American soil. Is a power source serving the Pacific under Beijing’s control? Why is China’s latest move in Peru sparking fears in the West? An embrace between two Chinese sports stars has vanished from China’s internet. What makes this celebratory photo such a sensitive subject for Beijing? Topics in this episode: U.S. to Take Sweeping Action Against Chinese Fentanyl Senator: China Turning Oklahoma Land into Drug Farms San Francisco Drug Overdose Deaths Hit Record in August China Expands Military Footholds near the U.S. Asian Games Photo Censored on Chinese Web Over Tiananmen Square Massacre Reference 55 Chinese Sailors Dead After Vessel Hit Trap: Report Japan to Release Second Batch of Wastewater; Hoping to Resolve China’s Seafood Ban Beijing Ran Fake Profiles to Target UK: Meta Negotiation Only Gives China Leverage: Retried General ...Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/us-to-take-sweeping-action-against-chinese-fentanyl-5504171
Canadian universities are continuing research collaborations with Chinese institutions despite government efforts to impose stronger measures against potential technology transfer to the regime and address related national security concerns, the House of Commons science committee heard. Jim Hinton, an intellectual property lawyer and assistant professor at Western University, emphasized this finding during his testimony at the House Standing Committee on Science and Research on Oct. 4. “I discovered that as recently as a few weeks ago, there have been new patent applications published, listing Huawei as owner, with Canadian university researchers as inventors, including those from the University of Toronto, UBC, Queens, Ottawa, McMaster, and Western,” he said.... 
Police in India have arrested the founder of independent news portal NewsClick after raiding the homes of dozens of journalists and staff on Oct. 3 amid allegations that the company received funding from communist China. Some 500 cops had been deployed to over 100 locations linked to the news site, according to local reports. Delhi police said they interrogated 46 “suspects” and seized their devices for the investigation. Those questioned include current and former employees, contributors, and cartoonists. Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, a consultant for NewsClick, said the police asked him various questions, including whether he had covered the 2020 Delhi riots. “Nine police personnel came to my home in Gurugram at 6.30 in the morning. They asked me various questions. I came with them voluntarily to the Special Cell of the Delhi Police,” he told ANI News....
MANILA, Philippines—Three Filipino fishermen died in the disputed South China Sea after their boat was accidentally hit by a passing commercial vessel, the Philippine Coast Guard said Wednesday. The fishermen’s boat, F/B Dearyn, was moored in a fishing area in the high seas off the northwestern Philippines when it was hit before dawn on Monday by the passing vessel and capsized, killing its skipper and two crew members. Three other fishermen aboard the Dearyn survived, the Coast Guard said. Eight other men were fishing separately on board smaller boats at the time of the accident, officials said. Due to adverse weather conditions and the darkness, “the crew on board the mother boat failed to detect an unidentified vessel approaching, resulting in a collision that caused the mother boat to capsize,” the Coast Guard said....