Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says his state doesn’t “welcome the Chinese Communist Party.” We take a look at his newest move to counter Beijing’s influence on American soil. From blasting lasers to a “floating barrier,” what’s the latest on tensions in Asia’s most disputed waters? A Chinese activist fled to Taiwan after being detained by police in China over a social media post. What’s next for him? Topics in this episode: DeSantis Suspends School Choice at Four CCP-Tied Schools Philippines Removes China’s ‘Floating Barrier’ Amid Dispute in South China Sea German Lawmakers Debate Tariffs for China-Made EVs The CCP Systematically Destroyed Chinese Culture: Professor Hong Kong Journalist Group Leader Sentenced to Five Days Chinese Dissident Pleads for Help from Taiwan ‘There’s No Recourse’: Pelson on Risky China Business ...Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/desantis-suspends-school-choice-at-four-ccp-tied-schools-5498308
BEIJING—At least sixteen people were killed in a coal mine accident in Panzhou city in southwestern China’s Guizhou province on Sunday, according to a filing by the mine’s owner, Guizhou Panjiang Refined Coal Co., with the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Monday. The actual number of casualties from such events may be much higher. The actual number of casualties is difficult to verify, as the Chinese regime routinely suppresses or alters information. All coal mines in Panzhou city have suspending production for a day, according to Shanghai-based commodities consultancy Mysteel. Guizhou’s mine safety administration told Reuters it did not have information on the situation.... 
A bill that strengthens U.S. national security through reviews on the risk of agricultural transactions passed the House Financial Services Committee on Sept. 20 with bipartisan support, ready for a floor vote in the House. The bill, dubbed the “Agricultural Security Risk Review Act,” would give the U.S. secretary of agriculture a permanent seat on the federal national security review panel—the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)—for agricultural transactions, including purchases of farmland and agricultural biotechnology. “Protecting America’s agriculture security is a critical part of our national security,” Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) said in a statement released on Sept. 21. “With an increasing amount of foreign investment in U.S. agriculture, including the Secretary of Agriculture as a member of CFIUS is long overdue.”...
News Analysis Beijing is at risk of seeing its influence over North Korea dwindling, experts told the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times last Saturday. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, a Russian spaceport, last Wednesday. Following this, Mr. Kim continued his visit to Komsomolsk-on-Amur and Vladivostok, where he toured the production facility for Russia’s main combat aircraft, the SU-35, and visited the Russian Pacific Fleet. The state leaders of two sanctioned regimes—due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile tests—said that the two countries would cooperate in “sensitive” fields....