A New York-based research group became the target of malicious cyberattacks almost immediately after publishing testimony of a whistleblower doctor’s encounter with a Falun Gong practitioner who had her kidney removed against her will in China. The woman was a victim of the communist regime’s forced organ harvesting and perished not long after her conversation with the doctor, according to the whistleblower. In April 2019, Zhang Xiuqin, 46, briefly survived an operation to remove one of her kidneys and relayed her experience to a doctor at a key military hospital in Harbin, the capital of China’s northernmost province Heilongjiang. The whistleblower doctor, who is unnamed to protect her safety, provided a video recording of this conversation to the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG), a New York-based nonprofit dedicated to tracking the regime’s forced organ harvesting abuse. The organization published a transcript of the recording, as well as a transcript of the doctor’s testimony on July 17....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/us-website-hit-with-cyberattack-after-releasing-testimony-on-ccps-forced-organ-harvesting-5487406
A Canadian warship has navigated the contested Taiwan Strait as part of a joint exercise with allied naval forces, an action that showcased its commitment to safeguarding the international status of the waterway in response to China’s territorial assertions. The Royal Canadian Navy’s Halifax-class frigate, HMCS Ottawa, transited the disputed waters alongside the USS Ralph Johnson, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer, in what both parties have characterized as a freedom-of-navigation exercise, as reported by CBC News. During their 17-hour crossing on Sept. 6, the ships were closely shadowed by Chinese warships. “Moving through the Taiwan Strait is to demonstrate a free and open Indo-Pacific,” Sam Patchell, the commanding officer of the Canadian warship, told CBC News. “The only way we can do that is to come here and signal it.”...
A Texan nonprofit gives funding to a Chinese Communist Party-controlled (CCP) Confucius Classroom operating inside an Oklahoma High School, according to an Oklahoma superintendent and documents obtained by The Epoch Times. The CCP Confucius class, teaching American students, talks about the communist government positively while censoring the atrocities committed in its history. Oklahoma superintendent Ryan Walters was elected with one mission: To upend a corrupted education system. In an interview with EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders,” Mr. Walters talked about the ills sabotaging the education of the next generation of Americans, in a state ranking 49th out of 50 in academic achievement....
Part one of this series examined the crisis in Hong Kong’s stock market, which has been decimated by an exodus of foreign capital and a pessimistic mood as foreign investment, human freedoms, and human capital leave the once thriving city. Experts theorize that the current bear market reflects a brutal strategy to bring the former British colony in line with mainland China—one that is content to lose Hong Kong’s people in order to remake the city in the communist mold. Driven by growing discontent with the current situation in Hong Kong, a steady stream of residents are choosing the path of emigration....