USCIRF Commissioner @nuryturkel: "It is unconscionable that Turkey, once considered a safe haven for Uyghurs, has caved to CCP pressure & deported Uyghurs to third countries that send them on to China. Turkey must end such deportations & protect all Uyghurs seeking refuge."
Hong Kong says China has agreed to help it build an emergency 'Fangcang' field hospital as coronavirus cases rise
1 year agoAt 10 a.m. on Monday, as required by China, the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu was closed. Chinese authorities then entered through the front entrance and took over the premises
China's Xinjiang, the once Muslim-majority region, has turned into "a prototype of a truly totalitarian surveillance government," says Taiwanese Digital Minister @audreyt
1 year agoChief Secretary announcing banning all day dine in, closing swimming pool & sports ground, tightening group gathering to max 2 ppl from 4 COVID19
Officials in at least 4 states are urging residents to report any unsolicited packages of seeds that appear to have been sent from China, warning that they might be invasive or otherwise harmful
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 242 km WSW of Qamdo, China
Mainland China reports 61 new coronavirus cases, including 41 in Xinjiang
[email protected]: Because of my strong focus on the China Virus, including scheduled meetings on Vaccines, our economy and much else, I won't be able to be in New York to throw out the opening pitch for the @Yankees on August 15th. We will make it later in the season
[email protected]: Crazy Nancy Pelosi said I made a mistake when I banned people from infected China from entering the U.S. in January. Tens of thousands of lives were saved, as she danced in the Streets of Chinatown (SF) in late February. Biden agreed with her, but soon admitted that I was right
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 242 km WSW of Qamdo, China
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 240 km WSW of Qamdo, China
Hong Kong records fourth consecutive day of 100-plus new Covid19 infections
The Houston Police Department sets up barricades near Chinese consulate. Sounds like they might be officially evicted. 4 p.m. was the Trump Administration deadline
1 year agoLive from Houston: US officials fail to enter the (former) CCP consulate as the door is locked from inside. They walk to the side door.
1 year agoSeed mystery: Residents in Virginia (and also in Utah) report receiving unsolicited packages containing seeds in the mail that appear to have originated from China. Authorities warn that the seeds should not be planted
China urged not to engage in "tit-for-tat retaliations" for the closing of its consulate in Houston, says @PressSec
Singaporean pleads guilty in US to working for Chinese intelligence
Chinese researcher fugitive has left the San Francisco consulate and been arrested, will appear likely today in CA Eastern District Court. - Senior Justice Department Official
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 239 km WSW of Qamdo, China
FBI: U.S. researchers studying COVID19 must stay vigilant. The FBI and @CISAgov warn that PRC-affiliated cyber actors might try to collect intellectual property and public health data related to vaccines, treatments, and testing
The US is trying to provoke a public clash between Russia and China, they will not succeed - Russian Foreign Ministry
Chinese Foreign Minister: The closure of the Washington consulate in Chengdu is a necessary and legitimate response
China orders US consulate in western city of Chengdu closed in response to closure of Chinese consulate in Houston. - AP
"Maybe it's time for a new grouping of likeminded nations - a new alliance of democracies" against China, proposes @SecPompeo
"Today the danger is clear and today the awakening is happening. Today the free world must respond. It can never go back to the past," concludes @SecPompeo
Pompeo calls for 'free world' to triumph over China's 'new tyranny'
"The only way to truly change Communist China is to act not on the basis of what the Chinese says, but how they behave," says @SecPompeo
US @SecPompeo on China: "Whatever the reason, China today is increasingly authoritarian at home, and more aggressive in its hostility to freedom everywhere else. And President Trump has said, 'enough,'"
US has arrested three Chinese nationals for visa fraud: Justice Department
