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Biden Administration Advances ‘Racial Equity’ Agenda Across Federal Agencies
News Analysis Nonprofit organizations are already training federal government staffers to implement the Biden administration’s push for racial equity, as detailed in recently published documents. According to “Partnering with Federal Agencies to Advance Racial Equity,” a document (pdf) published by nonprofit Race Forward, the Biden administration’s new race agenda is well underway.
Fauci’s Love Affair With Pharma and the ‘Dark Role’ He Played in Pandemic
“By all appearances” Dr. Anthony Fauci and his team “have tried to cover up their role” in funding lethal gain-of-function research in China, Children’s Health Defense President Mary Holland said in an interview with Epoch Times. Miss a day, miss a lot. Subscribe to The Defender's Top News of the Day. It's free. By Lorenzo Puertas After forty-eight years of leading the U.S. government’s responses to infectious diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci recently announced his plans to retire at the end of the year.
Anthony Fauci: From AIDS to COVID-19, a Pharma Love Story
Commentary After forty-eight years of leading the U.S. government’s responses to infectious diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci recently announced his plans to retire at the end of the year. His story warrants a closer look for what it tells us about American politics, business, and health care. For decades before his recent fame, Fauci has been a medical researcher credited with important new understandings of the human immune response, particularly in HIV and AIDS.
11 GOP Nominees for States’ Top Election Official Dispute 2020 Results, Call for Greater Election Integrity
News Analysis Just two months before the mid-term elections, attention is focusing on races that usually go unnoticed. Campaigns for secretaries of state are usually low-profile contests, featuring little-known candidates. That changed in 2020 when the job of counting ballots and certifying elections became a key part of the alleged election fraud in the Presidential election. Secretaries of state—charged with certifying election results—found themselves in the spotlight.
2020 Election Doubts: Extreme or Mainstream Opinion?
News Analysis Nearly two years into the Biden presidency, allegations of fraud in the 2020 Presidential election continue to make headlines, and make powerful political ammunition for both the Democratic and Republican parties. Allegations of voting fraud are not a fringe position held by a small minority. Polling shows that nearly half of American voters have serious doubts about Joe Biden’s election victory.
TikTok Users Are Feeding Data to CCP Intelligence Agencies, Cyber Experts Warn
If you use TikTok, you may be feeding information to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence services. That’s a warning from cyber security expert Casey Fleming, CEO of strategic advisory firm BlackOps Partners. In a recent interview with Epoch TV’s “Wide Angle” program, Fleming explained the dangers posed by foreign-controlled cell-phone applications like TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based internet giant ByteDance.
TikTok Users Are Feeding Data to CCP Intelligence Agencies, Cyber Experts Warn
If you use TikTok, you may be feeding information to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence services. That’s a warning from cyber security expert Casey Fleming, CEO of strategic advisory firm BlackOps Partners. In a recent interview with Epoch TV’s “Wide Angle” program, Fleming explained the dangers posed by foreign-controlled cell-phone applications like TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based internet giant ByteDance.
Beijing Has Set Up Over 100,000 ‘Civilization’ Centers to Inculcate CCP Propaganda in the Masses: Report
To reach every village and neighborhood in China with his vision of socialism, Communist Party leader Xi Jinping is building a massive network of political and cultural education centers throughout the country. Over 100,000 of these centers have been created since they were first launched in 2018, according to a report published on Jan. 31 by the New York-based nonprofit Asia Society.
New Anti-Slavery Law Will Impose Cost on China for Its Genocide in Xinjiang: Expert
News Analysis New U.S. legislation aimed to stop the use of slave labor in China’s Xinjiang region has the potential to severely disrupt America’s $150 billion fashion industry. At risk is the industry’s access to the 20 percent of the world’s cotton that’s produced in the region, and the fate of 1 million Uyghurs held in China’s prison camps there.
China’s Christians Face an Uncertain Christmas
News Analysis It’s Christmastime in the People’s Republic of China, a season for shopping, taking pictures with Santa, and giving gift-wrapped apples to friends. Christmas is widely celebrated in China, but not as a religious holiday, or even as a day off from work. It’s similar to St. Patrick’s Day in America—a fun day with its own special traditions and decorations. For many young people in China, Christmas is also a romantic holiday, a lot like Valentine’s Day.
New Book Points to Global Coverup of Pandemic Origins
Lab leak? Bioweapon? Wet market? Two years after a new coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China, the world still knows very little about the origins of the virus, named SARS-CoV-2 scientifically. Where it came from, and how it first infected humans, are questions that have still not been answered conclusively. “Viral,” a new book from Harper Collins, examines the start of this pandemic, and why so much is still unknown.
Chinese Regime Using Climate Policy as ‘Weapon’ Against US Economy: Report
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has twisted the climate change movement into a political and economic weapon against the West, according to a new report by The Global Warming Policy Foundation, a London-based non profit.
Chinese Regime Using Climate Policy as ‘Weapon’ Against US Economy: Report
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has twisted the climate change movement into a political and economic weapon against the West, according to a new report by The Global Warming Policy Foundation, a London-based non profit.
Ship Data Interruption Hints at China’s Military Doctrine
Commentary China’s recent interference with ship-data broadcasts might provide a clue to Chinese military strategy, and give a preview of the opening moments of a future attack on Taiwan. In late October, international ship tracking services noticed a sudden decrease in ship data from Chinese ground stations. These land-based stations receive the Automatic Identification System (AIS) data that nearby ships broadcast.
Newly Published Documents Show Uyghur Atrocities Ordered by Top CCP Leaders
News Analysis A new analysis of secret documents leaked from inside China directly implicates Chinese leader Xi Jinping in ordering and organizing the repression campaign targeting China’s Ughyur ethnic minority. “The Xinjiang Papers, Explained”, published on Nov. 27, is an expanded look at the original “Xinjiang Papers”, a set of classified Chinese documents leaked to the New York Times in 2019.
China’s Real Estate Woes: Collapse or Temporary Setback?
News Analysis As China’s real estate crisis spreads, home sales fell sharply in October, and prices fell for the first time in six years. Many of China’s biggest developers are unable to make debt payments, leaving projects unfinished and creating a liquidity crisis throughout the sector. How did the largest real estate market in the world come unraveled? It began in August 2020, when the Chinese government announced a new policy to control the debt in the real estate sector.
What’s in Store as Beijing Takes on Climate Change?
News Analysis The Chinese regime and the United States agreed to work together to address climate change, in a surprise announcement on Nov. 10 at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. In a joint statement, the world’s top two greenhouse gas-emitting countries declared their intention to cooperate by reducing methane emissions, protecting forests, and phasing out the use of coal for power generation.
China Real Estate Crisis Could Mean Trouble for US Markets
News Analysis As China’s real estate crisis continues to grow, the impact on U.S. real estate is starting to take shape. Much of the impact appears likely to be felt in California and New York, where Chinese investors own many large commercial buildings, and are the main backers of several high-profile development projects. Evergrande Group’s struggle to repay $300 billion in debt obligations appears to be just the beginning of the threat of possible defaults in the Chinese real estate market.
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