EU officials claim Moscow and Beijing continue to peddle disinformation on social media whose aim is to undermine the European Union and its partners. China and Russia continue to use the global coronavirus crisis to spread false reports and other online disinformation, according to the latest update published Wednesday from the European External Action Service’s […] Read more
WASHINGTON — In late November 2018, just over a year before the first coronavirus case was identified in Wuhan, China, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at Detroit Metro Airport stopped a Chinese biologist with three vials labeled “Antibodies” in his luggage. The biologist told the agents that a colleague in China had asked him […] Read more
US military activity in the South China Sea is increasing the risk of a confrontation with China, according to a Beijing-based think tank. The South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative’s annual report claims the United States has intensified its military operations in the region’s waters. It claimed American forces had conducted eight so-called freedom […] Read more
Wuhan residents believe up to 18 times the number of people died in their city from coronavirus than authorities are reporting. The seven funeral homes serving Wuhan have reportedly been running nonstop recently, prompting one resident to say “anyone with any ability to think” knows officials are lying about the death toll. China announced 2,535 […] Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) is being accused of “carrying China’s water” after a senior adviser refused to acknowledge Taiwan during a bizarre interview with a Hong Kong news outlet. Canadian physician Dr. Bruce Aylward, an aide to WHO director-general Dr.Tedros Adhanom, sat down for a video interview with RTHK about the coronavirus outbreak where […... Read more
Massive deliveries of urns in Wuhan have raised fresh skepticism of China’s coronavirus reporting. As families in the central Chinese city began picking up the cremated ashes of those who have died from the virus this week, photos began circulating on social media and local media outlets showing vast numbers of urns at Wuhan funeral […] Read more
U.S. fears that China could set up a moon base for spying do not line up with the country’s statements about its space program, according to security experts, but take that with a grain of salt. China’s work in space has hit headlines these past few months as NASA’s authorization bill for fiscal year 2020 […] Read more
As China and the United States race to restart their economies amid a global pandemic, foreign affairs experts say Beijing’s claim of a slowdown of COVID-19 cases in Wuhan should be taken with a gigantic grain of salt. Analysts like Gordon Chang question why the Western world would believe Beijing since the country has been […] Read more
A young mom from New Mexico has found herself at the center of China’s propaganda campaign after a notorious Chinese diplomat retweeted her messages in an attempt to further sow misinformation about coronavirus. Lijian Zhao, a Chinese politician serving as deputy director of the Foreign Ministry Information Department, is heading a propaganda campaign to shift […] Read more