Leo Timm
Leo Timm covers China-related news, culture, and history. Follow him on Twitter at @kunlunpeaks
Russians Make Breakthroughs in Central Bakhmut as Battle for Ukrainian Stronghold Continues
Troops of the Wagner private military company (PMC) and Russian army on April 4 took a government administration building and reached a hospital in their efforts to take the AZOM steel plant industrial sector in...
Taiwan’s President Tsai Meets With House Speaker McCarthy
On April 5, U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) met with Tsai Ing-wen, President of the Republic of China (ROC), in Simi Valley, Los Angeles. Tsai's visit to the U.S. and meeting with...
Retired Chinese General Liu Yazhou Could Be Sentenced for ‘Serious Economic Corruption’ and ‘Political Ambitions: Hong Kong Media
Ming Pao, a Hong Kong newspaper known for reporting information leaking from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime establishment, claimed in a March 24 piece that according to various sources in Beijing, former People's Liberation...
Russians Capture Govt. Office in Bakhmut as Battle for City Center Continues
Troops of the Wagner private military company (PMC) and Russian army on April 4 took a government administration building and reached a hospital in their efforts to take the AZOM steel plant industrial sector in...
Little Action Being Taken to Ensure AI ‘Cares About Us’: Leading Researcher
Eliezer Yudkowsky, a decision theorist and leading AI researcher who recently warned about the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) in an op-ed for Time magazine, described how the technology was rapidly developing without anywhere near the...
FBI Agent Who Helped Break Into Capitol Says ‘Herd Mentality’ Motivated Crowd on Jan. 6
The throngs of people who surged into the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021 were driven by a "herd mentality" and not any organized plan, according to an FBI informant who infiltrated the Proud...
Humanity Will ‘Live or Die as One’ in Face of AI Threat, Leading Researcher Says
Eliezer Yudkowsky, a top artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and decision theorist who advocates a cautious approach to the technology, believes that AI research and development must be shut down immediately lest it threaten all of...
Knife Rampage in Chongqing, Southwestern China Subdued by Crowd
A street in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing was shaken by a middle-aged man indiscriminately hacking at pedestrians with a cleaver in the evening of Sunday, April 2 around 8:40 p.m. The perpetrator was...
Annual US Report Describes Continuing Degradation of Political Liberties in Hong Kong Under Communist ‘National Security Law’
The "2023 Hong Kong Policy Act Report" released Friday, March 31 by the U.S. Department of State highlighted Communist China's increasing authoritarian control over the port city of Hong Kong, especially under the National Security...
250 People Arrested Under National Security Law Since 2020: Hong Kong Justice Chief
Two hundred and fifty people in Hong Kong have been arrested on charges of breaking the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-imposed National Security Law and 20-30 of them were convicted, according to the city's Secretary for...
Hong Kong Requires Identification of Protest Participants Starting With Recent ‘Legal’ Rally
Recent rules introduced by the Hong Kong authorities retain the right of residents to protest and public assembly, but they must wear identifying markers — such as colored lanyards or special T-shirts — in order...
China Launches 3-Year Plan to Expand Xinjiang-style ‘One Police Station for Every Village’ Program to Rest of Country
The Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) unveiled a three-year action plan at the end of March to expand the communist regime's police forces at the grassroots level, as reported by various outlets. Such a...