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Leo Timm

Leo Timm covers China-related news, culture, and history. Follow him on Twitter at @kunlunpeaks
Remove China’s Trade Privileges to Stop Funding Communist Abuses: NJ Rep. Chris Smith
A senior Republican congressman representing New Jersey and a longtime critic of Communist China has revived a bill intended to strip the regime of its trade privileges in light of Beijing’s “systematic economic espionage against...
Biden Calls for Bipartisanship, Higher Debt Ceiling in State of the Union Address
At 9 p.m. EST on Feb. 7, President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address in the U.S. House of Representatives. During the 75-minute-long speech, Biden said that the U.S. economy had...
Politicians Hype Threat of Chinese Spy Balloon That Floated Across US Before It Was Shot Down
News that a high-altitude reconnaissance balloon sent by Communist China has been loitering over the northern U.S. stoked fear and finger-pointing among officials and the media, with many jumping on the event to highlight the...
Mount Hope, NY Celebrates the Year of the Rabbit
MOUNT HOPE, N.Y. — Hundreds of people in the upstate New York town of Mount Hope turned out for a celebration of the Chinese New Year, enjoying food, performances, and other activities at the local...
China Staggers Under Huge Pandemic Losses
News analysis Millions are dying throughout China with the novel coronavirus infecting 1 billion people per the latest estimates — a tremendous blow to the country that is already grappling with severe economic downturn and...
North Korea Locks Down Its Capital Pyongyang as Virus Spreads Across Chinese Border
Pyongyang, the capital of nuclear-armed North Korea, went under a five-day lockdown due to a rise in cases of "unknown respiratory illness," according to an outlet based in South Korea. The Seoul-based NK News reported...
North Korean Workers, Diplomat Die in Chinese Pandemic: Insiders
According to people with knowledge of the situation, many North Koreans working in or who have business with China are among those who have succumbed amidst the massive resurgence of SARS-CoV-2 throughout the country in...
Russians Take Heavily Fortified Ukrainian Town of Soledar in Donbass Campaign
After a week of decisive combat, the Ukrainian town of Soledar on Jan. 13 fell to armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Wagner mercenary group — the first major victory to be had by...
77th-Generation Descendant of Confucius Dies in Beijing
One of the modern descendants of China's greatest teacher, Confucius, has died amidst the massive resurgence of COVID-19 that is sweeping across the country and infecting hundreds of millions. Kong Deyong (孔德墉), 96, died on...
Zhao Leji, One of the CCP’s Top 7 Leaders, Conspicuously Absent From Major Work Meeting
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) third-ranked senior official, Zhao Leji, was a no-show at an important central leadership meeting held recently, prompting speculation about his health amid the massive resurgence of COVID-19 that has been...
Taiwanese-Americans Hope to Strengthen Community, Spur Business in Upstate NY
MIDDLETOWN, NY — Members of the local Taiwanese-American community gathered at the Northern Medical Center in Middletown for an inaugural celebration to mark the founding of the NYS Orange County Taiwanese Association.  Organizer Eric Yeh...
People hold white sheets of paper in protest of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, after a vigil for the victims of a fire in Urumqi, as outbreaks of the coronavirus disease continue in Beijing, China, November 27, 2022. (Image: Screenshot / Reuters)
How a Chinese Artist in Italy Became an Online Relay Point for Protests Against Communist ‘Zero-COVID’ Policy
Late this November, when tens of thousands of Chinese rose up to oppose the communist regime's ruinous "zero-COVID" epidemic control measures, getting information about the scale and nature of the protests across to the outside...