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Leo Timm

Leo Timm covers China-related news, culture, and history. Follow him on Twitter at @kunlunpeaks
Chinese-American Events in Upstate NY Urge Audiences to ‘Wake Up to the CCP Threat’
MOUNT HOPE, N.Y. — Hundreds of people in the upstate New York town of Mount Hope gathered under the clear sky on Saturday, Aug. 13 for a one-and-a-half hour ‘End CCP’ rally highlighting the tyranny...
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Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Sharpens Tensions at a Bad Time for Beijing
News analysis The People’s Republic of China (PRC) reacted angrily to the recent high-profile visit to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, issuing warnings and launching a series of military exercises around the island...
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Seeing Things That Aren’t There: Chinese Netizens Triggered by ‘Pro-Independence’ Photo of Taiwanese Celebrity Eating Spaghetti Amid Pelosi’s Visit
As an ancient Chinese proverb goes, "the grass and trees all look like enemy troops" (草木皆兵). That's apparently the feeling in mainland China as U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi travelled to Taiwan and...
Chinese ‘Tuidang’ Movement Counts 400 Million People Who Have Renounced Communism
Commentary Four hundred million people have cut off ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since the beginning of the peaceful movement to tui dang (退黨) — "to quit the Party." The Tuidang movement started...
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Pelosi Arrives in Taiwan, Publishes Op-Ed Advocating Support for Island
Footage published on Tuesday, Aug. 2 shows U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi being escorted by security personnel as she arrived at her hotel in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. The visit by America's...
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Pelosi Begins Asia Trip Amid Reports She Could Visit Taiwan
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelsoi and several other Congress members arrived in the city-state of Singapore in the morning of Aug. 1, the beginning of an Asia tour that has drawn international attention...
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7 Officials in Eastern China’s Jiangsu Province Accused of ‘Lying Flat,’ Receive Warnings From Communist Party Branch
According to various Chinese-language media reports, authorities in the county of Binhai, Jiangsu Province, have conducted a drive to root out a supposed trend of civil servants “lying flat.”  Seven officials have been admonished so...
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Falun Gong Marks 23 Years of Persecution–And Perseverance–In China
Communist China’s persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual practice has continued nonstop for more than two decades, having begun 23 years ago on July 20, 1999.  Falun Gong was immensely popular in China during the...
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Chinese Protesting Frozen Bank Accounts Just the Tip of the Iceberg in Beijing’s Widening Financial Crisis
News analysis Angry protesters took to the streets in China’s Henan Province on July 10 after their bank accounts were frozen overnight without explanation — and ended up in violent clashes with the police as...
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Kremlin Rolls Out Fast-Track Russian Citizenship for Ukrainians as Army Makes Gains
As Russian troops capture the remaining parts of the Donbass region, President Vladimir Putin has signed an order to allow all Ukrainians an easy path to Russian citizenship — a move likely aimed at further...
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Xi Visits Hong Kong as Propaganda Touts Chinese Regime’s ‘Strong Leadership’ in Handling the City
Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited Hong Kong on Thursday, June 30 to mark the city’s 25th year since its handover from British rule on July 1, 1997.  During the two-day trip, he met with more...
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Chinese Police Investigated Over Attack on Female Diners in Tangshan
A vicious attack on a group of four women in the northern city of Tangshan has set China’s social media ablaze as netizens demand an in-depth investigation into the incident and for the parties involved...