Leo Timm
Leo Timm is a translator and writer focusing on China-related news, culture, and history.
Hong Kong Court Finds Pro-CCP Man Guilty of Attacking Falun Gong Practitioners
In a potentially significant case for the future of religious freedom in Hong Kong, a local court has found a guilty a man who vandalized information stands promoting the Falun Gong spiritual practice and attacked...
Sweden Merges Its Environmental Authority With Ministry of Energy, Plans to Restart Nuclear Power Plants
The new Swedish Minister of Climate and Environment, Romina Pourmokhtari, will now work under Minister of Energy, Business and Industry Ebba Busch rather than lead her own department, according to the new cabinet unveiled by...
Xi Takes Third Term as Leader of Communist China
News analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) concluded its 20th National Congress on Saturday, Oct. 22. General Secretary Xi Jinping took a norm-breaking third term as the Party’s head, and elevated many of his allies...
Why Hu Jintao Probably Wasn’t Purged at the 20th Party Congress
Commentary Dramatic footage showing former Chinese leader Hu Jintao being escorted by security staff out of the Communist Party's 20th National Congress on Saturday, Oct. 22 has led to widespread speculation among China watchers that...
The Virtuous King Wen: Forging a Legacy for the Ages in an Era of Corruption
An important concept in the history of China’s many dynastic governments is tian ming (天命), or the Mandate of Heaven. A ruler who follows this mandate leads his people with virtue, allowing the nation to...
At 20th Party Congress, CCP Stresses Regime Security
The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) opened on Sunday, Oct. 16 in Beijing, with thousands of delegates in attendance for the event where leader Xi Jinping is slated to assume a...
British Ex-Military Pilots Hired by China to Train People’s Liberation Army: BBC
Around 30 veteran pilots of the British armed services are or have been in the pay of Communist China, receiving lucrative contracts to help the regime's People's Liberation Army (PLA) acquaint itself with "the way...
CCP Central Committee Holds 7th Plenum Ahead of 20th Party Congress
The 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has held its 7th and final plenary session before the regime's 20th Party Congress scheduled to begin on Sunday, Oct. 16. According to the communique...
China Hands Suspended Death Sentences to Ex-Justice Minister Fu Zhenghua and Other ‘Political Liars’
Fu Zhenghua, China’s ex-Minister of Justice and a career police official notorious for his crackdown on human rights lawyers, was handed a death sentence in a northeastern Chinese court on Thursday, Sept. 22. The Intermediate...
America’s Shifting Taiwan Policy
In a Sept. 18 live interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” President Joe Biden said that the U.S. would unambiguously come to Taiwan’s defense “if in fact there was an unprecedented attack” by Communist China. Asked...
Chinese, Indian Troops Disengage From Disputed Himalayan Border Area: New Delhi
The Indian government says that its troops have started to demobilize from the Gogra-Hotsprings border area, and that Chinese forces on the other side of the border were doing so as well. Relations between Beijing...
From Prisoner to Prime Minister: Guan Zhong and the Hegemony of Qi
The Spring and Autumn era (770–475 B.C.) was one of the great episodes that shaped Chinese history and culture. It was the time when thinkers like Confucius and Lao Zi articulated and spread their teachings,...