Leo Timm
Leo Timm is a translator and writer focusing on China-related news, culture, and history.
Japanese Firms Distancing From China as Hate Incidents Rise
An upswell of anti-Japanese expressions and actions by ultra-nationalist Chinese is worsening already-strained relations between the two countries, especially as Beijing doubles down on authoritarianism and “patriotic” propaganda glorifying the Communist Party while promoting hatred...
‘Disappeared’ Former Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang Demoted but ‘Off the Hook’ From Jail: Report
Qin Gang, who made headlines last year for his abrupt months-long disappearance and replacement as the People's Republic of China (PRC) Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been reassigned to a low-level propaganda position, according to...
Why Communist China Fears Shen Yun and Falun Gong
Over the last decade plus, Shen Yun advertisements and performances have become a familiar sight in cities across the United States and many other countries, primarily in North America, Europe, and East Asia. Behind the...
Media, Experts Speak With First Known Survivor of Forced Organ Harvesting in China
After escaping communist persecution in China in 2020, Cheng Peiming has become the first person confirmed to have been a victim of forced organ harvesting in the country — and lived to tell the tale. ...
Falun Gong Endures in China Despite 25 Years of Communist Persecution
A quarter century ago, Communist China began what would soon become the world’s largest and most severe campaign of religious persecution in the new millennium. In the spring and summer of 1999, regime authorities began...
Satellite Photos Show China Expanding Spy Bases in Cuba
Almost a year after revelations that Communist China has been running intelligence facilities in Cuba, satellite footage examined by a Washington, D.C.-based think tank suggests that Beijing is ramping up its capability to eavesdrop on...
9 Years Following Infamous ‘709’ Crackdown, China’s Human Rights Lawyers Hold Out Hope
Nearly one decade after a nationwide sweep that ensnared dozens of prominent human rights lawyers and activists across China, the key figures in the events have been released, but remain under constant surveillance and harassment,...
Top Chinese Generals Expelled From Communist Party in Sign of Greater Purges
In a meeting chaired by Xi Jinping on June 27, the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced the schedule for a long-awaited leadership conference, as well as the expulsion of two former defense...
America ‘On Schedule’ for 2026 Moon Landing, NASA Head Says Following Chinese Chang’e-6 Mission
The Chinese moon program completed a groundbreaking mission on Tuesday (June 26), with its Chang’e-6 robotic probe bringing back humanity’s first samples of moon rocks from the far side of the lunar surface. Named for...
Vladimir Putin Visits North Korea in Boost for Growing Alliance
In what observers say could be a major strategic shift, Russia and North Korea have entered into a “comprehensive strategic partnership” as Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the isolated East Asian country on June 18...
How Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong Handled a Treasured Edition of Ancient China’s ‘Twenty-Four Histories’
The two most important historical figures of 20th-century China are undoubtedly Chiang Kai-shek — who led the Republic of China during its war of resistance against Imperial Japan — and Mao Zedong, the communist revolutionary...
‘T-AI-WAN’: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Talks Up Taiwan’s Artificial Intelligence Potential
Recent remarks made by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during his trip to Taiwan have boosted the island's investor confidence, with the local stock market rising by over 300 points earlier in June after Huang declared...