Leo Timm
Leo Timm covers China-related news, culture, and history. Follow him on Twitter at @kunlunpeaks
US Holds Wargame Simulating CCP Invasion of Taiwan, With Bleak Results
The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took part in a wargame on April 19 that posits a near-future war with Communist China over...
Remembering April 25: The Day When Chinese Stood Up for Their Faith
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Last weekend, thousands of Falun Gong practitioners held events in Flushing, Queens, and on the Hudson riverside opposite the Chinese consulate in Manhattan to commemorate the 24th year since, in 1999,...
CCP Messaging Condemns ‘Liberal’ Retired General Liu Yazhou
Various semi-official criticisms of retired senior Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force general Liu Yazhou have emerged in recent weeks, indicating that the officer may be or has already been subject to some kind...
‘New Citizens Movement’ Activists Re-sentenced by Communist China Give Defiant Statements Before Trial
Two prominent human rights activists, Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi, were handed 14- and 12-year prison terms on April 10 (Monday), after already being held for three years and having previously been sentenced for various...
Ukraine Fortifies 4 Points in Remaining Part of Bakhmut
With Russian forces in control of the eastern two-thirds of central Bakhmut and pressing on the city's northern and southern flanks, the Ukrainian defenders have mostly fallen back to four redoubts in their remaining territory....
China’s Guangdong Province Calls for 300,000 Youth to Be Sent ‘Down to the Countryside’
Guangdong Province is one of the wealthiest in China, with 100 million people and the center of Chinese manufacturing and trade. Its Pearl River Delta comprises a megacity of around 60 million people from all...
Russian Troops Attempt Encirclement of Bakhmut Train Station Recaptured by Ukraine
Mercenaries of the Wagner private military company (PMC) crossed the north-south rail line splitting Bakhmut as they move to flank the Ukrainian troops who the previous day retook the city's main train station in the...
Ukraine Recaptures Bakhmut Train Station in Fierce Defense of City
A day after the Russian army and Wagner mercenaries secured two train stations in the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian defenders managed to retake the station lying on the west side of the...
Scammers Allegedly Pocketed $131,000 Meant to Help Ohio Residents After Toxic Train Accident
More than 3,000 people donated money to an organization that pledged to help the residents of East Palestine, Ohio after the train derailment that sent a toxic mushroom cloud over the Northeastern U.S., but the...
Biden Administration Looking For Input on Policy to Ensure ‘Responsible AI Systems’
The U.S. authorities will spend the next 60 days exploring and taking advice on future policy to regulate the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) as the technology becomes a bigger part of the...
Ukraine to Postpone Spring Counteroffensive: Prime Minister
In an April 11 interview with The Hill, Ukrainian prime minister Denys Shmyhal said that there was "no pressure" on his government to launch a counteroffensive against Russian forces that was originally expected for spring,...
Russia Takes Central Bakhmut as Ukrainians Hold Out in City’s Final Stronghold
The Ukrainian army lost control of two train stations in the key eastern city of Bakhmut by April 12, as well as all government administration buildings, leaving the defenders in control of roughly the western...