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Epoch Times
01-08-2025
- Politics
- Epoch Times
LIVE NOW: Think Tank Holds Webinar on ‘Is China Entering a Post-Xi or Post-CCP Era?'
The Consilium Institute, a think tank specializing in China issues, holds a webinar at 10 a.m. ET on Aug. 2. Piero Tozzi, director for the Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC), and Gordon G. Chang, the author of Plan Red: China's Project to Destroy America, will join a group of pundits on China from the institute ...
Epoch Times
29-07-2025
- Politics
- Epoch Times
Bipartisan Bills Target China's Human Rights Violations Amid US–China Trade Talks
A group of bipartisan lawmakers are introducing legislation this week targeting the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) human rights violations at home as well as its transnational repression campaigns, as Washington and Beijing resumed trade talks in Stockholm. The bills are sponsored in the Senate by Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) of the Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC). One of the bills seeks to tackle 'transnational repression'—acts by foreign governments and their proxies to target overseas dissidents, journalists, and other persecuted groups. The bill is sponsored in the House by Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and James McGovern (D-Mass.). In a CECC hearing in September 2023, Merkley said that transnational repression was 'central to the Chinese Communist Party's strategy of silencing critics of Chinese policy around the world.' The commission's report for 2024 said the Chinese regime 'continued a multifaceted campaign of transnational repression to intimidate and enhance control over critics, Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, and others.' The report stated that the CCP 'continued to monitor, detain, and imprison Falun Gong adherents.' Earlier this month, at an event marking the regime's 26-year-long persecution of Falun Gong, Smith called the CCP's targeting the spiritual discipline's adherents in the United States 'transnational terrorism.' Another bill, sponsored in the House by Smith and Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), seeks to expand sanctioning powers over the Chinese regime's human rights violations against Uyghur Muslims, to cover more acts of human rights violations and those responsible for the transnational repression of Uyghurs. According to human rights experts, Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region have been subjected to mass detention, with an estimated 1 million placed in a sprawling network of internment camps and other detention facilities in Xinjiang. Survivors of the camps have described experiencing forced labor, forced sterilizations, political indoctrination, and other abuses during their time in detention. A third bill Merkley is introducing, co-sponsored by Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah), aims to help Taiwan as the self-ruled island faces increasing pressure from mainland China. It would support countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that maintain official diplomatic relations with Taiwan and would take other steps to deepen coordination with Taipei. The CCP has never ruled Taiwan, but it views the island democracy as its territory and has repeatedly threatened to annex it by force. The regime has sabotaged Taiwan's diplomatic relations and blocked its participation in international organizations. It insists the world should follow its 'One China' policy, which claims that the communist regime is the only legitimate government on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. In a statement, Merkley said the United States 'cannot afford to be weak in the face of the People's Republic of China and its aggression around the world.' 'No matter who is in the White House, America's values of freedom and human rights must remain at the heart of a clear and principled vision that guides our leadership on the global stage,' he added. On Monday, U.S. officials led by U.S. Treasury Chief Scott Bessent met Beijing's delegation in Stockholm to renew trade talks, paving the way for U.S. President Donald Trump's potential visit to China. China is facing an Aug. 12 deadline to reach a durable tariff agreement with the Trump administration, after Beijing and Washington reached preliminary deals in May and June to end weeks of escalating tit-for-tat tariffs and a cut-off of rare earth minerals. Bessent said last week that the deadline will likely be extended. Officials are expected to resume talks on Tuesday.
Associated Press
21-07-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
2025 Global Artificial Intelligence Machines and Electronics Expo to be held in Zhuhai and Macao
China, July 21, 2025 -- The promotion event of the Global Artificial Intelligence Machines and Electronics Expo (AIE) was held Thursday in Beijing. Themed 'Bay Area Intelligence, Globally Embraced,' the AIE will take place in Zhuhai and Macao from December 4 to 6, 2025. Representatives attend the promotion event of the 2025 Global Artificial Intelligence Machines and Electronics Expo in Beijing, on July 17, 2025. (Xinhuanet/Shen Dingding) The expo will feature six themed pavilions. Macao primarily focuses on smart electronic products, hosting three themed pavilions: Smart Communication and IoT, Smart Audio-Visual and Metaverse, and Venture Capital and International Exhibition. Zhuhai's venue will emphasize smart machinery, featuring three pavilions: Smart Equipment and Industrial Internet, Intelligent Transportation and Future Mobility, and Smart Home and Health Technology. Liu Ying, secretary-general of AIE organizing committee, introduces the expo at the promotion event of the 2025 Global Artificial Intelligence Machines and Electronics Expo in Beijing, on July 17, 2025. (Xinhuanet/Shen Dingding) Positioned as a 'Technology Trendsetter, Global Networking Hub, and Industry Accelerator,' the expo aims to establish an international platform for sharing innovations in smart manufacturing, said Liu Ying, executive deputy secretary-general of China Electronics Chamber of Commerce (CECC) and secretary-general of the AIE Organizing Committee. The expo will combine forums and exhibitions, hosting over 50 business-matching activities, and expecting over 70,000 professional attendees. The expo is guided by the Department of Commerce and the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Guangdong Province, hosted by the China Electronics Chamber of Commerce (CECC), and supported by the Executive Committee of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute, and Zhuhai Municipal People's Government. Contact Info: Name: Li xu Email: Send Email Organization: China Electronics Chamber of Commerce Website: Release ID: 89165105 If there are any problems, discrepancies, or queries related to the content presented in this press release, we kindly ask that you notify us immediately at [email protected] (it is important to note that this email is the authorized channel for such matters, sending multiple emails to multiple addresses does not necessarily help expedite your request). Our responsive team will be available round-the-clock to address your concerns within 8 hours and take necessary actions to rectify any identified issues or support you with press release takedowns. Ensuring accurate and trustworthy information is our unwavering commitment.
Epoch Times
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Epoch Times
Bipartisan Senators Introduce Bill Seeking Sanctions Against Hong Kong Officials
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation requiring the Trump administration to address Hong Kong's dwindling freedoms since its handover from the United Kingdom to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), incoming chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC); Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), co-chair of the CECC; and John Curtis (R-Utah) introduced the Hong Kong Judicial Sanctions Act ( The legislation requires the president to review whether 49 Hong Kong officials, including four who were 'The Chinese Communist Party's aggressive repression of dissent and appalling human rights record extend far beyond China's borders. Even American citizens and others lawfully living in our country have found themselves victims of the CCP regime's intimidation and coercion tactics,' Sullivan 'In Hong Kong, the CCP has completely corrupted the local judiciary and is turning it into a tool of intimidation and injustice, contrary to the promises made to the world, including in the Sino-British Joint Declaration. America must stand firmly against the CCP's flagrant violation of the civil rights of the Chinese people and citizens of nations across the globe.' The push for the legislation comes nearly four years since the CCP imposed its so-called Related Stories 5/18/2025 5/18/2025 As of Nov. 1, 2024, 304 had been arrested for national security offenses in Hong Kong, while 176 were charged and at least 167 convicted or awaiting sentencing, the British government stated in a The U.S. Another judge named in the bill, Esther Toh, is Antony Chau, a Hong Kong government prosecutor Also on the bill's list are Hong Kong chief executive John Lee, who was the city's secretary for security when he was 'As Chinese officials continue to undermine the autonomy and freedoms of its peoples, the United States must continue to hold these officials accountable,' Merkley said in a statement. 'Republicans and Democrats are united in sending a clear message that we will not tolerate this brutal oppression, both within China and outside its borders. A spokesperson for the Hong Kong government issued a statement condemning the U.S. senators, saying the city government 'despises any so-called 'sanctions' and shall never be intimidated.' The D.C.-based Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation welcomed the senators' effort. 'The U.S. government should implement Magnitsky and other sanctions on these Chinese and Hong Kong officials whom we know are engaging in repression against the people of Hong Kong,' Jonathan Stivers, U.S. director of the CFHK Foundation, said in a Stivers added that the Senate and the House should 'act on this legislation as soon as possible.' A similar bill, named the Hong Kong Sanctions Act ( Separately, the three senators have also introduced a
