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Time of India
07-08-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Trump is losing Allies with his insane tariffs schemes
Freelance journalist Ashali Varma has authored the biography of her father late Lt. Gen. PS Bhagat — 'The Victoria Cross: A Love Story'. She was executive producer with the International Commentary Service Inc, New York in 1990. She was the executive publisher of The Earth Times, New York (1992- 98). She has also worked as the editor of Choices Magazine, United Nations Development Programme. She writes on various issues including human rights, population and sustainable development. LESS ... MORE I honestly misread President Trump and his friendship with PM Modi. I thought he was after China as it had been playing America for years, by pumping in Fentanyl, by subsidising its manufacturing and dumping its goods in several countries around the world, especially in America. China did just about everything against any rules-based order. From harvesting organs from live political prisoners, to going after the Falun Gong to killing several thousand students during the Tiananmen Square Massacre. The list of trade malpractice is long and known. China uses prisoners as unpaid workers in many of its export factories, as well as has hegemonic methods to build and arm islands in the South China Sea. It is also re-educating its Uighur populations by the millions in internment camps by separating parents from children, and saying faith is a mental disease. China has been outed many times by human rights groups but it seems to have literally paid newspapers, universities and countries with false dreams of growth and prosperity leading to debt and mayhem. And now Trump, it seems, is making excuses for it and instead attacking India. The most hypocritical part is that it wants India to stop buying oil from Russia, though the US has never stopped buying Uranium from Russia, and Europe still gets gas and oil from Russia. The Russia-Ukraine war was a proxy war for America. For decades after the Soviet Union's break up, Russia had wanted to be part of the Western Block, but so entrenched was the Deep State thinking on Russia being an enemy that the West did everything Russia requested them not to do, as in bringing more countries within the NATO ambit as a direct threat to Russia. Putin was even promised this would never happen, in meeting after meeting. Thus, when Ukraine openly declared it wanted to be part of the European Union and NATO, America gave it the arms and billions of dollars to fight Russia, even though the country had been part of Russia for decades. The Cuban Missile Crisis was exactly the same thing in reverse, where President Kennedy had to threaten Russia not to arm Cuba with missiles so close the US. President Trump's stance against India shows hypocrisy, as it is a well-known fact that the US buys Russian Uranium, chemicals and fertilisers but when questioned about it, Trump said he knew nothing about it! It does seem that he is getting the wrong advice on tariffs and how to bring allies closer to the US. During his campaigning for his second term, Trump had said several times that had he been President, he would not have allowed Russia to get so close to China but he is not only doing this as President but also making India get closer to China. It is mystifying. Russia has been a good and reliable friend of India for decades. It has supported India both militarily and internationally and given us defence equipment as well as allowed India to Make in India, by allowing technology transfers. America has not been as reliable, arming Pakistan with weapons and F16s, knowing it would be used against India. Trump has to learn from history why America's foreign policy has alienated so many nations and has to decide that sanctions and tariffs should be applied not as a weapon but rather as a tool to create a level playing field for trade with every country, it wants to partner with. America can't subsidise its own farmers who are rich with extensive land holdings and expect to dump agricultural goods on a country where farmers have small land holdings and the per capita income is several times smaller when compared with the US. In addition, when the world is turning towards organic farming, America wants to bring in GMO seeds and products that go against everything our farmers and dairy producers need or want. This goes for Indian consumers as well. If trade is fair and benefits both countries, no one would object and there could be give and take but not at the cost of the health and well being of our citizens. This is simply not acceptable. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Disclaimer Views expressed above are the author's own.
Epoch Times
10-06-2025
- Epoch Times
Hong Kong Arrests 2, Detains 10 Amid Ongoing Crackdown on June 4 Memorials
This year marks the 36th anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre. While public commemorations in Hong Kong have been banned, many citizens continue to honor the event in subtle and varied ways. In Causeway Bay—once the traditional site of June 4 candlelight vigils—police carried out stop-and-search operations, arresting two individuals and detaining 10 others for further investigation.
Japan Forward
07-06-2025
- Politics
- Japan Forward
China's Apology for Tiananmen Massacre Still Matters 36 Years On
June 4 marked the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. On that day, the Chinese communist regime used its military forces to suppress students and other supporters of the democracy movement gathered peacefully in Tiananmen Square. Numerous deaths and injuries took place in that public space that marked the heart of Beijing. China's communist government has characterized the protests as a "counter-revolutionary uprising." And it has tried to repress the very memory of the bloodbath by suppressing freedom of speech among the Chinese people. The website of Tiananmen Mothers, a group made up of members of families of the victims, once again in 2025, has called for the truth to be revealed and for those responsible to be held accountable. It calls the event "the most horrific massacre in the world, perpetrated by the government and politicians of the time." Memorial rallies continue to be held annually worldwide. However, they have remained effectively banned in Hong Kong since the Hong Kong National Security Law took effect in 2020. Older family members of the victims are dying off one by one, and it's sad to contemplate their profound despair. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has an inbred compulsion to violate human rights and hide the truth. We cannot condone that. Xi Jinping's administration must make the facts about the Tiananmen Massacre public and apologize to the victims and their families. The Xi administration is now attacking the "America First" ideology of the Donald Trump administration. Specifically, Beijing is pointing to US tariff policies while claiming to act as a defender of the global order and "uphold international fairness and justice." The hypocrisy of the Xi administration's stance is staggering. In the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Tibet, and Hong Kong, the Xi administration has thoroughly suppressed human rights. China's coercive actions have also intensified in the East and South China Seas. Beijing is aiming to change the status quo by force in those regions to gain maritime dominance and annex Taiwan. In Taipei, Taiwan, the lights at a memorial rally are the shape of "8964" (1989 June 4), the date of the massacre. (©Sankei by Yoshiaki Nishimi) This anniversary of the June 4 tragedy should serve as a reminder to the world that the CCP's inhumane and authoritarian nature remains unchanged from 36 years ago. Especially worrisome is the conciliatory stance that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet seems inclined to pursue toward China. From appearances, the governments of Japan and China are of one mind in wanting to promote a mutually beneficial strategic relationship. But aren't our leaders being taken in by Beijing's current smile diplomacy? Predictably, Beijing is making overtures towards Tokyo designed to gain China's advantage in its confrontation with the United States. However, a look beyond the capital reveals another truth. Recently, a helicopter took off from a China Coast Guard vessel, violating Japanese airspace around the Senkaku Islands (Ishigaki City). But the Ishiba administration's response was hesitant. As well, we must not forget the blunder made by the Japanese Cabinet in office at the time of the Tiananmen Massacre. That Cabinet parted from other democracies and opposed joint international sanctions after the incident. Tokyo instead argued that it would be inappropriate to force China into international isolation. Since then, China has used its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) as leverage to dominate the global market and build up a mammoth military. Japan also bears some responsibility for that. The Ishiba administration should once again call on China to reveal the truth about what really happened in Tiananmen Square. As things stand, it is out of the question for Xi to visit Japan as a state guest. (Read the editorial in Japanese .) Author: Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun
Epoch Times
05-06-2025
- Politics
- Epoch Times
Candlelight Vigil in San Francisco Commemorates Tiananmen Massacre Victims
On the evening of June 3, hundreds of people gathered at Portsmouth Square in San Francisco to hold a candlelight vigil in memory of the pro-democracy movement that occurred in China 36 years ago. On June 4, 1989, in what is now known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) deployed large numbers of troops and tanks to violently suppress students who were participating in pro-democracy protests at Tiananmen Square. The communist regime subsequently covered up the number of deaths and injuries.
Epoch Times
05-06-2025
- Politics
- Epoch Times
Filmmaker Warns Australia on Importing ‘Communist Culture' Amid Push for Greater China Trade Ties
An award-winning filmmaker once jailed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has warned Australia against pushing hard for more trade opportunities with China without considering the negative consequences. Kay Rubacek is an Australian expat and author based in the New York area, and has spoken extensively on the human rights situation in China. On the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4, an interview between Rubacek and ABC Radio Brisbane was released where she urged policymakers to consider the Australia-China trade relationship more holistically. 'We should look at not only importing goods. We're importing students. We're importing dollars that have political ties and expectations to reciprocate back with China. We are also importing a communist culture that we don't understand.' Rubacek said China was a 'very complex society.' 'It has 5,000 years of history, and it has this imposed ruling party that has taken over the entire nation, a one party state, and that is what's controlling the system,' she said. Related Stories 5/14/2025 5/19/2025 'It is not a rule of law, because everything falls under the Chinese Communist Party. There is a Constitution for the nation of China, but it is subject to the CCP.' (From right to left) Kay Rubacek, Chris Chappell, Sean Lin, and moderator Jenny Chang at the Wake Up to CCP Threat seminar in Middletown, N.Y. on Dec. 8, 2022. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times Australia Grapples With China Debate Her comments come after the recent Australian election saw One narrative that has circled for years is that Chinese-Australian voters will vote based on whichever party is more favourable towards ties with Beijing. In response, politicians from both sides of the aisle have limited their own rhetoric, despite well-publicised CCP infiltration efforts. The situation has led defence analyst Michael Shoebridge to warn Australia's public discourse on the matter had now been effectively hemmed in by Beijing's propaganda strategy. 'The issue of foreign interference became politicised for domestic reasons here in Australia, and lost its actual significance as a threat to our democracy,' he told 'Without focusing clearly on the Chinese government in this area of policy, Australian politicians play straight into CCP propagandists' hands, by allowing them to claim anyone who talks about Beijing's foreign interference activities as somehow biased against 1.2 million [ethnic Chinese] Australians.' Rubacek's comments about 'communist culture' also align with deeper issues with CCP indoctrination. 'Under the influence of party culture, people's minds, thoughts, and behaviours have undergone profound distortions. In many areas—such as society, family, education, work, and interpersonal relationships—they have deviated from the normal state of humanity,' according to 2006 Epoch Times editorial series, ' Some of the methods deployed by the CCP include removing content on traditional faiths like Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, and instead, implanting pro-CCP narratives into text books and media, even replacing everyday words with newly coined phrases that reflect communist ideology (akin to 1984's Newspeak). For example, mainland Chinese today will use the phrase 'working unit,' instead of 'company' or 'organisation.' A Life Impacted by Communism Rubacek's great-grandparents escaped Soviet Russia to China in the early 1920s. Her father then escaped communist China to Australia at the age of 14, right before the Cultural Revolution started. Born and raised in Sydney, Rubacek became active in human rights work related to China. In a still image from a video released by NTD, host Kay Rubacek, describes her excitement to see and touch a piece of the real Berlin Wall after learning that pieces of it are on display in public places in New York City on Oct. 12 2021 Oliver Trey/NTD In 2001, in her early 20s, she went to China to join a human rights appeal by Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a meditation practice rooted in the Buddhist tradition, with moral teachings centered on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. Alarmed by its widespread popularity and independence from the communist regime's control, former CCP leader Jiang Zemin launched a nationwide persecution of the practice in 1999. Since then, Falun Gong practitioners in China have faced mass arrests, torture, forced labor, sexual abuse, and even forced organ harvesting, while globally the CCP leveraged its influence to silence debate on the topic. 'I just could not believe that a young woman would be thrown into a basement prison cell for holding the word 'compassion' in a public place, Tiananmen Square,' Rubacek said. The CCP authorities detained Rubacek for 23 hours before expelling her from China to avoid involving the Australian embassy. Having seen what was happening in China, Rubacek felt that she needed to try and bridge the gap between the cultures. 'What's happened in China, how it's changed under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party, what my father lived through, how it's coming to modern day times, and how to help people in Australia and around the world understand that because it is so different to our experience,' she said. Since then, she has continued to work on the cause, producing multiple works, including the documentary Falun Gong practitioners from 12 countries peacefully appeal on Tiananmen Square in 2001 for an end to the persecution and torture of their Chinese counterparts. Rubacek said the U.S. government was now much firmer on the CCP. 'America is waking up to that, and I'm very pleased to see how they are bravely cutting ties, and they are no longer being bullied,' she said. 'It is vitally important that we understand who we are dealing with and what they expect from us and how they use us,' she concluded.
