BITTER WINTER

Op-eds China

Is Huawei Spying on Us All on Behalf of the CCP?

Is Huawei Spying on Us All on Behalf of the CCP?

What may seem to be only the most recent episode of the trade war between the United States and China brings back to light another question of primary importance. Perhaps the Chinese telecommunications giants are the operative arm of Beijing’s repressive Big Brother, useful to control refugees abroad, dissidents at home, and westerners everywhere, thanks to the exploitation of the future of the Internet that we all rightly dream of but that we should actually dramatically fear.

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The CCP and the “Fear of the Mosque”

The CCP and the “Fear of the Mosque”

An academic conference held at George Washington University – of excellent scientific level and meaningful participation from the public – illustrates and confirms the nightmare that Xinjiang lives in daily, where religion is a “pathology” and a whole people is subjected to “rectification” because it is “wrong.”

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Cambodia, Genocide, and the Beijing Connection

Cambodia, Genocide, and the Beijing Connection

The last two survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime have been sentenced to life in prison for genocide. But it’s a half victory because the special court for Cambodia hasn’t recognized the immense “auto-genocide” committed between 1975 and 1978 by those fanatical Maoists. The reason has to do with their powerful foreign supporters.

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Rights’ Activists Tried and Sentenced as Criminals

Rights’ Activists Tried and Sentenced as Criminals

An activist fighting for the rights of villagers in Fujian was recently sentenced to 11 years in prison. Bitter Winter looks back at the events that have led to the arrest of Li Xinlin and six others whose trial has been disguised by the Chinese authorities as the “fight against organized crime.”

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