Epstein Secrets

sumably repair reputational damage caused by the Chinese government's intensifying domestic repression, its aggressive territorial policies in the South China Sea, and a push by Chinese companies to acquire crucial assets in democratic countries. The firms that participated in the public relations audition w

thods of Modern Authoritarians Beijing has revived the practice of coerced pub- lic "confessions" and escalated its surveillance of the Tibetan and Uighur minorities to totalitar- ian levels; and Azerbaijan has made the Aliyev family's monopoly on political power painfully obvious with the appointment

n June 27, "U.S. fighter planes intercepted Russian jets" near Alaska, and "a week later, the U.S. and Chinese navies held dueling exercises in the South China Sea." Taken together, the Times says, "the incidents highlight what national security sources describe as a 'new normal' of a 21st-century global confl

f June 30, that number was 51." After reviewing "state media reports and public records," the Times found that "at least 17 of those companies" use Uighur forced labor. UN Agency: US-Sought Tanker "Hijacked" Off UAE Now In Iran. The AP (7/19, Gambrell) reports a UN agency "acknowledged Sunday that a U

merican companies being given access to Chinese markets. Congressional concern rose over Beijing’s continued expansion into and militarization of the South China Sea; the predatory lending practices that can be involved in President Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road Initiative; and Beijing’s continued persecuti

e world they are), Chinese authorities are creating a global registry of Uighurs who live outside of China. Chinese authorities threatening to detain Uighur relatives who remain in China if they do not provide personal information of their relatives living abroad to the Chinese police. This campaign has p