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Freedom Alert: Vaccine Passports

By Other News Sources on August 16, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Why when faced with societal problems, does the State respond with zero-sum solutions? That is, in an attempt to remedy the problem, it is always at the expense of our privacy and […]

Did dams ramp up deluge in Henan?

By Probe International on August 16, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Some say the area’s aging dams are a threat to the region, compounded by the Chinese Communist Party’s centralized response system. Probe International looks at why.

As Meng’s case reaches final stage, Beijing’s warning shots are loud and clear

By Other News Sources on August 11, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

The retaliation over Meng’s arrest and the jailing of the two Michaels should wake up anyone still holding notions of a peaceful China.

If there is a new cold war, it’s at Beijing’s behest

By Other News Sources on August 10, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

The CCP has been this brazen for years, but there’s a tendency among Westerners to negate the ideology that’s at the heart of the regime.

Scant change in China’s disaster response from Tangshan to Zhengzhou

By Other News Sources on August 9, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

A centralized system that prevents local governments from responding fast during emergencies, and rewards them for relief efforts over efforts to prevent calamity, is a recipe for disaster. Analysts weigh in on […]

Another massive earthquake slashes power from China’s No.2 and No.3 hydro dams

By Other News Sources on July 19, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

A 30 percent loss of output from two massive dams on the upper Yangtze, in combination with a 6.1M earthquake upstream and south-west of the two stricken hydro plants, heightens fears in […]

China seeking Snow-job

By Other News Sources on July 5, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

The Chinese Communist Party is hoping to enlist the efforts of a new-era Edgar Snow – amenable foreign journalists deployed as “useful idiots” to improve the regime’s image abroad.

Collaborating with China: Winnipeg lab debacle could be just the tip of the iceberg

By Other News Sources on June 29, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

The Chinese Communist Party has gained a foothold in Canada. The ever-deepening institutional co-operation and connection with the Beijing regime should prompt alarm, or at least serious discussion, but woe to those […]

The best advice of a Chinese water reservoir expert: Move

By Other News Sources on June 28, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

When it comes to the repair, upkeep and/or closure of dams across dam-packed China, the buck keeps shifting. But should one of these 80,000-plus time bombs explode? Renowned hydrology expert Wang Weiluo […]

A deeper look at China’s May quakes

By Fan Xiao on May 27, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Two strong and separate earthquakes rattled northwest and southwest China this month – one of them the strongest since the devastating Wenchuan earthquake of 2008. The series of May quakes are part of […]

The Jewish lobby versus the Israel lobby

By Lawrence Solomon on May 25, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

The bulk of the pro-Israel lobby is not dominated by Jewish Americans, but the anti-Israel lobby is another story.

China’s pledge to battle climate change

By Other News Sources on May 13, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Does China have the ability to cut its carbon footprint as they have pledged, or is it a ploy to keep its trading partners happy? Probe International’s Patricia Adams joins Between the […]

CCP’s Mekong River Belt and Road projects a Faustian bargain, says expert

By Other News Sources on May 10, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Renowned hydrology expert Wang Weiluo says the Chinese Communist Party is looking to utilize the Mekong River in the same way the undertaking of the Three Gorges Dam colossus was viewed as […]

China’s energy actions speak louder than its climate pledges

By Patricia Adams on April 28, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

China is hell-bent on increasing CO2 emissions to meet its often-stated strategic objective of world domination. Probe International’s Patricia Adams gets behind the charade on China’s climate change dance with the West.

China’s dam rush

By Other News Sources on April 7, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Critics query hydropower path to carbon neutrality.

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