Interpol's General Assembly voted last week to elect a senior Chinese public security official, Hu Binchen, to serve on the international police organization's 13-member Executive Committee. The election results have prompted strong condemnation from human rights activists and legislators around the world who fear that Hu's election will enable Beijing to leverage Interpol's resources to target Chinese political dissidents.

Hunter Biden's investment firm helped broker a 2016 deal that gave a Chinese state-backed company control of a massive African mine rich in cobalt - a mineral essential for the production of electric car batteries.

Phayul.com is one of the most popular & successful Tibetan news website in English. With daily readers touching over 12,500 and still growing. It features news and views on Tibet.

The Chinese government's violent oppression of the primarily Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang is no longer a secret. From forced sterilization of Uyghur women to the internment of millions in prison camps to the eradication and destruction of religious institutions, the Chinese Communist Party's actions against the Uyghurs have been deemed worthy of the name genocide to many in the human rights community.

Yesterday, Bloomberg's Businessweek published a feature about Tether's $69 billion stablecoin, or more specifically about its backing assets. A highlight of the piece is the author Zeke Faux's description of Tether as "a company that seemed to be practically quilted out of red flags". One of the things that alarms regulators is its rapid growth.

Nike chief executive John Donahoe defended his company's presence in China and affirmed its competitive advantage there Thursday. "Nike is a brand that is of China and for China," Donahoe said. Chinese state media circulated a Nike statement in March that expressed concern about reports of forced labor camps in the Xinjiang region.

Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Germany is set to put COVID dissidents who repeatedly fail to properly follow the rules in what is being described as a 'detention camp' located in Dresden. Yes really.

TORONTO -- Nearly one year into the pandemic, Brampton plans to open the city's first COVID-19 isolation centres "very soon," the city's mayor Patrick Brown confirmed Wednesday. During a weekly news conference, Brown thanked the provincial government for stepping up to provide funding for three isolation centres in Brampton, which will provide residents a safe place to self-isolate if they contract COVID-19.