Student steps up fight against China after Beijing tries to silence him
60 Minutes Australia November 7, 2021
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Student steps up fight against China after Beijing tries to silence him

It's no secret China is a bully, but the lengths it's prepared to go to to assert its dominance sometimes border on farcical. Twelve months ago, we reported how the communist regime savaged a young Queensland university student. Drew Pavlou's supposed crime was to organise a rally on his campus highlighting Beijing's many human rights abuses. Instead of silencing him though, China's attack did the exact opposite, making him an even louder critic. Now Drew's taking his fight a step further - he's started his own political party and is launching a bid for parliament.

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Why I Brought a Czech Think Tank to Taiwan
NEWSWEEK November 5, 2021
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Why I Brought a Czech Think Tank to Taiwan

This story of Beijing's attempted coercion and bullying of a Central European country of 10 million people is only a small episode in the increasingly severe competition between China and a growing number of democratic states. Free societies around the world are being infiltrated and squeezed by the Chinese Communist Party's aggressive and totalitarian regime. It took us time to get here, but we understand it now.

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China vows no concessions on Taiwan after Biden comments October 22, 2021
AP October 22, 2021
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China vows no concessions on Taiwan after Biden comments October 22, 2021

China on Friday said there is “no room” for compromise or concessions over the issue of Taiwan, following a comment by U.S. President Joe Biden that the U.S. is committed to defending the island if it is attacked. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin reasserted China’s longstanding claim that the island is its territory at a daily briefing after Biden made his comment a day before at a forum hosted by CNN. China has recently upped its threat to bring Taiwan under its control by force if necessary by flying warplanes near the island and rehearsing beach landings. “When it comes to issues related to China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and other core interests, there is no room for China to compromise or make concessions, and no one should underestimate the strong determination, firm will and strong ability of the Chinese people to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Wang said.

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