How Beijing tries to make a democracy submit without putting up a fight

In a region where China and the United States fight for influence, observers await results from the vote to choose the island nation’s prime minister — and to see if the outcome will be respected.

She is remanded in custody for two other national security charges, including inciting subversion and failing to comply with a police order to submit information about the group’s membership, finances and activities.

Protesters angered by allegations of corruption linked to Mongolia's coal trade with China tried to force their way into the State Palace in the capital, demanding dismissals of officials involved in the scandal.

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines issued a warning to parents about the risks to children posed by social media app TikTok, which is owned by a Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked company based in Beijing.

"Mr. Cook, do you support the Chinese people's right to protest?" Vaughn asked with no response from Cook.

This is the first report of a Chinese state media entity using TikTok to influence U.S. audiences’ opinions about U.S. politics.

Across China, rare mass protests have grown against the country’s stringent zero-COVID pandemic protocols, with demonstrators in numerous cities taking to the streets to express their frustrations.

The Communist Party’s greatest fear would be realized if these similar grievances led protesters from disparate backgrounds to cooperate, in an echo of 1989, when students, workers, small traders and residents found some common cause in the protests demanding democratic change that took over Tiananmen Square. So far, that has not occurred.