Taiwan has ‘Urgent’ Need for Infiltration Law in Face of China: President
TAIPEI—Taiwan “urgently” needs to pass a planned anti-infiltration law to face threats from China to penetrate the island, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Dec. 27, denouncing China’s opposition to it as illogical and hypocritical. The legislation is part of a years-long effort to combat what many in Taiwan see as Chinese efforts to influence politics and the democratic process, through illicit funding of politicians and the media and other underhand methods. China claims Taiwan as its territory, to be brought under Beijing’s control by force if necessary. Taiwan says it is an independent country called the Republic of China, its official name. Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has begun a renewed push for the legislation, ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections on Jan. 11. The bill is due for…
The Epoch Times and TALKERS Magazine co-presented a “Talk Media Forum on U.S.-China Relations” in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 10, 2019, at the National Press Club.
The conversation at the Washington, D.C. forum focussed on the U.S.-China trade war, the Hong Kong protests, China’s human rights abuses, Huawei and the worldwide battle for 5G dominance, the North Korea nuclear threat, China’s ongoing intellectual property theft, China’s military buildup, and the long term goals and methods of the Chinese Communist Party, and more.
The event featured a panel of three experts on the state of US-Chinese relations including Nan Su of The Epoch Times, Joshua Philipp of The Epoch Times, and Dr. Dana Cheng of The Epoch Times, plus four leading talk radio hosts John Fredericks of the John Fredericks Radio Network; Sebastian Gorka of the Salem Radio Network; Larry O’ Connor of WMAL-AM/FM, Washington, DC; and Doug Stephan of Stephan Multimedia and the nationally syndicated “DJV Show.”
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Japan Hangs Chinese Man, First Foreigner Executed in 10 Years
On Thursday, Japan executed a Chinese man convicted in a 2003 murder and robbery of a family of four, marking the first time a foreigner has been executed in the country in 10 years. Wei Wei, a 40-year-old Chinese national, was at a detention center in Fukuoka on Thursday, after being on death row for more than 16 years, Justice Minister Masako Mori said. While he was living in the country on a student visa as a language student, Wei Wei was convicted alongside two other Chinese accomplices of murdering Japanese clothing store owner Shinjiro Matsumoto, his wife, and two children in Fukuoka. After killing the family, Wei and his two accomplices then weighted and handcuffed the bodies and dumped them into Hakata Bay, Mori, said at a news conference. He…