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In the months leading up to the 2020 election, President Joe Biden denied on multiple occasions that he ever discussed business with his son. One of Joe’s most infamous and specific lies was, “My son has not made money in terms of this…

America First Legal (AFL) filed suit against Attorney General Merrick Garland and the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday for failing to require Hunter Biden to register under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) while Barack Obama…

The U.S. Department of State recently issued a travel advisory, warning Americans to reconsider going to China, Hong Kong, and Macau. The State Department classifies mainland China and Macau as travel advisory “Level 3,” recommending…

It’s no secret Red China has spent the past several decades heavily investing in its armed forces. In a matter of decades, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has evolved into the largest military in the world, retrofitted with some of the…

The highly anticipated summer blockbuster “Barbie” hasn’t hit theaters yet (official release day is July 21), but the plastic doll is already embroiled in a real-life geopolitical controversy. Vietnam banned the film…

An Interview With Ai Weiwei, Part Three: China, the World, and Freedom of Expression China Change, July 6, 2023 Photo: Yaxue Cao (Continued from Part One: The Year 2008 and Part Two: Ruins. Rebars. Water Lilies.) China, the…

It is hard to be the arsenal of democracy if you can’t make anything anymore. The war in Ukraine has deranged many people — Michael Rubin, a lunatic and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, wants to give Ukraine nukes — but…

An Interview With Ai Weiwei, Part Two: Ruins. Rebars. Water Lilies. ‘Straight’. Photo: The New York Times. (Continued from Part One: The Year 2008) Ruins. Rebars. Water Lilies. YC: Many details have left a deep impression on me from…

Russia was apparently on the brink of civil war last weekend as the Wagner Group, a paramilitary force, marched toward Moscow. A bloody showdown between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Wagner’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin — and between…

An Interview With Ai Weiwei, Part One: The Year 2008 I interviewed Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei in May in Portugal. It was my first meeting with him, and as many Chinese activists do, I called him by his nickname “Aunt Ai”…