Most Chinese think of Confucianism as a philosophy rather than a religion. Confucius, who lived around 2,500 years ago, laid the foundation for Chinese culture and tradition through his teachings. For thousands of years, his doctrine deeply shaped societal values. After the Communist Party came to power, though, Confucianism fell out of favor. During the […]
Category: Victims of Communism
I was born and raised in a Communist country, where I experienced food shortages, censorship, the Cultural Revolution, lawlessness, forced abortions, inflation, government corruption, and perpetual one-party rule. Our constitution guarantees no fundamental human rights—no right to life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness. We have no freedom of speech or religion. Deception as a […]
Last Saturday evening, I had the opportunity to join a group of people in a small studio in the capital of the United States to watch a documentary titled In Search of My Sister. Rushan Abbas — a Uyghur human rights activist and the main character of the documentary — attended this screening. “Imagine in […]
It is the best of apps; it is the worst of apps. I am a Chinese national who grew up under the indoctrination of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). While I lack hard evidence, my first-hand life experience in China tells me that TikTok has at least three insidious missions from the CCP. First, the […]
A dozen years ago, I ran into a group of Asian tourists in Switzerland. When they saw me on the street, they warmly greeted me in Mandarin Chinese, a delightful surprise in a foreign land. The sudden connection with people from my own country who spoke my language was truly a rare and exciting moment. […]
In 2017, a Chinese human rights lawyer had his secret memoir “Unwavering Convictions: Gao Zhisheng’s Ten-Year Torture and Faith in China’s Future” published in the United States. Since then, Mr. Gao was forcibly taken from his home in China. In April 2023, on Mr. Gao’s 59th birthday, the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs held […]
During the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in San Francisco, California, many U.S. executives spent $40,000 to dine with Chinese President Xi at a business dinner. At the same time, Chinese diplomats paid patriotic flag-wavers (about $200 per person) to greet Xi as his convoy arrived in San Francisco; nearly 1,000 flag-wavers, mostly overseas […]
In the 1970s, my father subscribed to a tabloid newspaper called Reference News. The newspaper has been run by the Chinese government, and for decades, has been the only official channel for the Chinese public to have a glimpse of the outside world and learn the news about foreign countries. Because the Chinese authorities control […]
Years ago, I was in D.C. watching the July 4th parade. Hundreds of Hindus formed the largest parade block. On one of their floats, they built a real-sized replica of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia; men and women wearing traditional Indian garments surrounded the gigantic bell, singing and dancing. It looked funny. Were it not […]
My church choir director asked me recently, “Do you think China will go to war to take Taiwan?” I guess that many Americans, like my choir director, are curious to know what Chinese nationals think about the current hostile situation created by the increasingly aggressive Chinese Communist regime. Living in a Communist country, people are […]