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Censorious Government Warns Journalists, Threatens Consequences For Reporting ‘Distorted Facts’ Of Deadly Disaster

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An arm of the Chinese government warned foreign media outlets Saturday against covering a Nov. 26 Hong Kong high-rise fire which left at least 159 dead in a manner painting Beijing in a negative light.

The Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong (OSNS), the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) national security presence in the region, gathered journalists from foreign media outlets, including The New York Times, to issue a formal warning against reporting what it called “distorted facts” about the deadly blaze in ways critical of the government’s response, The New York Times reported. The fire burned through the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex, after which three individuals were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.

“Some foreign media have recently reported on Hong Kong ignoring the facts, spreading false information, distorting and smearing the government’s disaster relief and aftermath work, attacking and interfering with the Legislative Council election, provoking social division and opposition,” OSNS said in a statement reported by Reuters.

“Do not say you have not been warned,” OSNS continued, before emphasizing journalists would face repercussions if the government found them in violation of the Chinese government’s 2020 Hong Kong national security law, The New York Times reported.

Days before the Beijing-controlled office summoned foreign media outlets, the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) — widely considered to be allied with the CCP — issued a similar message about what it dubbed anti-China “malicious attacks” in the wake of the fire. (Read more from “Censorious Government Warns Journalists, Threatens Consequences For Reporting ‘Distorted Facts’ Of Deadly Disaster” HERE)

China Arrests 18 Church Leaders in Crackdown on Religious Freedom

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Chinese officials on Tuesday arrested 18 leaders of the underground Zion Church. Almost 30 pastors and staffers have been detained, without formal arrest, since the middle of October.

Zion Church is an underground or “house church,” meaning it has not been authorized and controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. The Chinese government is using a technique called “Sinicization” to take control of organized religion and make it subordinate to Communist Party doctrine. “Sinicized” churches, mosques, and temples are forced to teach Communist dogma in addition to their religious beliefs.

Millions of Chinese Christians have bravely chosen to defy the system by worshiping at “house churches,” so-called because they typically hold services in the homes of their congregants. The Zion Church was founded in 2007 by Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, who converted to Christianity after the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989.

Jin’s church grew rapidly during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic by offering services online — and even by defying dictator Xi Jinping’s harsh lockdown policies to hold services in person. Zion Church is now one of the largest remaining underground churches.

Xi’s regime launched its biggest crackdown on house churches in years this October, detaining dozens of pastors and staff members, including Pastor Jin. Five of the detainees were released in October and four more were released on bail in early November, according to Jin’s daughter Grace. (Read more from “China Arrests 18 Church Leaders in Crackdown on Religious Freedom” HERE)

DOJ: Chinese Nationals at University of Michigan Smuggled Biological Samples

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Three research scholars from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) were charged today in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to smuggle biological materials into the United States and for making false statements to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers, announced United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr.

These are the latest charges in a long string of cases stemming from the University of Michigan’s international research activities.

Charged were Xu Bai, 28, Fengfan Zhang, 27 and Zhiyong Zhang, 30. Bai and F. Zhang were charged with conspiracy to smuggle biological materials into the United States and Z. Zhang was charged with making false statements to federal agents. All three men were research scholars holding J-1 visas who were conducting research at the UM laboratory of Xianzhong Xu, commonly referred to as the Shawn Xu laboratory.

“Allegedly attempting to smuggle biological materials under the guise of ‘research’ is a serious crime that threatens America’s national and agricultural security,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “We will remain vigilant to threats like these from foreign nationals who would take advantage of America’s generosity to advance a malicious agenda.”

Court documents say that in 2024 and 2025, Bai and F. Zhang were the recipients of multiple shipments containing concealed biological materials related to roundworms which had been sent from the PRC to the United States by Chengxuan Han, a citizen of the PRC. (Read more from “DOJ: Chinese Nationals at University of Michigan Smuggled Biological Samples” HERE)

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Chinese National, Doctoral Student, Confesses to Drugging and Raping Women, Taking Horrifying Photos: Cops

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A Chinese national earning his Ph.D at a prestigious California University allegedly confessed to the sickening crimes of drugging, tying up and sexually assaulting three women before taking horrifying photos of them in “sexually explicit” positions, prosecutors said.

Sizhe Wang, 30, was a doctoral student studying electrical engineering at the University of Southern California when he drugged his victims by slipping powder in their food and drinks between 2021 and 2024, according to a prosecutor’s motion cited by the L.A. Times.

Wang tied the unconscious women up with leather straps and continued to drug them with syringes and tubing in their anuses before raping or sexually assaulting them, the motion states.

During the nightmarish attacks, he posed his nude victims in sexual positions and took Polaroids and digital images of them, according to the motion.

Weng allegedly described the three assaults “at length and in detail” to Los Angeles Police Department detectives after his arrest on Aug. 28, according to the Sept. 2 motion by L.A. County Deputy District Attorney Catherine Mariano. (Read more from “Chinese National, Doctoral Student, Confesses to Drugging and Raping Women, Taking Horrifying Photos: Cops” HERE)

Trump Celebrates ‘Truly Great Meeting’ with Chinese Dictator Xi Jinping

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President Donald Trump met with China’s genocidal communist dictator, Xi Jinping, on Wednesday in Busan, South Korea, for talks focused heavily on lifting recent restrictions and tariffs on bilateral trade.

Following the meeting, which Trump described in a statement on Truth Social as “truly great,” the two sides confirmed that China would lift restrictions on exporting rare-earth and critical minerals, which Beijing had imposed in response to tariffs on its goods. The restrictions would be paused for a year, potentially returning if Beijing and Washington do not agree on a blueprint for the sales, but Trump appeared positive about the restrictions not returning during remarks on Air Force One en route home, describing the meeting as a “12” out of ten.

China would also, Trump added, increase its purchases of American soybeans, sorghum, “and other farm products,” expected to produce significant profits from American farmers. In exchange, the Trump administration will reduce the American tariff rate on Chinese goods, previously at 57 percent, by ten percent, in recognition of China’s alleged measures to limit the flow of fentanyl into the United States.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry published a readout describing the conversation between the two leaders, which allegedly lasted nearly an hour and a half. Beijing emphasized the friendly atmosphere and longstanding personal relationship between Xi and Trump. Contrary to the hectoring and superior tone that the Chinese government attributed to Xi in meetings with former President Joe Biden, Xi was optimistic about the potential America and China have to work together and ensured Trump that China had “no intention to challenge or supplant anyone.”

Trump departed South Korea following his meeting with Xi, while Xi remained in town to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit the country is currently hosting.

(Read more from “Trump Celebrates ‘Truly Great Meeting’ with Chinese Dictator Xi Jinping” HERE)

China and Russia Reportedly Using ‘Sex Warfare’ to Target Silicon Valley Tech Executives

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In a chilling new development straight out of a Cold War thriller, reports suggest that China and Russia are deploying “beautiful women” to seduce top technology executives in Silicon Valley — all part of a broader espionage campaign aimed at stealing America’s most valuable trade secrets.

According to a report from The Times of London, female spies from both countries have been engaging in so-called “sex warfare,” with some even marrying and having children with their targets to establish long-term access to sensitive corporate and defense information.

“It’s the Wild West out there,” said Jeff Stoff, president of the Center for Research Security & Integrity (CRSI) and a former U.S. national security analyst. “China is targeting our startups, our academic institutions, our innovators, our DoD-funded research projects. There’s not enough oversight and action. It’s all intertwined as part of China’s economic warfare strategy — and we’ve not even entered the battlefield.”

The report claims that espionage efforts go far beyond traditional spying. Foreign operatives are said to be infiltrating the tech world through social media, startup competitions, and venture capital investments, exploiting the fast-paced and loosely regulated nature of Silicon Valley’s innovation ecosystem.

Five counterintelligence experts told The Times that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been hosting American startup competitions under the guise of “innovation exchanges” — allegedly to gain access to sensitive business plans and proprietary data.

One counterintelligence source revealed a particularly striking case: a “beautiful” Russian woman who worked for a U.S.-based aerospace company met and eventually married an American engineer, later having children with him. “Showing up, marrying a target, having kids with a target — and conducting a lifelong collection operation, it’s very uncomfortable to think about, but it’s so prevalent,” the source said.

Earlier this year, the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security warned that the CCP had carried out more than 60 espionage operations in the United States over the past four years — though intelligence officials suspect the real number is much higher.

The report also highlights past cases of intellectual property theft tied to China. In 2024, Klaus Pflugbeil of Ningbo, China, was sentenced to two years in prison after attempting to sell stolen Tesla technology for $15 million to undercover agents in Las Vegas. His alleged accomplice, Yilong Shao, remains at large.

The Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property estimates that trade secret theft costs the U.S. up to $600 billion annually, with China identified as the primary culprit.

Researchers: China’s TikTok Boosts Pro-Mamdani Content in Algorithm

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Researchers say they found that China’s TikTok “systematically boosts” content using in favor of Socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and against former NYC Mayor Andrew Cuomo (D) using its content algorithm. The team asserts that this goes beyond simple bias into a new area, “algorithmic steering.”

“Our new research suggests TikTok’s algorithm systematically boosts pro-Mamdani and anti-Cuomo content in NYC’s mayoral race,” Yehonatan Dodeles, the CTO of Spring AI — an open-source app framework for artificial intelligence engineering — announced in a Tuesday X post. The research report has been published to Medium by Dodeles.

“This analysis was done by Spring AI,” Dodeles continued, adding that “the company uncovers the hidden mechanics of social media algorithms to defend democracies from weaponized AI.”

“Based on deep reverse-engineering of TikTok’s recommendation system and representative data (real & synthetic users), we built an AI model that measures when videos get more exposure than they should. We call these ‘Excessive Publicity’ videos,” Dodeles explained in a follow-up X post.

The software engineer went on to say that, across all videos, roughly 17 percent “show this kind of non-organic boost,” adding that his team’s model “correctly flagged” 76.4 percent after testing known paid ads, “confirming it works.”

(Read more from “Researchers: China’s TikTok Boosts Pro-Mamdani Content in Algorithm” HERE)

‘The West Is Scared’ Of China—And It’s Starting to Show

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The fear is no longer whispered—it’s policy. Western governments are scrambling to contain China’s growing leverage, not because of what Beijing has threatened, but because of what it’s quietly starting to do.

This week, the Dutch government took the extraordinary step of seizing control of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chipmaker—an act of economic intervention that signals rising panic over China’s grip on critical technology.

In Washington, the anxiety is just as palpable. After posting confrontational messages about China into last weekend, President Donald Trump abruptly softened his tone on Sunday—prompting commentators such as Peter Schiff to reiterate the critical refrain that “Trump Always Chickens Out.”

Macro strategist Andreas Steno Larsen summed it up in an X.com post:

“There are signs that the West is scared that China is serious about curbing re-exports this time around.”

(Read more from “‘The West Is Scared’ Of China—And It’s Starting to Show” HERE)

Report: Thwarted Plot to Cripple New York Cell Service Far Bigger Than First Thought

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A Chinese-linked operation to paralyze New York’s telecommunications network was far more extensive than authorities initially believed, according to law enforcement sources speaking to ABC News. The alarming scale of the plot has intensified the urgency of the federal investigation, as officials uncover more locations, more equipment, and a broader threat than first understood.

Plot Could Have Crippled NYC Cell Towers, 911 System

Federal agents say the operation had the potential to knock out every cell tower in the New York City area, jam 911 emergency calls, and sow widespread chaos by overloading critical communications systems.

Initial raids uncovered 100,000 SIM cards and hundreds of servers in five different vacant apartments and office spaces around the city. But now, officials say they’ve found an additional 200,000 SIM cards at a site in New Jersey, bringing the total haul to over 300,000.

Investigators with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the U.S. Secret Service believe the equipment — capable of sending up to 30 million anonymous text messages per minute — was designed to overload and disable cellular networks.

“This wasn’t just spam or harassment,” one federal agent told ABC News. “This was infrastructure warfare.”

Motivation Tied to Targeting of High-Level Individuals

The investigation began after a series of suspicious incidents involving high-ranking individuals — including at least one person with direct access to former President Donald Trump — who were hit with “swatting” attacks and threatening messages sent directly to their private phones.

These incidents raised red flags among federal law enforcement and national security agencies, triggering a broader probe that eventually led to the discovery of the New York-area data centers.

So far, no arrests have been made, and authorities are still working to identify who rented the spaces and operated the sophisticated infrastructure hidden inside them.

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Nvidia Reportedly Developing New AI Chip for China Amid Export Restrictions

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Nvidia, the world’s most valuable chipmaker, is reportedly preparing to release a new artificial intelligence chip tailored for China, even as Washington tightens controls on advanced semiconductor exports.

According to sources cited by Reuters, the chip—codenamed B30A—is designed to comply with U.S. trade restrictions while still offering more power than the H20 models currently sold in China. The B30A is expected to be about half as powerful as Nvidia’s flagship B300 Blackwell GPU but will include key features such as fast data transfer, NVLink support, and high-bandwidth memory. Unlike the dual-die structure of the B300, the B30A will rely on a simpler single-die design.

Nvidia has not confirmed specific details about the chip but acknowledged in a statement that it “evaluates a variety of products for our roadmap, so that we can be prepared to compete to the extent that governments allow.” The company emphasized that all of its products are approved by regulators and developed strictly for commercial use.

The development of the B30A comes as the United States and China continue to clash over access to next-generation technologies. Washington has restricted exports of advanced GPUs over concerns that Beijing could use them for military or surveillance purposes. Industry critics say the U.S. must maintain its technological edge by limiting China’s access, while Nvidia and other American chipmakers argue that abandoning the Chinese market would hand the advantage to domestic rivals like Huawei.

In a related development, Breitbart News reported that the Trump administration recently struck a deal with Nvidia and AMD requiring both companies to share 15 percent of their revenues from Chinese chip sales with the U.S. government. The arrangement was reportedly tied to export licenses granted last week, allowing the sale of restricted chips such as Nvidia’s H20 and AMD’s MI308. Officials have not disclosed how the collected funds will be used.

Despite the geopolitical headwinds, Nvidia appears determined to hold its position in China, the world’s largest semiconductor market.

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