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U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES HAS ANNOUNCED THAT ANY “INTENDING IMMIGRANT WHO IS A MEMBER OR AFFILIATE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OR ANY OTHER TOTALITARIAN PARTY (OR SUBDIVISION OR AFFILIATE), DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN, IS INADMISSIBLE TO THE UNITED STATES.” The policy change, occurring October 2nd, would therefore apply to members of the Chinese Communist Party. The Trump administration’s Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) outlined the policy change, citing affiliation with a “Communist Party or any other totalitarian party” is “inconsistent and incompatible with the Naturalization Oath of Allegiance”: “On Oct. 2, USCIS issued policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual...

For over a year now, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has been on a mission to nationalize the United States’ emerging 5G market, advocating for the government to act as a wholesaler of spectrum to internet service providers. Citing national security concerns, Gingrich has written that our country’s “laissez-faire tendencies and preferences are being used to defeat us” as China rapidly expands its Huawei 5G network across the world. Yet, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation released last week reports that the former Speaker’s advocacy may be more self-interested than simple concern for the privacy of his fellow...

China's Communist Party has infiltrated various levels of America's infrastructure and is working to destroy the values of the United States, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a speech Saturday, while also warning state governors to be wary of China's infiltration. “We can’t ignore China’s actions and strategic intentions," he said while addressing the National Governors Association winter meeting. "The Chinese government has been methodical in the way it's analyzed our system... it's assessed our vulnerabilities and it's decided to exploit our freedoms, to gain an advantage over us at the federal level, the state level and the local...

The Houston Rockets' general manager on Sunday apologized for a tweet expressing support for Hong Kong protesters that has sparked a harsh backlash from China's official basketball association. "I did not intend my tweet to cause any offense to Rockets fans and friends of mine in China," Daryl Morey tweeted on Sunday. "I have had a lot of opportunity since that tweet to hear and consider other perspectives." On Friday, Morey took to Twitter to show solidarity with a months-long anti-government protest in the Chinese territory. He sent a tweet that read: "Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong." It...

In a 2010 interview with Catholic World Report , Cardinal Joseph Zen, S.D.B., the emeritus bishop of Hong Kong, wondered aloud about the Catholic Church’s reticence to acknowledge those who had been martyred by Chinese communists during the Maoists’ rise to power, and thereafter. “Why should we not publicize . . . those martyrs?” Cardinal Zen asked. The truth demands it. Self-respect requires it. Today’s Chinese Catholics, especially those who are persecuted for the fidelity to the Bishop of Rome, would be strengthened by the example of brave witnesses who held firm until the end, Zen suggested. I think Cardinal...

02-24-2002Pastor's Message From the desk of Fr. Joseph McLafferty..... The lead article in this month's Maryknoll magazine is about Bishop Francis Xavier Ford, M.M., a Maryknoll missionary who served in China for almost 40 years.  This past Thursday, February 21st, marked the 50th anniversary of his death in a Chinese prison. Francis Xavier Ford was born in Brooklyn on January 11, 1892, the son of Austin and Elizabeth Rellihan Ford.  Ford attended St. Francis Preparatory School in Brooklyn and Cathedral College in Manhattan.  In 1912 he was the first student to apply to the seminary of the recently established...

U.S. lawmakers have been unusually silent about federal regulators' decision to allow a Chinese bank to take over 13 bank branches in New York and California, suggesting that they think American banks have much to gain. Members of both parties usually relish the chance to bash China on everything from government subsidies to the yuan's exchange rate. Yet Wednesday's decision by the Federal Reserve to certify a Chinese bank acquisition for the first time was met by near-universal silence.

group of 303 Chinese citizens signed ‘Charter 08’, a declaration to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In it they call on the government of China to transform the country’s authoritarian and corrupt regime along democratic lines, respectful of human rights, including religious freedom. “Charter 08” follows the path laid down by “Charter 77”, a manifesto signed by Czech and Slovak intellectuals and activists, who in 1977 called on the government of Czechoslovakia to respect human rights.Writer and playwright Václav Havel, who went on to become president of the Czech Republic after the fall of...

WASHINGTON - A New Jersey congressman says he is one of at least three lawmakers whose computers have been hacked from China, apparently in search of information about political dissidents and human rights legislation. Rep. Christopher Smith (R-4th Dist.) said today that in December 2006 and again in March 2007 his human rights subcommittee's computers were attacked by a virus that security officials told him were "intended to take control of the computers." "At that time IT professionals cleaned the computers and informed my staff that the attack seemed to come from the People's Republic of China," said Smith during...

From outcast nomad to tribal warlord and finally founder of the world's greatest land empire, Genghis Khan went through a lot of changes in a tumultuous life spanning the end of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th. But perhaps the strangest transformation ever undergone by the Mongolian military genius has come in modern times: his reinvention as a Chinese hero. “Genghis Khan was certainly Chinese,” says Guo Wurong, general manager of the Genghis Khan Mausoleum Tourist District in China's Inner Mongolia region. “We currently define him as a hero of the Mongolian nationality, a great man of...

SHANGHAI, China - China and Iran are close to setting plans to develop Iran's Yadavaran oil field, according to published reports, in a multibillion-dollar deal that comes as Tehran faces the prospect of sanctions over its nuclear program. The deal is thought potentially to be worth about $100 billion. According to Caijing, a respected financial magazine, a Chinese government delegation is due to visit Iran as early as March to formally sign an agreement allowing China Petrochemical Corp., also known as Sinopec, to develop Yadavaran. The Wall Street Journal also reported in Friday's editions that the two sides are trying...

Exclusive report from the Today's Comment blog: some Internet posters advocated riot in the Chinatown of New York City. This happened after a border officer was found not guilty Thursday of beating a Chinese tourist. The advocating message in Chinese was posted on Chinese Media Net, a major Chinese news website located in the New York City area. As of the publishing time, the messages in Chinese can still be accessed on the original webpage: http://blog.chinesenewsnet.com/?p=1626. The screen shot can also be viewed at http://tocom.blogspot.com. The message was posted by a handler, "Flushing Resident". The translation of the message reads:...

AMERICAN TOURISTS MISTREATED; ARRESTED HOUSE CHURCH PASTORS TORTURED IN PRISON; SHANGHAI HOUSE CHURCH FORCED CLOSURE  by MONTANA NEWS MIDLAND, Texas, Aug. 9 /Christian Wire Service/ -- China Aid learned that more than 210 Chinese house church pastors and believers have been arrested in Hubei, Hebei and Henan Provinces since July 2005. Two American tourists in China were mistreated when arrested in Hubei Province. A house church in Shanghai is ordered to close on July 26. At 9:30 am on August 2, 2005, while two American tourists were preparing to have Christian fellowship with 41 Chinese House church pastors and believers at...

In his FrontPage Magazine article Andrew Alexander’s Lies About the Cold War, Jamie Glazov speaks of the Soviet regime’s aggressive and expansionist designs against the West in the post-WWII period, and how de-classified Soviet sources prove that they had extensively infiltrated their agents into Western society. "...the Venona transcripts are thousands of Soviet intelligence messages that were intercepted and decoded over four decades by the FBI and the NSA (National Security Agency). Released over the past few years, these files prove that there was a large-scale Communist penetration of the U.S. government, and that Communist spies passed on valuable information...

More than a decade after the fall of the former Soviet Union and Eastern European communist regimes, the international communist movement has been spurned worldwide. The demise of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is only a matter of time. Nevertheless, before its complete collapse, the CCP is trying to tie its fate to the Chinese nation, with its 5000 years of civilization. This is a disaster for the Chinese people. The Chinese people must now face the impending questions of how to view the CCP, how to evolve China into a society without the CCP, and how to pass on...

A new internet search engine, funded by the Chinese communist government and endorsed by former President Bill Clinton, hopes to challenge Google even though it lacks the search leader's most admired feature -- the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button. Accoona.com takes it's name from the Swahili phrase hakuna matata ('no worries') popularized by the Disney movie 'The Lion King'. "Out of respect for President Clinton, we decided not to offer a 'Feeling Lucky' button," said an unnamed Accoona spokesman. "We didn't think it sounded very presidential." Accoona executives are said to be considering Mr. Clinton's suggestion for a button that would...

Red China Endorses Kerry - Communists Pick Kerry Over Bush Charles R. Smith Wednesday, July 28, 2004 John Kerry has gained the support of the largest political party in the world. The official online news outlet for communist China, the People's Daily, endorsed the Senator from Massachusetts for President of the United States. "Comparatively speaking, Kerry is noted for being friendly with China. He was once firmly against linking the most-favored-nation status to China with human rights," stated an article on the U.S. Presidential race posted by the official Chinese Central Communist Party news outlet. "From a long-term view, a...

You've gotta see this...women are salivating, men are cheering, and teenage girls are being sheltered by grandparents in a rainy field in Iowa. Tom Harkin and a couple thousand Demon-RATS are gathered to mentally masturbate at a speech by Impeached42. Hilarious!!

Here's a little item that ought to throw Tom Daschle, Terry McAuliffe, Hillary Clinton and company into an apoplectic rage: A President Bush military action figure is coming soon to your friendly neighborhood toy store. "When President Bush landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln three months ago in a naval flight suit, many commentators believed that the image of the vigorous president on the aircraft carrier would figure prominently in his reelection campaign. What the commentators did not predict is that Bush would become his own G.I. Joe doll," the Washington Post reported today. The Hong Kong company Blue...

Clinton Haters Look to Mock His Library Tue Jul 22,12:24 PM ET span> By DAVID HAMMER, Associated Press Writer LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Just a few blocks from the future site of Bill Clinton 's $160 million presidential library, a couple of Clinton haters hope to open a museum devoted to mocking his presidency.   "As long as he's talking, we'll have to be here trying to keep him somewhat honest and stop him from rewriting history," says John LeBoutillier, a former Republican congressman from New York who rode Ronald Reagan 's coattails to victory in 1980. LeBoutillier and his...