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Leo Timm

Leo Timm covers China-related news, culture, and history. Follow him on Twitter at @kunlunpeaks
North Korean Workers, Diplomat Die in Chinese Pandemic: Insiders
According to people with knowledge of the situation, many North Koreans working in or who have business with China are among those who have succumbed amidst the massive resurgence of SARS-CoV-2 throughout the country in...
Russians Take Heavily Fortified Ukrainian Town of Soledar in Donbass Campaign
After a week of decisive combat, the Ukrainian town of Soledar on Jan. 13 fell to armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Wagner mercenary group — the first major victory to be had by...
77th-Generation Descendant of Confucius Dies in Beijing
One of the modern descendants of China's greatest teacher, Confucius, has died amidst the massive resurgence of COVID-19 that is sweeping across the country and infecting hundreds of millions. Kong Deyong (孔德墉), 96, died on...
Zhao Leji, One of the CCP’s Top 7 Leaders, Conspicuously Absent From Major Work Meeting
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) third-ranked senior official, Zhao Leji, was a no-show at an important central leadership meeting held recently, prompting speculation about his health amid the massive resurgence of COVID-19 that has been...
Taiwanese-Americans Hope to Strengthen Community, Spur Business in Upstate NY
MIDDLETOWN, NY — Members of the local Taiwanese-American community gathered at the Northern Medical Center in Middletown for an inaugural celebration to mark the founding of the NYS Orange County Taiwanese Association.  Organizer Eric Yeh...
People hold white sheets of paper in protest of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, after a vigil for the victims of a fire in Urumqi, as outbreaks of the coronavirus disease continue in Beijing, China, November 27, 2022. (Image: Screenshot / Reuters)
How a Chinese Artist in Italy Became an Online Relay Point for Protests Against Communist ‘Zero-COVID’ Policy
Late this November, when tens of thousands of Chinese rose up to oppose the communist regime's ruinous "zero-COVID" epidemic control measures, getting information about the scale and nature of the protests across to the outside...
China Continues to Ease Out of ‘Zero-COVID’ Following Mass Protests
The Chinese government has ordered the further relaxation of draconian “zero-COVID” restrictions that have been in place since the beginning of the pandemic, with Beijing on Dec. 7 announcing a list of 10 steps to...
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Yuan Stabilizes as China Continues to Relax ‘Zero-COVID’ Restrictions
China's yuan firmed at a nearly 7:1 ratio versus the American dollar as the communist regime announced measures that marked a sharp change to its tough, three-year-old zero-COVID policy that has battered its economy and...
Exiled Chinese Jurist Describes the Pernicious Legacy of Former CCP Leader Jiang Zemin
Yuan Hongbing, a Chinese dissident and former jurist residing in Australia, shared his views on the pernicious legacy of Jiang Zemin, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ex-leader who died in Shanghai on Nov. 30.  Jiang,...
‘We Don’t Want the Communist Party’: Chinese Rise Up Against ‘Zero-COVID’ Lockdowns
The last couple weeks have seen a growing protest movement throughout China as people fed up with the communist regime’s crushing pandemic measures take to the streets by the hundreds or thousands.  Since 2020, the...
Jiang Zemin, Former CCP Leader Notorious for ‘Rule by Corruption’ and Persecution of Falun Gong, Dead of Leukemia at 96
Commentary Former head of the communist Chinese regime Jiang Zemin, who was in office from 1989 to the early 2000s, succumbed to leukemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai at 12:13 p.m. local time on...
Kim Jong Un Oversees Latest North Korean Nuclear Missile Test, Brings Daughter to Launch Site
North Korea tested its new Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday, Nov. 18, sending the massive two-stage rocket thousands of miles into space in a flight demonstrating the ability to hit most of North...