Most people who know of Pearl S. Buck remember her as the author of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Good Earth. It was assigned reading for many Baby Boomers. The book ...
Read More »China concedes as it ends tariffs on almost 700 US products
China is following through on concessions it made to demands by the Trump administration to lower tariffs on American-made goods. China will grant exemptions on tariffs imposed against 696 U.S. goods, the ...
Read More »US military to begin quarantine of American citizens
The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed Sunday that it will receive hundreds of Americans who are being held in quarantine for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) at two military bases. The news comes as ...
Read More »Chinese communists now banning Christian funerals
Even in death, Chinese Christians are being humiliated as Communist authorities ban Christian funerals. According to a report in the Chinese watchdog organization Bitter Winter, communist officials are arresting family members and ...
Read More »Coronavirus situation ‘critical,’ Chinese pastor reveals in letter to world
As countries around the world issue travel bans on passengers coming from China, a pastor living in the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak has written a letter to the world. He’s ...
Read More »New Communist rules in effect Feb. 1 further strangle Chinese religious minorities
Christians and other religious groups will face “harsh” new rules Feb. 1 in China. The regulations were announced in late 2019 and religious freedom advocates say they’ll further endanger followers of many ...
Read More »Holocaust Remembrance Day is a call to action
Millions around the world are remembering the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. That liberation, seared into the history of humankind, took place Jan. ...
Read More »Chinese virus death toll doubles over weekend
The death toll from the deadly coronavirus doubled over the weekend. That’s the news Monday from Chinese authorities as they extended the Lunar New Year holiday in an effort to slow the ...
Read More »Virus spreads, U.S. to begin evacuation
As the number of Chinese citizens quarantined rises to 56 million, the United States government has announced it is rapidly working on an evacuation of American citizens from Wuhan. That city is the ...
Read More »Chinese city under quarantine as virus spreads around the world
Just hours after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced a person that arrived in that country had the coronavirus flu, China is ramping up efforts to stop its spread with a ...
Read More »University of Missouri ends relationship with Confucius Institute
The University of Missouri is cutting ties with the controversial Confucius Institute. Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has been critical of the relationship, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported. “These Confucius Institutes are, in ...
Read More »Technology now powering persecution of Christians around the world
Imagine facial recognition technology to get into a house of worship and surveillance cameras inside watching every move of the Christians there. Or a “social score” system that awards points for good ...
Read More »Eye-opening ‘One Child Nation’ leads January streaming lineup
What would happen if a nation limited families to one child in a society that has a strong preference for boys? Answer: Horrors that you can’t imagine. The new documentary One Child ...
Read More »New ‘loyalty’ crackdown on Chinese Christians
The new year rang in yet more new worries for Chinese Christians after the Chinese regime announced it will soon require all religious personnel of any faith to support total submission to ...
Read More »Some good news about Bibles reaching Chinese Christians
Every week there is disturbing and sad news coming from China. From the destruction of churches, imprisonment of Christians and suppression of Christian thought across all parts of that Chinese society, Christians ...
Read More »Will Congress finally hang up on Robocalls?
It doesn’t matter whether you have a landline or a mobile phone. Robocalls can ring you up anytime, anywhere. And if it weren’t for the Democrat focus on impeachment this fall, a ...
Read More »Millions of Hong Kong protesters thank Trump for signing resolution of support
Fulfilling the promises of a 1997 treaty agreed to by Hong Kong, the U.S. and Great Britain, President Trump signed legislation backing pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The treaty promised that the ...
Read More »Black Friday deals on TVs open up hacking concerns
Savvy shoppers know that Black Friday presents some of the best deals of the year on pricy electronics like TVs. Overall, the National Retail Federation expects Americans will spend about $730 billion ...
Read More »Communist officials remove Chinese worshippers then destroy church
While NBA players like LeBron James defend China’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, authorities in China have forcibly removed Christians then bulldozed their church. The atrocity also included the arrest of ...
Read More »Facebook cracks down on anti-Israel pages based in Iran
Facebook has removed pages originating in Iran and Russia that aimed to stir up anti-Israel sentiment and hatred of Jews on the social media platform. Nathaniel Gleichery, head of Cybersecurity Policy for ...
Read More »Senator Hawley compares Berlin and Hong Kong protests for democracy
While the NBA is being criticized for cozying up to Chinese Communists who are battling pro-democracy protesters in China, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, says China is trying to censor Americans from ...
Read More »Trump signs $47 billion trade agreement with Japan in blow to China
Lost in the news this week comes a major victory in the trade war with Communist China. The United States and Japan signed on Oct. 7 a trade agreement that would open up markets to ...
Read More »News Briefs: Pompeo subpoenaed; Hong Kong protester shot; Whistleblower form mysteriously changed;
Here’s today’s news briefs: Pompeo to testify before Congress Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was among the officials who listened in on the July 25 phone call between President Trump and Ukraine’s ...
Read More »Ted Cruz says impeachment push a ‘circus’
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in remarks on Sept. 27 said that the majority of Democrats appear to only care about impeaching President Donald Trump and not do their jobs as elected lawmakers, adding that the ...
Read More »Impeachment lands with a dud for American people
This week’s move towards impeachment of President Donald Trump seems to have landed with a dud for the American people. While no formal papers of impeachment have been drawn up, the nation’s ...
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