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THE EPOCH TIMES
CCP Silences Dissidents, Rights Activists During Trump’s Visit to China: Sources
Chinese rights activists welcome the U.S. president’s visit, hoping he will help improve China’s human rights conditions.
Members of the public watch a motorcade ferrying members of the U.S. delegation from behind a barricade as police officers stand on patrol along a closed street in Beijing on May 15, 2026. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Alex Wu
5/15/2026|Updated: 5/15/2026
Dissidents and rights activists in various regions of China have been warned by the Chinese regime’s police not to accept interviews from foreign media, not to post on overseas social media platforms, and not to leave their homes during U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China, according to social media posts and Chinese citizens who spoke with The Epoch Times.
Chinese regime authorities routinely tighten control, especially over what they call “sensitive individuals,” such as dissidents, rights activists, and petitioners, during international events, the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) major meetings, or foreign leaders’ visits.
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RedState
Man Convicted of Running Chinese ‘Police Station’ in NYC - How Many More Are There?
By Becky Noble - X Follow | 2:05 PM on May 14, 2026
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.
AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File
During President Trump's visit to China this week, there will be many things on the agenda to discuss with Chinese President Xi Jinping. They will discuss things like the war in Iran, trade, and fentanyl. But there should be one other topic: Chinese "police stations" right in the heart of New York City.
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OPINION
Rubio Locks In Lead for '28
Secretary of State Marco Rubio boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on May 12, 2026 as he departs for a three-day state visit to China. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
By Dick Morris
Thursday, 14 May 2026 06:12 AM EDT
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Looking ahead to 2028, you can't help getting the impression that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is working hard, seizing opportunities and positioning himself for the next election, while Vice President JD Vance isn't.
Rubio is like the baseball team that scraps for every run and creates openings while Vance seems to be waiting for President Trump to hit a three-run homer to bring him in.
And it's reflected in the polls.
The Atlas Poll has Rubio beating Vance in a trial run by almost 15 points — 45-30.
Rubio seems to grasp, as Vance does not, that Latino is the new Black for the Republican Party. Blacks, particularly women, have been rock solid in their party loyalty to the Democrats while African American men are inclined to stray.
But GOP gains among Hispanics of both genders have been formidable with some polls now rating the Latino vote as a near toss-up with the Democratic lead over Trump among Hispanics down to five points or less.
It's not just that Rubio himself is Cuban but that he has been the foremost voice in fighting the Nicolas Maduros of the world and pushing for the liberation of Cuba.
He has used his position as secretary of state to polish his image while Vance has largely been content with pushing Trump's agenda in Europe, lambasting NATO countries for not doing more to step up for the alliance.
Rubio is clearly leading Trump among Latinos, winning converts for him in a way Vance is failing to do.
Rubio has a charisma edge while Vance seems to be a stolid follower in Trump's wake.
But, in a sense. the contest for the Republican nod in 2028 is a chimera.
Whoever Trump endorses will be the nominee.
No others need apply. But the difference in the enthusiasm level between Rubio and Vance is becoming hard to ignore.
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OPINION
We Shouldn't Be Doing Business with Xi
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Apple CEO Tim Cook during a meeting with business leaders at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence on Oct. 28, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
By Terence P. Jeffrey
Wednesday, 13 May 2026 08:03 AM EDT
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Among the $308.37 billion in goods that the United States imported from the People's Republic of China in 2025, the No. 1 category was described by the Census Bureau as "cell phones and other household goods."
Americans last year purchased $39,246,893,116 worth of these items manufactured in that communist regime.
Not surprisingly, Tim Cook, the chief executive officer of Apple, is one of the corporate executives who joined President Donald Trump on his latest trip to China.
As The New York Times reported last June, "an estimated 80 percent of iPhones are still made in China. Apple's business is still so dependent on China that the tech giant can't operate without it."
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg also joined Trump on his trip to China. "China is considering a deal for about 500 of the 737 Max jets," Bloomberg reported.
Another top executive who joined Trump on his trip to China is Dina Powell McCormick, the president of Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.
"China on Monday blocked U.S. tech giant Meta's acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus, in an unexpected move to reverse a deal that apparently aroused Beijing's concerns about the transfer of advanced technology," The Associated Press reported on April 27.
Yet another CEO on the China trip with Trump is Mastercard's Michael Miebach. "Mastercard today announced a collaboration between Mastercard Move, its money movement platform, and Bank of Shanghai (BoS) to enable seamless, bi-directional payment flows between China and global markets," said a press release Mastercard published on March 12.
"'With this collaboration, we're extending our multi-rail capabilities across cards, digital wallets and bank accounts to give banks and payment service providers across the world a single, trusted platform to send funds to China,'" the release quoted Mastercard's global head of transfer solutions as saying.
Sending money to China has become a sad feature of the American economy.
In just the last 10 years (2016-25), according to Census Bureau data, the United States has purchased $4.205 trillion in imports from the People's Republic.
At the same time, China has purchased only $1.299 trillion in imports from the United States. The result is a cumulative 10-year trade deficit of $2.906 trillion.
After the $39,246,893,116 worth of "cell phones and other household goods" that Americans imported from Communist China in 2025 came "electric apparatus" ($21,306,822,050); "toys, games, and sporting goods" ($19,363,103,443); "apparel, textiles, nonwool or cotton" ($13,966,192,283); "other parts and accessories of vehicles" ($11,715,964,462); "computer accessories" ($11,659,017,578); "industrial machines" ($10,741,628,802); "household appliances" ($10,401,576,154); "telecommunications equipment" ($9,965,181,940); and "computers" ($9,715,440,762).
The day before he departed for China, Trump posted a message about the trip on Truth Social. "I am very much looking forward to my trip to China, an amazing Country, with a Leader, President Xi, respected by all," Trump said.
But Trump's own administration has issued reports condemning the actions of Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping's regime.
On Dec. 14, 2022, then-Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., testified before the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom about China's egregious violations of that freedom.
"The Chinese Communist Party has been attacking religious freedom since its founding a century ago," Rubio said.
Oppression is frankly in its DNA.
"Today," Rubio said, "Beijing's assault is more violent and systematic than ever. In Xinjiang, it has even amounted to genocide.
"Party agents are also targeting ethnic Chinese believers here in in the United States because they believe faith undermines the legitimacy of the Communist Party.
"This is a threat to American national security and basic human rights. We must do everything we can to counter this."
Last August, as this column has noted before, Rubio's State Department repeated these claims in its human rights report on the PRC.
It cited China for "(g)enocide and crimes against humanity" "serious restrictions on freedom of expression and media freedom," "restrictions on religious freedom," "coerced abortions and forced sterilizations" and "trafficking in persons including forced labor."
In March, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom called on the U.S. government to redesignate "China as a 'country of particular concern,' or CPC, for engaging in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom."
"In 2025," said the report, "China perpetuated particularly severe violations of religious freedom. Chinese authorities sought to exert complete control over religion through an extensive web of laws, regulations, and policies that do not conform to international human rights standards."
"Authorities continued to pursue the state's coercive 'sinicization of religion' policy, which seeks to integrate the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) political ideology into every aspect of religious life and forcibly assimilate ethnic minorities, including through co-opting or prohibiting their unique religious traditions and destroying or modifying their houses of worship," said the report.
Xi is not respected by all and should be respected by no one. Nor should his regime be allowed to make trillions of dollars from trade with the United States.
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THE EPOCH TIMES
Middle East Commander Says Iran’s Drones Are Depleted, US Navy Could Open Strait of Hormuz
Adm. Brad Cooper told senators that Tehran has 10 percent drone and missile capacity, disputing other assessments.
U.S. forces patrol the Arabian Sea near the M/V Touska by the Strait of Hormuz on April 20, 2026. Currently, more than 160 million barrels of Iranian crude oil are at sea, and at least 140 million barrels are outside the blockade zone, a market analyst at Vortexa said. U.S. Navy via Getty Images
John Haughey
Reporter
5/14/2026|Updated: 5/14/2026
It took the U.S. military less than 40 days to destroy 90 percent of Iran’s operational ballistic missile and drone capacities, annihilate its navy, dismantle its support for proxy militias, and derail its emergent nuclear weapons program, the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East said on May 14.
“Across every element of national power, they have been significantly degraded,” Adm. Brad Cooper said in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. “We have dismantled what took them decades and billions to build.”
With two Navy aircraft carrier battlegroups and a Marine task force–to be joined by a second soon–in the Arabian Sea blockading Iranian ships from leaving the Persian Gulf, he expressed confidence that, if ordered, the United States could wrest control of the Strait of Hormuz from Tehran to reopen the vital shipping lane to international traffic.
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THE EPOCH TIMES
Senators Unanimously Pass Resolution to Withhold Their Own Pay During Shutdowns
Members of Congress continue to receive salaries during shutdowns because the Constitution guarantees lawmakers’ compensation.
The U.S. Capitol on May 14, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman
Reporter
5/14/2026|Updated: 5/14/2026
The Senate unanimously approved a resolution on May 14 that would suspend senators’ pay during government shutdowns.
The measure, introduced by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), passed by voice vote and is scheduled to take effect after the November midterm elections.
Under the resolution, the Senate secretary would withhold lawmakers’ salaries whenever a government shutdown affects one or more federal agencies. Pay would be released once government funding is restored.
Supporters say the proposal is intended to hold Congress accountable as shutdowns become increasingly frequent and prolonged.
“Shutting down government should not be our default solution to our refusal to work out our issues and our differences,” Kennedy said in a floor speech on May 13.
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THE EPOCH TIMES
Everyone in the Democratic Party Has Money—Except the Democratic Party
Democratic candidates and Hill committees are flush with cash and no debt. The DNC is also pulling in money—though not as much—and it’s $4.5 million in debt.
Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock
By Chase SmithMay 14, 2026 Updated: May 14, 2026
On April 30, Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills dropped out of the race for a U.S. Senate seat.
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THE EPOCH TIMES
Europe’s Green Deal Is Unraveling
Europe’s centrally planned climate agenda has collided with economic reality, weakening growth and fueling political backlash.
Protesting farmers drove tractors to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in 2023. Jakob Berg/Shutterstock
Mohamed Moutii
5/14/2026|Updated: 5/14/2026
Commentary
Over the past decade, Europe has played a leading role in shaping global climate policy, highlighted by the launch of the European Green Deal in 2019—Ursula von der Leyen described it as a “man on the moon moment.” The initiative aims to make Europe the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 while fostering innovation and strengthening its industrial base.
Yet several years later, the results are deeply disappointing. Instead of meeting its goals, the Green Deal is increasingly associated with higher energy costs, weakened competitiveness, and growing political backlash. It has deepened divisions within the EU, strained global relations, and increased pressure on households and businesses—raising serious doubts about its feasibility and long-term economic impact.
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WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Donald Trump’s grip is no match for Xi Jinping’s lessons in history
By Rob Crilly
Published May 14, 2026 11:45am ET | Updated May 14, 2026 12:01pm ET
VIDEO
Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Today, we ask who wanted what from the China summit and who came out of it ahead. (Spoiler: Probably the guy quoting Thucydides.) Plus, what is a “Mullah corner?”
President Donald Trump used all the tricks at his disposal when he met Xi Jinping in Beijing. He pulled the Chinese leader’s hand close to him and didn’t let go for 15 seconds.
And at one point on the red carpet, Trump displayed his physical dominance by striding down the center, bumping his Chinese counterpart to the side.
None of that mattered, though.
While Trump arrived for the summit wanting deals and help on Iran, Xi wanted only one thing: for China to be recognized as an equal power. He got it in spades.
“I say it to everybody, you’re a great leader,” Trump said to Xi. “Sometimes people don’t like me saying it. But I say it anyway because it’s true.”
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WASHINGTON EXAMINER
America’s China spy problem
By Washington Examiner
Published May 14, 2026 5:00am ET | Updated May 14, 2026 8:10am ET
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Chinese spies have infiltrated American society alarmingly. Americans must do more to combat this obvious threat.
The Department of Justice announced the indictment on May 11 of Eileen Wang, a Democrat and mayor of Arcadia, California, for “acting as an illegal agent” for the Chinese Communist Party. Wang has agreed to plead guilty.
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China is recruiting congressional staff members, mayors, and council members from small American towns. Calculating and patient, Beijing makes long-term and stealthy plans to achieve its malign objectives.
The public must be vigilant about our opponent. We must ensure all of our officials, at local and national levels, are too. And we must steel ourselves for what is sure to be a prolonged struggle against a determined and highly capable foe.
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