China Coast Guard ship 5203 fired a water cannon at a Philippine resupply boat, desperately trying to force it off course inside Manila’s own Exclusive Economic Zone.
Beijing’s state-backed piracy continues to rely on sheer, unlawful brute force.
@Polymarket Not the first time Super Micro has been caught illegally shipping AI servers to China🇨🇳
Last time a company co-founder was caught on tape relabeling the boxes himself.
https://t.co/Ye0EPbfuLu
🚨Now, there’s more.
Some overseas Chinese are suddenly finding that they can no longer renew their Chinese passports abroad and are being told to return to China to do it.
But for some, once they return, getting back out may become another problem.
“Close the door and beat the dogs” is no longer confined within China’s borders. The net is extending overseas.
Chinese authorities in Hebei Province launched an emergency police investigation after environmental blogger Yulie Qige caught wholesalers dipping freshly harvested cabbages into carcinogenic formaldehyde solution.
Video footage captured in Tunken Township shows workers systematically submerging produce into chemical containers labeled "formaldehyde solution" before loading trucks for long-distance transport. Drivers on the scene admitted the toxic bath extends shelf life by two to three days, allowing them to avoid paying for expensive refrigerated shipping.
Formaldehyde is classified as a Group 1 carcinogen and is strictly illegal in food processing. Yet wholesalers used the chemical preservative to keep cabbages looking firm and white during transit.
This is not an isolated incident. A nearly identical scandal broke out in Shandong province in 2012, proving that dangerous food safety shortcuts remain a recurring threat in China's agricultural supply chain.
China produces over 30 million tonnes of cabbage annually, representing nearly half of global supply. The viral exposure forced China's State Council Food Safety Office to order nationwide market spot checks while customs officials in Hong Kong and South Korea heightened border monitoring.
EXCLUSIVE: CCP SPIES INSIDE USDA?
I found a Chinese-language government notice revealing that an official PRC delegation was scheduled to enter a USDA research facility and pursue the “utilization and cooperation” of genetic resources held inside.
The American organization arranging the visit never disclosed it publicly. Beijing did.
Who was opening the door?
The planned access led me to the U.S.-China Green Institute—a little-known nonprofit founded by former U.S. Ambassadors Terry Branstad and David Adelman and China-focused financier Jonathan Krane.
Beijing calls Branstad Xi Jinping’s “old friend.” Weeks before the planned USDA visit, Krane’s investment firm was still majority-owned by CICC USA—indirectly owned by China’s sovereign wealth fund.
The Institute also signed a “historic” agreement with a foundation created and overseen by CPAFFC.
The State Department says CPAFFC is tasked with co-opting governments and “malignly” influencing American leaders.
In plain English: a CCP influence front.
The biosecurity threat is not hypothetical. Chinese nationals have already been prosecuted for stealing proprietary American seeds and smuggling a crop-destroying fungus for work inside a U.S. laboratory.
Yet former U.S. officials and a financier tied to Chinese state money quietly helped an official PRC delegation seek entry to a federal research facility.
Did they get inside USDA? What did they access? Who approved it?
🚨 This Chinese student came to Australia, wrapped himself in a terrorist scarf and took to our streets to protest Pauline Hanson.
But when I asked if he’d dare protest his own government’s REAL atrocities back home, his answer said it all..
Full story: https://t.co/6xikrrYezm
A Hong Kong court on Friday convicted two activists who organized large-scale annual memorials for those killed in the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in China https://t.co/sVnjMOHOYN
🚨#HongKong court just convicted #LeeCheukyan and #ChowHangtung of "inciting subversion" — their real "crime" was organizing peaceful vigils to remember #Tiananmen victims. They now face up to 10 years in jail. This is not justice — it's persecution.
https://t.co/BofQrhVRHr
On August 12, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted 60-year-old factory owner Zhu Chen, his nephew Jiayi Chen, and associate Jianjun Lu for operating a forced labor ring inside a Georgia flooring plant. By luring dozens of Chinese immigrants with false promises before stripping their passports and forcing them into 72-hour work weeks, these executives brought brutal exploitation right into the American heartland.
According to charging documents from U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg, the trio targeted vulnerable Chinese nationals, promising reliable jobs, health benefits, and proper housing. Instead, once the workers arrived on temporary B-1 and L-1 visas, the executives confiscated their legal travel documents and trapped them in a grueling system.
Victims were forced into 12-hour shifts six days a week at the 328,000-square-foot Wellmade Industries plant in Cartersville, Georgia. They received far less pay than promised, zero overtime, and no health insurance. To keep workers submissive, managers subjected them to physical violence, verbal abuse, and constant threats of deportation and crippling debt.
Outside the factory, conditions were just as severe. The executives crammed up to 12 workers into dirty, company-owned houses, controlling their transportation and keeping them isolated.
The forced labor operation was uncovered when federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Bartow County Sheriff's Office executed search warrants across eight locations. The rescue operation freed roughly 60 active victims and identified up to 400 foreign workers impacted by the scheme.
Following civil lawsuits and a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, the factory was sold and permanently shut down. Now, all three defendants face up to 20 years in federal prison for forced labor conspiracy, with Zhu Chen facing additional federal charges for alien harboring.