Who would have thought? North Korea's economy is flourishing, aided by arms sales & troop deployments to Russia, supplies and financing from China, and the ability to flout international sanctions. Fascinating read by @DaslYoon@timothywmartin
https://t.co/TLXWbFf2h5 via @WSJ
For 37 years, over 2,000 images taken by a Chinese state media photographer were hidden in a metal box, surviving brutal purges—until now.
These raw, powerful photos show the courage of the students, the scale of the protests, and the horror of what the Chinese Communist Party did.
Now, The @EpochTimes is making the photos public for the first time. [1/2]
On this day 37 years ago, brave Chinese students peacefully protested for freedom and democracy in Tiananmen Square. The Chinese Communist Party answered with tanks and violence, killing hundreds and wounding countless others.
The CCP may censor history, but it cannot erase the truth.
We remember the victims of the Tiananmen Square Massacre and stand with freedom-loving people everywhere who continue to resist tyranny and fight for liberty.
Today, the Select Committee honored the legacy of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, and the courageous survivors who still face transnational repression from the CCP 37 years later. Special thanks to Arthur Liu, proud dad to Olympic Champion figure skater Alysa Liu, and former U.S. Army Chaplain Yan Xiong for sharing their stories from 1989, and the more recent threats against them and their families. All of us believe in the God-given rights and liberties we enjoy as Americans and pray one day the Chinese people will have these rights too.
37 years ago today, the Chinese Communist Party set the military against its own people, killing & injuring thousands. Xi Jinping can try his hardest to erase this history, but we will never forget - and we will always stand with the people of China who seek freedom.
Over "9,500" miles away, the U.S. fought Japan during WWII; also over "9,500" miles away, the U.S. fought aggression in Korea and Vietnam; today, over "9,500" miles away in East Asia, the U.S. maintains its largest overseas military deployment, more than half of its global total, and its largest Combatant Command with the most concentrated fire power in the world led by the most capable military leaders, with most mutual defense partners (esp. Japan, ROK, the Philippines and Australia), all for the specific purpose of deterring, and fighting against, another imperialist and communist aggression and keeping peace through strength.
Just saying...
Who are they, really?
The photos of them in uniform were reportedly discovered by Chinese netizens and are now being widely circulated on Chinese social media.
I cannot verify or disprove the authenticity of these photos. I asked Grok, which told me these are not AI-generated, but could have possible minor Photoshop/editing (slight smoothing or color correction, which are common in official photos, no major inconsistencies).
🚨 THE US DELEGATION JUST THREW EVERY CHINESE GIFT INTO A TRASH BIN AT THE FOOT OF AIR FORCE ONE. BEFORE BOARDING. IN FULL VIEW OF CAMERAS.
The last time a US president's team performed a visible public discard of host-country materials on a tarmac during a major summit, it made front pages for a week — because everyone understood what it meant.
– Every gift discarded into ramp-side bins before wheels-up
– Every badge, every pin, every commemorative souvenir — gone
– Every Chinese-issued phone for staff and press — thrown out
– Nothing Chinese-origin was allowed onto the aircraft
– Personal devices were placed in Faraday bags for the flight
– The action was uniform — staff, press pool, entire delegation
– White House security and Secret Service enforced it at the ramp
– Trump on camera when asked about spying: "We didn't discuss it because we also spy on them as they do on us"
– NY Post White House correspondent Emily Goodin confirmed the account from pool position
– Protocol applied at the final controlled window before re-entering US airspace
– This matches the identical disposal procedure used by US delegations in China and Russia for years
– The trigger: documented counter-intelligence concerns that Chinese-issued electronics carry embedded malware, trackers, or listening devices
– This was not improvised. It was pre-planned. Executed at the ramp. In front of cameras.
This is the same playbook US delegations have run in Beijing for a generation. The only thing that changed is that someone photographed it this time.
Trump arrived with Elon Musk and Jensen Huang. He left with nothing Chinese on the plane. Not a pin. Not a phone. Not a souvenir.
Whatever was said in those meetings — the security posture on the way out told you everything about how Washington actually views Beijing when the cameras aren't on the handshake.
I'll keep you updated as this unfolds, turn on notifications this is EXTREMELY important. A lot of people will wish they followed me sooner.