When Dictatorships Are in Doubt They Call Their Citizens ‘Terrorists’
A Chinese national flag flutters near the surveillance cameras mounted on a lamp post in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, on March 15, 2019. (Andy Wong/AP Photo)
A Chinese national flag flutters near the surveillance cameras mounted on a lamp post in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, on March 15, 2019. (Andy Wong/AP Photo)
Chief Superintendent of Police (National Security) Li Kwai-wah speaks during a press conference to issue arrest warrants for eight activists in Hong Kong on July 3, 2023. (Joyce Zhou/Reuters)
The Confucius Institute building on the campus of Troy University, in Troy, Ala., on March 16, 2018. (Kreeder13/Wikimedia Commons)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 3, 2023. (Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 3, 2023. (Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images)
Sen. Yuen Pau Woo (R) denounces RCMP allegations of Beijing interference in Canada during a news conference in Montreal on May 5, 2023. (The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz)
Dwight Howard #39 of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts following a foul call during the second quarter against the Houston Rockets at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 17,…
A smartphone with a displayed TikTok logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this photo illustration taken on Feb. 23, 2023. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
Commuters walk on a platform after disembarking from a suburban train at a railway station in Mumbai, India, on Jan. 21, 2023. (Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters)
Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas) talks about China during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in Washington on Oct. 20, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)