US-China Tariff Wars and Its Impact on China

Commentary by Sen Nieh, Center Fellow US-China Tariff War On April 2, “Liberation Day,” the U.S. imposed different reciprocal tariffs on all countries around the globe. China was hit with […]
William Saunders Speaks at CUA Event Featuring Ukrainian Wounded Warrior

The Bishop Basil H. Losten Center for Ukrainian Church Studies at CUA held a special event titled: “Andrii Smolenskyi: A Ukrainian Wounded Warrior Speaks About Faith In the Midst of […]
Is China a Threat to U.S. Democracy?

On April 1, 2025, The Catholic University of America welcomed Chen Guangcheng, Distinguished Fellow for Human Rights, to speak with Honors students on the pressing question: “Is China a Threat […]
Join VOC for Roll Call of Nations 2025

This year VOC is honored to be joined by Professor Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese human rights activist, lawyer, former prisoner of conscience, and VOC’s 2015 Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom awardee alongside Professor […]
Comment on the CCP’s Forum for Private Entrepreneurs

By Chen Guancheng On the morning of February 17, 2025, the Chinese Communist Party held a high-level “Private Entrepreneurs Forum” at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, attended […]
If the Workers Haven’t been Paid, Why are the Project Funds Gone?

By Chen Guangcheng Towards the end of the 20th Century, China experienced an influx of migration from rural workers into its cities. These people are commonly referred to as “migrant […]
The Failure of Communist China

By Peter James, Second Place Winner of our 2023 Human Rights Essay Contest Every government system has its strengths, but certain strengths come with certain weaknesses. Communism’s weaknesses outweigh its […]
Revisiting ‘Centisimus Annus’ and American Ideals Amid the CCP’s Human Rights Atrocities

By Brandon Showalter, Second Place Winner of our 2023 Human Rights Essay Contest “She did not know at all that she had swept away the logic of the mind, the […]
The Antidote against the CPP Virus

By Jose Nunes, First Place Winner of our 2023 Human Rights Essay Contest In his autobiography, Treasure in Clay, Archbishop Fulton Sheen describes the captivating faith of a Chinese girl […]
William Saunders Speaks at the Summit for International Freedom

On February 2, 2025, Dr. William Saunders, Director of the Center for Human Rights at The Catholic University of America, addressed a group of student participants during a training day […]