"(T)here is one place where China’s bullying elicits only silence: the Vatican. Which is strange, because Jimmy Lai is not only Hong Kong’s most well-known champion of democracy; he is also its most prominent Catholic layman. At a moment when he and his family most need their shepherd, Pope Francis is MIA.
The silence might be understandable if Pope Francis were in the tradition of pontiffs who hold themselves aloof from worldly affairs. But Pope Francis is a man who readily weighs in on outrages wherever he finds them, whether it be modern air conditioning, American capitalism or Catholic moms who breed “like rabbits. But on China . . . silence." Read the story here (paywall may apply.)
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The POW Investigative Project, a non-profit founded by the Executive Producer of Need to Share News, uses crowdsourcing in Chinese and other languages to seek answers on the fate of missing American heroes.
您是否能够协助找寻失踪的美国人? The men below were known or suspected to be in Chinese hands but never returned or accounted for (there are many similar cases involving North Korea and Russia/Soviet Union). Click on their photos for more information. |