Max Lu

Beijing Banning TV Dramas for Not Being Communist Enough

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) obsession with censorship has now resulted in a complete ban of all costume drama series from TV. The shows were banned because they lead impressionable young Chinese onto “wrong paths.” Banning TV dramas Since 2012, the Chinese government has placed strict rules on broadcasting palace dramas. Such shows only account ...

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A scene from Yanxi Palace.

Ex-Hong Kong Official Sentenced to 3 Years on African Bribery Charges

Patrick Ho Chi-Ping, a 69-year-old former politician from Hong Kong, has been found guilty of engaging in bribing African leaders by a New York court. Ho was sentenced to three years in prison and fined US$400,000. Ho was arrested by FBI agents in 2017 at the John F. Kennedy Airport and was convicted on seven ...

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Patrick Ho Chi-ping.

Ex-Chinese Diplomat Convicted in New York for Running Debt Bondage Scheme

A former Chinese official, Dan Zhong, has been convicted by a Brooklyn jury for running a debt bondage scheme through which several immigrants from China were forced into labor in terrible conditions. The jury took just four hours to announce their decision. Debt bondage In China, Zhong was the president of a construction company called ...

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Chinese workers in debt bondage forced to work.

Australia: Respect for Life, Equality for All

According to the Australian government’s statement on values from its immigration website on life in Australia: “Australian society values respect for the freedom and dignity of the individual, freedom of religion, commitment to the rule of law, Parliamentary democracy, equality of men and women and a spirit of egalitarianism that embraces mutual respect, tolerance, fair ...

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The national capital in Canberra.

Picturing a World Where Communist China Is the Dominant Force

The world is rapidly moving toward a major shift, a change that will introduce new technologies and new leaders, such as China, into the field of technology. These changes pose huge ethical dilemmas for mankind. Rise of China The world is witnessing a major conflict in the fight for technological supremacy between the U.S. and ...

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New technologies.

Hong Kong Status as a Global Business Hub Going Down the Communist Drain

The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, said that she was “deeply concerned” about Beijing’s violations of human rights in Hong Kong, indicating that the city’s status as a premier business hub in Asia is at risk. Eroding Hong Kong freedoms Pelosi was speaking to a delegation from Hong Kong when ...

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Victoria Harbour Hong Kong.

Chinese 5G Market to Be Bigger Than Europe and U.S. Combined

China is poised to be the biggest 5G market in the world by 2025 according to a report by the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA). The organization represents a consortium of over 750 mobile operators from around the world. Chinese 5G market Almost 460 million Chinese citizens will be using 5G services by 2025. ...

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A Chinese man talking on a smartphone.

India Blows Up Satellite in Space, Sending Message to China

India blows up satellite in space positioned 185 miles above the Earth in the successful test of an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon. Security experts see the test as a warning to China regarding their military ambitions on the Indian subcontinent. India blows up satellite in weapons test “India’s recent testing of its ASAT capability likely represents ...

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Chinese Movie Industry Censoring Ghosts, Tattoos, and Time Machines

China has one of the most heavily censored movie industries in the world, thanks to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). However, Beijing’s censoring of any content that violates the CCP’s ideologies means that Chinese movies do not get the same level of international appreciation that Hollywood films do. After all, people go to movies to ...

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A Chinese actress.

Cold-blooded Juvenile Killers Are Everywhere in China

Recently, news of parents killed by their teenage children was reported widely throughout China. These incidents stunned the public. Some Hong Kong media lamented that with so many cold-blooded young killers spreading throughout China, something has happened to the education in China. Not long ago, a 13-year-old boy from Jianhu County, Jiangsu Province, was suspected ...

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Hong Kong police.