Megvii is an artificial intelligence startup from China popular for providing facial recognition software. Valued at over US$1 billion, the company’s history of supporting the communist government raises concerns about human rights violations not only inside China, but also in other countries. The rise of Megvii Founded in 2011 by Yin Qi and two friends ...
Beijing is taking all the necessary steps it can to make the yuan the leading international currency in the world. Given the country’s market size and increasing global clout, many experts believe that this might actually become a reality. However, the authoritarian nature of the Chinese government might turn into a big challenge to Beijing’s ...
The West seems to have been successful in reducing its carbon footprint over the past few decades. However, a closer look at the numbers shows that the decrease in pollution is largely due to “exporting” it to other countries. This undermines efforts to reduce global pollution. This was not a concerted Western effort to destroy ...
A female panda at Germany’s Berlin Zoo recently gave birth to two baby cubs. When a local newspaper asked readers to suggest names for the baby twin pandas, “Hong” and “Kong” topped the list. Newborn twin pandas The cubs were born to Meng Meng (female) and Jiao Ching (male), two pandas that were loaned by ...
To prevent Hong Kong protests from affecting the mainland, the Chinese government censors coverage of the topic and spreads propaganda that depicts the protestors as allied with foreign powers. But despite Beijing’s best efforts, the truth about the protests keeps filtering into Chinese society through various means. Now, many Chinese nationals have begun extending their ...
Lung Yingtai, a famous Taiwanese writer and cultural critic, recently took to Facebook to post her views on the anti-extradition protests and protesters. In her view, if China deals with Hong Kong as an enemy by using force, it is not that Hong Kong has betrayed its homeland; on the contrary, it is the homeland that has ...
Displaying its blatant hatred for Tibetan Buddhists, Beijing arrested a man for sharing a picture of the spiritual leader the Dalai Lama through the social media platform WeChat. The incident took place in July and the person, Rinso from Dzoege County, was released a few days later. Acting against Dalai Lama supporters “Police released him ...
After India revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, the popularity of patriotic pop songs in the country has seen a rise. An increasing number of people have been talking about buying land in Jammu and Kashmir now that the region is fully integrated with India. While some see it as an expression of hypernationalism and ...
The Chinese Communist Party cannot take criticism and dedicates much of its ruthless machinery inside and outside of China to silencing critics. However. a Hong Kong bookseller has defied Beijing from Taiwan. Methods the Party uses against mainland critics include jail, job loss, and the developing social credit system. Historically, the death toll for critics ...
At a recent rally, students from mainland China studying in Canada participated in a protest in support of the Hong Kong police and against the pro-Hong Kong movement. In a video clip of the event, which was held in Toronto, at least eight or nine exotic sports cars, including Ferraris and other cars, were seen ...
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