Hong Kong Is Being Turned Into Just Another Chinese City

When Britain handed Hong Kong over to China in 1997, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) promised that it would honor the “one country, two systems” rule under which Hong Kong would be able to preserve its way of life. Fast forward two decades and China seems to be in no mood to honor the agreement. ...

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The city of Hong Kong.

Blockchain Helps Chinese Netizens Bypass Censorship

Internet users in China have, for a long time, been blocked from fully expressing opinions and sharing their favorite content due to a strict censorship system implemented by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). But thanks to blockchain technology, Chinese Internet users have currently found a way to overcome Beijing’s censorship. Blockchain and censorship Blockchain refers ...

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Blockchain and the Internet.

The Best Place to Learn Chinese Is Not China

As China becomes a dominant global power, it is inevitable that its language will become popular. With a population of almost 1.4 billion, no one with international career ambitions can now afford to neglect learning Chinese. According to estimates, the number of American students wanting to learn Chinese doubled from 200,000 in 2015 to 400,000 ...

Armin Auctor

China Has a Big Bribery Problem

China is aiming to be the No. 1 superpower in the world. But the country has many fundamental problems, among which is a long history of bribery. Unlike Western nations, where bribery is seen as “dirty” and something to be ashamed of, the Chinese, after the arrival of the communists, have seen bribery as normal. A ...

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Giving and accepting a bribe.

Is China Becoming Too Big to Care What Others Think?

After Canada arrested Huawei’s CFO on suspicion of violating trade sanctions against Iran, China went on to arrest three Canadian nationals on flimsy grounds. With China now a major superpower under President Xi Jinping, the government seems to believe that they no longer need to care what others think about them and can do whatever ...

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Chinese Communist Influence on American Media

In an effort to sway American public opinion to its side, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been trying to influence American media for the past several decades. This is done in two ways — covertly owning pro-CCP media and influencing independent media. CCP’s media plan for American media Beijing and its supporters have been ...

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Why Huawei Is a Looming Threat to the US

Chinese telecom company Huawei is currently under media scrutiny after its CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on behalf of the U.S. administration. American intelligence agencies view the company with intense suspicion because of its connections with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its push to infiltrate the American market with not-so-benign intentions. Huawei ...

Jack Roberts

3 Ominous AI Trends We Should Be Worried About

Artificial Intelligence is proclaimed as being the cornerstone for establishing a new world order for human beings. Unfortunately, this new world can either be a paradise or turn into our worst nightmare. Looking at emerging AI trends, there are three specific developments that should be a cause of worry for any sensible human. Unregulated government ...

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Chinese Communists Cry Human Rights Abuse After Huawei CFO Arrest

China has a horrible track record on human rights. To make matters worse, Beijing threatens anyone who questions their treatment of Chinese citizens, whether it be the Uyghurs, Christians, Tibetans, Falun Gong practitioners, or any other persecuted community. With the Huawei CFO arrest of Meng Wanzhou in Canada, China is now talking about the “breach ...

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Chinese tech company Huawei has taken the legal route in the UK to gain access to some internal documents of HSBC.

China Denies German Human Rights Delegation From Visiting Xinjiang

Chinese authorities have denied a request to visit Xinjiang by Germany’s human rights delegation. The delegation wanted to investigate the existence of mass detention centers in the Xinjiang region where members of the Uyghur community are being tortured and brainwashed into renouncing their faith and way of life. Uyghur persecution in Xinjiang “I am shocked ...

Armin Auctor

Dr. Barbel Kofler.