On March 10, 1959, Tibetans started revolting against Chinese occupation of the region. Though the uprising was violently crushed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Tibetans across the world hold this day dear to their hearts. Fearing a similar large-scale protest in Tibet since this year is the 60th anniversary of the uprising, the Chinese regime ...
China has been conducting real-time tracking of over 2.5 million residents in the Xinjiang region according to a data leak. Xinjiang has been in the news in recent years because of the inhumane treatment suffered by Uyghur Muslims in the region at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Tracking people in Xinjiang SenseNets, a ...
China’s attempt at using Confucius Institutes to expand its communist influence in the U.S. received a huge backlash with the release of a bipartisan Senate report by a Homeland Security subcommittee. It suggests shutting down the institutes until major changes are implemented. Confucius Institutes, a danger Confucius Institutes are present in over 100 U.S. universities ...
The taxi driver who, without the benefit of earbuds or even a car radio, drove us from the airport into the city of Chongqing sang quietly and unselfconsciously for most of the trip. As we sped along one of China’s newish superhighways, his song brought to my mind the two brothers who competed by night to ...
In 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) made history when it detected gravitational waves for the first time, something that Albert Einstein had proposed almost a hundred years ago. Now, it is getting a significant upgrade that will improve the instrument’s sensitivity to gravitational waves. Funds for LIGO upgrade In total, the LIGO project will receive ...
Sanquan Food Co Ltd, one of the leading frozen food brands in China, has recalled several batches of its pork dumplings after reports that some of them were contaminated with African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV). Infected products Sanquan’s decision comes after the Communist Party-run Beijing News said that several dozen samples of processed pork products ...
When director Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Hustle was released back in 2004, it instantly became a cult hit because of how smoothly the movie blended slapstick comedy with action sequences. After 15 years of waiting, fans of the movie have something to cheer about as the director has announced that he will soon begin working ...
China has always attempted to isolate Taiwan internationally and eliminate its identity. In another such brazen attempt, Beijing forced a New Zealand plane to turn back to Auckland while en route to Shanghai since its paperwork included a reference to Taiwan. China apparently saw it as an acknowledgment of Taiwan being a separate country. Turning ...
With the theme of “Twinkle Taipei, Lights up the Dream and the Heart” (台北亮晶晶 點亮夢想 點亮心), the 2019 Taipei Lantern Festival kicked off on Feb. 16 and ran until Feb. 24. The festive celebrations blended modern technology into festival displays to create a unique fusion of tradition and modernity that attracted more than 4 million ...
China’s lending bubble has been a huge concern for economists for the past several years. A big chunk of the debt lies in the country’s shadow banking sector, which only increases the risk of China’s financial collapse. As reported by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), the overall Chinese debt is currently at around 255 ...
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