Chinese Millennials, a Curious Mix of Consumerism and Nationalism

Chinese Millennials might well be the most unique group of people. Typically, the world’s Millennial population is characterized by a consumerist lifestyle and excessively liberal beliefs that scoff at the idea of nationalism, choosing to profess their “world without borders and divisions” ideologies. Even though the Chinese Millennials are as consumerist as their Western counterparts, ...

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Two Chinese young women shopping.

Hidden Cameras Abuse the Privacy of Chinese Citizens (Part 1)

A social media post, “Leave Your Clothes On; Secret Camera by the Bed!”, has gone viral in China. It describes the case of Ms. Zhang Pei from Beijing, who stayed in a hotel with her boyfriend in February 2018. Hidden cameras had filmed the couple and the footage was posted onto a porn website without ...

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CCTV camera.

Book Review: ‘Claws of the Panda’

Rarely does a book release come at such an opportune time as Claws of the Panda. The topic it discusses is currently debated all across the world. In this aspect, the publisher of the book might consider themselves lucky. The book, written by Jonathan Manthorpe, who has almost four decades of international reporting experience, focuses ...

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China Hopeless Under Communist Control, Says Artist Weiwei

Renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has no hope for his country ever becoming a free-spirited society as long as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is in power. He was responding to the current political tensions between Canada and China. Weiwei is currently in Canada preparing for his exhibition at Toronto’s Gardiner Museum on February 28, ...

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Ai Weiwei.

Uyghur Human Rights Activist Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Lawmakers in America have recommended jailed Uyghur activist Ilham Tohti for the Nobel Peace Prize. Tohti has been sentenced to life in prison by the Chinese government for engaging in activities that promoted “separatism.” He was fighting for rights of the persecuted Uyghur community. The nomination was supported by U.S. lawmakers from both sides of ...

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Uyghur human rights activist Ilham Tohti standing with two friends.

The Unholy Alliance Between Huawei and the Chinese Communist Party

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently charged Chinese telecommunications company Huawei with violating sanctions against Iran and stealing trade secrets from an American mobile carrier. Many believe that this will trigger increased media coverage about the firm and eventually expose the relationship between Huawei and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), making other countries understand ...

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Huawei mobile phones for sale.

China Offers Students Cash for Reporting Religious Believers

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has intensified its efforts in instilling atheism on primary and secondary school students, according to Bitter Winter — a magazine that reports on religious liberty and human rights in China. Students are taught to reject religious beliefs and are encouraged to report each other to the authorities if they find that ...

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China Wary About Supporting Corrupt Venezuelan Regime

China has been a longtime supporter of the Venezuelan socialist government that has had an iron grip on the country for several decades. Beijing has lent billions of dollars to Venezuela over the past 10  years in an “oil-for-loan” program. With Venezuela in the grip of a revolution where the current socialist regime is facing huge ...

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Soros Warns About the Risk of Chinese AI

China’s AI advances are making many governments worried. Now, investor George Soros has issued a warning about how Beijing’s AI program could end up threatening open societies. He was speaking at the recently concluded World Economic Forum in Davos. Replacing one monopoly with another? In 2017, China issued a broad strategy that aimed to make ...

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