Students as young as Grade 5 expressed a wish “to study hard to repay” the company, and many thought “the tobacco company is kind.” (By Jennifer Fang, The Conversation) Would you send your child to ...
“Economic analysis suggests that bilateral trade wars are unwinnable in an interconnected world. By firing his latest tariff salvo against China, Trump has further raised the stakes in an increasingly damaging dispute. And America is ...
In an effort to quell the record-breaking protests across Hong Kong, China released a video threatening violence against protestors who refuse to “fall back.” In late July Citizen Truth reported the following concerning the continuous ...
President Trump announced another round of tariffs on Chinese goods on Thursday, the latest development in an escalating trade war between the world’s greatest economies. In a series of tweets, Trump said his administration would ...
Airspace violations are more of an etiquette issue than an act of war and they happen fairly often and do not cause any long term issues. (By Tim Kirby, Strategic Culture Foundation) Alarmist and inaccurate journalism ...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative has brought lucrative Chinese investment into Cambodia, but at what cost for locals? Excavators carefully scooped piles of bent steel and rubble, moving it aside under the floodlights surrounding a ...
“If anyone dares to separate Taiwan from China, the Chinese army will certainly fight, resolutely defending the country’s sovereign unity and territorial integrity.” On Wednesday, July 24, China released its white paper on defense titled ...
“They hit people indiscriminately, smiling as they beat them up.” “The Hong Kong police fired rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets on Sunday to disperse protesters after some of them vandalized the Chinese government’s ...
Questions arise about the use of data analysis in China. The OpenPower Foundation, led by Google and IBM executives, has the aim of “driving innovation.” It is registered in New Jersey as a community improvement ...
“This is about them voicing their discontent and this discontent is really about China.” Record-breaking protests in Hong Kong which have persisted through June and July stemmed from a bill which would have allowed criminal ...
“To safeguard our national interests, China will impose sanctions on the US enterprises involved in the above-mentioned arms sales to Taiwan.” China has threatened to impose sanctions on American companies that sell weapons to Taiwan, ...
“There’s a massive shift in Australia’s strategic situation taking place.” A new book by a former top Australian Defence Department official and intelligence analyst urges Australia to consider developing a nuclear arsenal to counter China’s ...
“China is our ‘old friend’ who suffered and overcame the hardships of their modern history […] I will strengthen the communication channel and thus our trust through active exchanges and dialogues.” North Korean leader Kim ...
Demonstrations are likely to continue until a controversial extradition bill is completely withdrawn from consideration. Throughout the month of June, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has faced increasing public pressure over a bill which ...
Over 1 million people in Hong Kong gathered in protest to fight a new extradition law. (By Kelly Chernin, The Conversation) Protesters in Hong Kong have achieved a major victory in their fight to protect ...
“We know firsthand that the additional tariffs will have a significant, negative, and long-term impact on American businesses, farmers, families, and the U.S. economy. An escalated trade war is not in the country’s best interest, ...
“However, growth remains low, and risks remain tilted to the downside. Most importantly, trade and geopolitical tensions have intensified.” On Sunday, June 9, finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the G20 countries wrapped up ...
Russia’s long-term goal is to become a political, economic and military mediator that can stand behind Africa’s global interests and count on the continent’s support in return. (By János Besenyő, The Conversation) Russia has never ...
“What I saw was a lot of misinterpretation and wanting conflict coming from the administration and intelligence community. Intel doesn’t show existential threats. Even what it shows, it doesn’t show threats to U.S. interests.”—Ruben Gallego ...
“Will it cover the losses? No. But it makes enough of a difference to keep a lot of farmers so they can survive.” President Trump announced a $16 billion farm aid package to compensate for ...
With reference to Mao Zedong’s historic Long March China’s president enters a new, higher-stakes stage of the trade war with the U.S. Chinese President Xi Jinping told his country to prepare for difficult times and ...
“After a couple of days of the publishing of that report, I got a picture of my brother Abdusami with his son, and I got the news that he’s still alive.” In a previous report ...
“The commerce is there. The defense of that commerce is not.” As the 21st-century space race builds momentum, questions regarding the legal framework regulating economic development in outer space hold enormous consequences. The most advanced ...
If domestic automakers are unable to develop compelling environmentally friendly models, they are likely to lose market share, resulting in decreased exports and job losses in the United States. According to a study commissioned by ...
“They are forced to drink alcohol and eat pork inside the camps. All Islamic practices are prohibited such as praying, reading the Quran or fasting during the month of Ramadan, they have to praise communism ...
“With few overt military preparations beyond routine training, China could launch an invasion of small Taiwan-held islands in the South China Sea such as Pratas or Itu Aba.” The Pentagon said in an official report ...
“Too many people have too much money invested in war.” According to a new study, Global military spending in 2018 reached its highest level since the end of the Cold War era, triggered by an ...
“I was given the impression that the North Korean leader shares the same point of view. And we need guarantees of security, that’s all. We need to think about this all together.” Last week, North ...
“The U.S. has long been treating Latin America as its backyard, where it would resort to willful use of pressure, threat or even subversion. People can tell right from wrong.” Last Sunday, China’s ambassador to ...
The communal land, invaded by the mining company for constructing the highway, is the private property of the peasants. (Peoples Dispatch) On March 28, leaders of over 38 peasant communities of the Challhuahuacho district of ...
“I think it will take China one or two generations of airplanes to have a truly worldwide competitive product but it’s a logical evolution, provided the market size of the country.” In the wake of ...
The Chinese government released a White Paper last Wednesday praising their progress of "democratic reform" in Tibet, despite international condemnation of China's oppressive treatment of Tibet. The paper titled "Democratic Reform in Tibet -- Sixty ...
Google executives are working with China to produce a version of its search engine that will censor topics deemed unsuitable by the Chinese government. Google CEO Sundar Pichai is meeting with General Joseph Dunford, chairman ...
“China is aiming for the heart of Europe with newfound tenacity.” France’s President Emmanuel Macron hosted China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit March 25, 2019, as the two attended the signings of several ...
Finnish owned Nokia is sending cell phone data packages to a Chinese server for an unknown reason. A report from the Norweigan Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) reveals that some Nokia 7 phones are secretly sending personal ...
Saudi prince Mohammad bin Salman inked multiple billion dollar deals on his Asia tour with India, Pakistan and China. While the West may still be somewhat wary of its relationship with Saudi Arabia and Saudi ...
Cybercrime, ISIS, climate change, tense relations between international countries all top the list of a Pew poll on the greatest threats facing us in 2019. According to a survey released on February 11 by the ...
Just when you thought you were supporting American farms, it turns out “Product of the USA” mushrooms are devastating American mushroom producers. American mushroom producers are in crisis mode thanks to the intrusion of Chinese ...
China’s economic growth slowed to 6.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to the same period in the previous year, the slowest pace in the past 28 years as the impact of the ...
The arrest of China’s tech giant Huawei’s Chief Financial Director enters a new chapter after new documents expose close ties to possible Huawei “shell” companies. According to a Reuters report, new documents revealed that Chinese tech multinational ...
In China a smile for the camera allows you to pay for goods, access your home or even use toilet paper. Facial recognition is being increasingly used across China and in its latest implementation is coming ...
In China, the government forces ethnic minorities to work in detention camps sewing clothing that is imported to at least one American sportswear company. There are a growing number of internment camps in the Xinjiang ...
Accusations that Huawei has been conducting business in Iran through a company named Skycom have lead to the arrest of the tech company’s CFO and an increase in trade tensions. China’s Foreign Ministry summoned the ...
Amid all the drama of an international forum were a few significant moments for world affairs. The G20 summit, which wrapped up Saturday, Dec. 1, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, produced several key agreements despite concerns ...
The reaction from the professional community of scientists and ethicists was swift and essentially universal in its condemnation, including by over 100 of He’s colleagues in China. (The Conversation, by G. Owen Schaefer, National University ...
As electricity costs soar, China turns to building an artificial moon. The city of Chengdu in China’s southwestern Sichuan province has a problem with the amount of electricity and cost that it takes to light ...
The way President Donald Trump operates, it’s not like many of the remarks he made during his recent interview with Lesley Stahl for 60 Minutes were particularly surprising or groundbreaking. Many of his comments were ...
The international intelligence alliance “Five Eyes” is passing on intelligence to non-member nations in a move to counter Chinese and Russian influence. All five member countries of the international intelligence alliance “Five Eyes” have agreed to ...
The first sonic attacks began in Cuba two years ago but spread to China in 2018, is Russia the culprit? Mysterious sonic attacks began in at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba in 2016. Twenty-four Americans ...
A ten-month investigation by World Animal Protection revealed a harrowing illegal wildlife trade where Jaguars are killed for medicine in Suriname. The big cats are hunted, killed and boiled down into a paste then exported ...
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