The Hong Kong protests have split the celebrities of the city in two. While one group is trying to play it safe by backing Beijing’s “One China” rhetoric or simply keeping quiet, the other camp is openly supporting the protesters and has strongly criticized the Chinese Communist Party for its crackdown on freedom-loving Hongkongers. Allying ...
Chinese social media users are venting their anger against Starbucks after the company’s Hong Kong store started giving out coffee in cups with pro-democracy slogans. Starbucks controversy The controversy started with a Chinese Weibo user who visited a Starbucks barista in the Tsim Sha Tsui region of Hong Kong. When the user received the coffee ...
The protests in Hong Kong have not only seen the participation of youth and activists, but also that of Hong Kong families who come out with their children. Many of the participating parents believe that it is necessary to instill the value of fighting for one’s freedoms right from childhood. A family affair “We have ...
Fifteen medical studies were retracted from two journals in August over concerns that their authors used organs from the organ harvesting of executed prisoners in China. The medical journals, Transplantation and PLOS ONE, pulled the studies that they had published from 2008-2014, the blog Retraction Watch reported. The report said that two of the studies ...
After threatening military intervention, Beijing has added one more pressure tactic to its arsenal in a bid to stop Hongkongers from protesting against Chinese communist control in the city — loss of jobs. Reports suggest that companies, such as Cathay Pacific, are being made to pick a side in the ongoing conflict, with businesses warned ...
Andrew Hastie, an Australian MP, has warned that China’s ambitious growth is similar to that of Nazi Germany and that it presents a grave security threat to his country. China and Nazi Germany “The West once believed that economic liberalization would naturally lead to democratization in China. This was our Maginot Line. It would keep ...
It’s been three months since Hong Kong’s anti-extradition bill protests began. The country’s Chief Executive, Carrie Lam — who’s been the face of the government throughout the turbulence — has not officially responded to the Hong Kong protesters’ five requests. Ms. Lam was sworn into office by Chinese President Xi Jinping on July 1, 2017, ...
The boy on the overpass On August 18, torrential rain didn’t stop 1.7 million Hong Kong people from joining one of Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy assemblies at Victoria Park. The demonstrators at the Hong Kong rally — consisting of families, young people, and the elderly — marched peacefully without any violence. The Hong Kong rally ...
Between 1979 and 2015, the Chinese government imposed a strict one-child policy in the country in a bid to control population growth. One would assume that this was limited to pregnancies. But the harsh and unnatural rule extended to babies already born who ended up being massacred. The policy According to the policy, citizens could ...
The Chinese Communist Party has banned Chinese movies from participating in the upcoming Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan. Scheduled for November, the awards are often referred to as the “Chinese Oscars.” The ban on attending the Taiwan film awards has been put in place since the CCP is apparently displeased by the island’s close relations ...
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