Hong Kong police are facing intense criticism after they charged into peaceful demonstrators and beat them up. Protestors claim that the Hong Kong police were no different from the thugs who had attacked them a few days earlier. Hong Kong police brutality On July 21, numerous men in gas masks stormed a mass transit station ...
In Confucius Institutes, a job as a teacher of Chinese culture not only requires knowledge about the subject, but also love for the “motherland.” The rule was first issued in 2016 by the Confucius Institute headquarters in Beijing and has been mandatory ever since. Influencing Australia Applicants to the teaching post who do not demonstrate ...
The construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Kenya started off with much enthusiasm. A project funded primarily by Beijing, the SGR now remains incomplete, as the Chinese government is withholding funds needed to finish the project. Cold feet In May 2014, the Exim Bank of China, a state-owned enterprise, sanctioned loans covering ...
Dara Sakor is an investment zone in Cambodia. Encompassing almost 20 percent of the Cambodian coastline, the US$3.8 billion project is under the control of a Chinese company with a 99-year lease. According to the firm, they will be building an international airport, luxury resort, power plants, industrial park, and deep-water seaport in the zone. ...
The prices of computer games, cars, and TVs in Australia are currently cheaper than they were two decades back. This might give the impression that the country’s cost of living is low. But when you calculate the things that citizens spend the most on, the cost of essential items has actually risen quite significantly during the ...
For Beijing, the Uyghurs of Xinjiang are a group that needs to “assimilate” into Chinese society, meaning that the minority will be forced to give up their beliefs and adopt a lifestyle dictated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). However, such “assimilation” policies are eventually bound to fail, not just in Xinjiang, but all across ...
Zhang Yongxiang, after graduating from the Taiwan Police Academy, was assigned to the Neihu District Police Station in Taipei. In July 1999, when news of the large-scale suppression of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) reached Taiwan, the Taipei City Police Department instructed police officers at local police stations to investigate Falun Gong’s ...
Hong Kong’s immigration authority recently announced that residents of the region will have to replace their existing identity cards with new ones from December 27. The technology used in these new “smart” cards has triggered concerns that it may be used to track and monitor citizens. The new card In the beginning, the new cards ...
In April 2016, Rodrigo Duterte, the then-presidential candidate of the Philippines, promised the people that he would die before allowing China to stake a claim on their country’s waters. The people trusted him and chose Duterte as their president. Fast forward to three years later and Duterte seems to be choosing to remain silent as ...
The Chinese population may be going overboard with the amount of salt they eat. Decades of studies show that adults in China are among the highest consumers in the world, and it’s not good for them. Not enough salt for the Chinese According to the Chinese Dietary Guidelines, daily salt consumption for a healthy adult ...
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