Taiwan

An Indian Australian’s Impression of Taiwan

Reena Augustine is an Indian Australian citizen who moved to Australia from western India’s Gurjarat in 2009. She is the founder and director of Red Carpet Functions, an organization aspiring to celebrate the diversity of Brisbane’s communities and emphasizing the appreciation of its diverse cultures. Invited by Changhua Parent Union Advisory Council (彰化縣各級學校家長會聯合會, CPUAC) in ...

Billy Shyu

Beijing Angry That US Singled Them Out in New Defense Act

With China getting more aggressive with its economic and military plans, the U.S. recently passed a new defense act that singled out the Asian country as a competitor to the United States. This has reportedly sent the Chinese government into a frenzy, angry at being declared a threat to the U.S. The Defense Act The ...

Nspirement Staff

Interview With Du Bin: My Experience as an Author in China

From starting out as an official media photojournalist before 1999 through becoming an independent journalist, writer, and documentary producer today who pays attention to rights activists and exposes the truth of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Du Bin has been named by the CCP as “an expert in muck spreading.” Due to that unofficial title ...

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China Denies Imprisoning Uyghurs Despite Contradictory Reports

While China is not exactly known for its adherence to human rights, its persecution of the community of Uyghurs has been so severe that the UN recently asked for an explanation from a Chinese representative. And instead of allaying fears of persecution, the official ended up justifying why the communist government needed to continue its ...

Nspirement Staff

Uyghurs with painted faces marching.

US Trade War Challenging Chinese Communist Party’s Ponzi Scheme Economy

Bloomberg in its article on July 18 pointed out that Trump’s offensive trade regulation behavior could possibly spark a Chinese debt crisis due to its credit bubble bursting as an unavoidable side effect of the dollar tightening. According to the general insight, it seems that “the whole Chinese economy is a Ponzi scheme economy.” This ...

Hermann Rohr

US Lawmakers Want Sanctions on Chinese Officials Over Xinjiang Abuses

A group of U.S. lawmakers have called for a tough global response to the ongoing human rights crisis in China’s far west Xinjiang region. Led by Senator Marco Rubio and Representative Chris Smith, the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission asked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to sanction Chinese officials and entities ...

James Burke

Trade War With the US Is Unsettling Chinese Leaders

When U.S. President Trump initiated his trade war with China, the Communist Party officials in Beijing were confident in meeting the U.S. challenge. Fast forward a few months and many Chinese leaders are now worried about the potentially devastating implications from the trade war. Chinese officials insecure over trade war Beijing’s confidence in its ability ...

Nspirement Staff

Southeast Asia Views China’s One Belt, One Road Plan With Apprehension

Though China has been aggressively pursuing investment opportunities in Southeast Asia, it is seeing an increasing resistance from the countries in the region over its One Belt, One Road initiative. And one of the main concerns of Southeast Asian nations is the terrible reputation that Chinese investments have. The Chinese are known to provide loans ...

Nspirement Staff

U.S. Tech Companies Agreeing to Censorship Is Bad for Human Rights

U.S. tech companies like Google and Facebook are increasingly courting Beijing in a bid to break into the Chinese market. But the cost of entry requires them to accept censorship and be a partner to grievous human rights violations, actions that will have dire consequences even in the United States. Kneeling before censorship Google pulled ...

Nspirement Staff

Facebook headquarters.

The Unique Ghost Festival Celebrations in Taiwan

Not only is the Keelung Ghost Festival (雞籠中元祭), also known as the Keelung Chung Yuan Festival (基隆中元節), an important festive event for those who live in northern Taiwan’s Keelung City, but it is also the first festival to be designated a part of Taiwan’s intangible cultural heritage by the Taiwanese government and is one of 12 ...

Billy Shyu