Society

The Indian Businessman Who Married Off 3,000 Girls

Mahesh Savani from the state of Gujarat is a very successful Indian businessman. But people who know him admire the astute entrepreneur for entirely different reasons. He holds an annual ceremony where he marries off about 250 or more girls whose fathers have passed away, paying for all the wedding expenses. Thousands of women have ...

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Just Over Half of Young Hong Kong Adults Want to Relocate

More than half of young Hong Kong adults want to emigrate, according to a new survey. A telephone survey by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies found that 51 percent of people aged between 18 to 30 years want to emigrate from the special administrative region. Younger people, the survey found, had a higher ...

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China Trying to Influence the World Through Confucius Institutes

With an aim of increasing their global influence, China is said to be setting up Confucius Institutes all over the world to brainwash students from a young age into accepting the Communist Party’s ideologies. The U.S., Australia, and some African countries are being targeted by Beijing’s propaganda machinery. Confucius Institutes targeting America According to estimates, ...

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A Confucius Institute.

When Police Run Child Porn Websites

If you believe that child porn websites are usually run by pedophiles, then you are in for a shock. Law enforcement agencies have been known to run such sites in order to capture child abusers and potentials. One of the biggest child porn websites, Child’s Play, was operated by the Australian police force. Child porn ...

Armin Auctor

Will the Chinese Middle Class Rise Up Against the Chinese Communist Party?

Under constant pressure from the U.S. tariffs and sanctions, Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for developing self-reliance in society, painting the United States as the “foreign enemy.” Meanwhile, the Chinese middle class seems to be swinging back and forth in their support of the Chinese Communist Party’s policies, while being very afraid that they ...

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China's middle class.

Who Will Discover the Wealth Buried by Liu Bowen?

Do people bury their money for future generations? A military strategist of the Ming Dynasty named Liu Bowen is said to have done so. But has anyone found it? There’s a famous story that has been told for generations in the Tianzhang Monastery in Shaoxing, China. The story goes that one day a group of ...

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A Ming Dynasty temple.

American Taught at Chinese University for 9 Years: This Is What He Learned

After working at a Chinese university in China for nine years, an American academic had some parting things to say about aspects of Chinese society. Economics professor Christopher Balding left China mid-way through this year after his teaching contract at the HSBC Business School of Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School was not renewed. “I leave ...

James Burke

The 5 Best Jobs for Millennials

Millennials are now estimated to be one of the biggest demographics of the United States workforce. A millennial usually looks at five factors when considering whether or not to accept a job — salary, work-life balance, the stress level of the job, upward mobility, and future job prospects. Here are some of the best jobs ...

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Where President Trump Is Worshiped Like a God

Donald Trump supporters saw him as the hope of America, while his opponents saw him as the harbinger of the destruction of Western Civilization. However, there is a man in India who worships him like a God. The Trump worshipper Bussa Krishna comes from a remote village in the state of Andhra Pradesh. What makes ...

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Why Are Chinese First in Line for U.S. Political Asylum

Chinese have been the largest political asylum seekers in the United States for many years. In 2016, Chinese born people received 22 percent of all the asylum grants offered by the U.S. And this raises an interesting question — why are the Chinese No. 1 in applying for political asylum in the United States? Reasons ...

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