With the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong gaining international sympathy, Beijing unleashed thousands of Twitter trolls who were tasked with one objective — to spread misinformation through fake Twitter accounts. Their goal was to discredit the Hong Kong protests by painting them as violent, anti-China rioters acting on behalf of foreign powers. Twitter trolls and ...
The European Commission and the World Health Organization recently held a Global Vaccination Summit in Belgium. About 400 scientists, political leaders, health professionals, and other global influencers attended the meeting. The summit The aim of the summit was to prevent the spread of diseases for which a vaccine is already available and to advocate against ...
Hong Kong is at present starkly divided into two camps — the local government that plans on limiting the rights of Hongkongers, and protesters who want to ensure that their independence is not hampered by the Chinese Communist Party’s interference during Hong Kong protests. What makes the ongoing protests unique is that both protesters and ...
Mary Meeker, a former Wall Street securities analyst and venture capitalist, released her annual Internet report highlighting the trends dominating global digital media. Her analysis of China’s Internet trends is something that all investors look forward to since it identifies key trends defining one of the world’s biggest Internet markets. Short videos and livestreaming Short-form ...
The Apple Credit Card may be the next big thing the trillion-dollar company offers. But consumers are starting to notice the downsides of this supposedly revolutionary move. Introducing Apple Card Global tech giant Apple’s newest venture, the Apple Card, is a digital-first credit card. It was unveiled during Apple’s Show Time event on March 25, ...
Hackers from Russia and China are trying to meddle in Indonesian elections, according to Arief Budiman, the head of Indonesia’s General Elections Commission. Indonesian elections start next month and the official believes that the hackers may be attempting to discredit the democratic election process. Hacking Indonesian elections “They try to hack our system… Not only ...
According to traditional Chinese accounts, Emperors Yao, Shun, and Yu are together considered the three Great Sage Kings, largely because of their high character standards and skillful leadership. Historical experts see in them moralistic constructs of the ideal ruler, conceived during China’s classical period around the 5th century A.D. China’s 3 great sage kings 1. Emperor ...
China’s ecosystem of mobile payments has taken off in a big way. To put things into perspective, while Apple Pay is estimated to have 127 million users, Chinese payment apps like AliPay and WeChat Pay have 500 million and 900 million active monthly users respectively. Mobile payments in China Both WeChat Pay and AliPay use ...
Canada recently arrested Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou at the Vancouver International Airport as she had a warrant against her name issued by a New York court. While Canada fulfilled its extradition obligations with the U.S., the arrest seems to have reignited tensions between China and the West, with Beijing even threatening “grave consequences.” Though trade experts ...
The ancients believed that doing evil deeds created retribution that would arrive sooner or later. Numerous studies have confirmed that good and evil have an effect and that doing good deeds can prolong a person’s life. During a study of social relationships and mortality risk, American researchers found that a person who is helpful and ...
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