The PayPal Fiasco Was No Accident

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES PayPal on Oct. 8 sent out an update to its terms of use, or acceptable use policy (AUP). It included a shocking addition. It reserved the right to confiscate $2,500 from people’s accounts if they spread “misinformation.” It was a clear announcement of what many already suspected: PayPal has enlisted in […]

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Unprecedented lockdown! Large number of armed police appear on Beijing streets

  Backlink: THE BL As the 20th National Congress of the CCP is approaching, the atmosphere in Beijing is quite tense. A large number of soldiers and police are appearing on the streets. Beijing is not quiet at the moment. The video, posted by Twitter account Wanjun Xie, shows a large number of policemen in uniform standing at the Beijing […]

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39 States Take Sides in Pivotal Trial Over Ban on Child Transgender Surgeries

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES Combatants on both sides of the war over gender-altering drugs and surgeries for minors are crying out: “We’ve got to help these distressed children!” But trying to chart a course toward that goal is like trying to see clearly through a dust storm.       […]

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GOP Lawmakers Question Blinken and Garland Over CCP Police Stations in New York

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES A group of U.S. House Republicans on Oct. 7 sent a letter questioning Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the presence of Chinese service stations in New York City. “We are writing to express our grave concern over reports of the law enforcement presence of […]

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Elon Musk takes on former Chinese official on Twitter, defends free speech

  Backlink: THE BL A few days ago, Elon Musk, founder and CEO of Tesla, posted a poll on Twitter about the war between Russia and Ukraine. In the poll, Musk proposed ways to resolve the conflict. The tweet went viral and garnered over 2,400,ooo votes. For Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of the state-run Global […]

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Former employee reveals ‘dirty work’ he did for Chinese regime

  Backlink: THE BL When we talk about censorship in China, we usually see the problem in a general way, thinking how the CCP uses electronic systems, software, surveillance cameras, and artificial intelligence, to carry it out. But we forget that it is not only technology. Behind it there are hundreds of thousands of people […]

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The Biggest Problem China Faces Isn’t Real Estate

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES After it joined the World Trade Organization in 2000 and anchored the Chinese yuan (a.k.a. renminbi) to the U.S. dollar, China linked its economy to the United States. Enforcing a fixed exchange rate regime with strict capital controls, China benefited from large inflows and relatively low-interest rates due largely to […]

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Governments Hemorrhaging Foreign Reserves as Geopolitical Tensions Strain Global Economy

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES Governments and central banks are burning through their cache of foreign reserves at an unprecedented speed as the world faces a new and highly tense landscape of geopolitical tensions. In Oct. 5 reporting by Bloomberg, the outlet found global reserve currency war chests have fallen by almost $1 trillion in Q2 and Q3 […]

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