Xi Jinping gave a controversial signal regarding ‘closing the country’

  Backlink: THE BL In the past few days, an article titled “The Research Group of the Chinese Academy of History: New Explorations on the Problem of “Seclusion and Lockdown” in the Ming and Qing Dynasties has become popular on the Internet. It is said that it is a signal for Xi Jinping to reverse the car […]

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Cyberscam Victim Says CCP Belt and Road Developers Are International Human Trafficking Syndicates Based in Cambodia

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES After the recent exposure of international fraud and human trafficking that victimized thousands of Chinese-speaking nationals from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, details about the fraud syndicates are surfacing as more rescued victims speak up. Much information has pointed to the Communist regime’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) developers based in Cambodia […]

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Pakistan flood toll rises with 25 children among 57 more deaths

  Backlink: REUTERS The toll from cataclysmic floods in Pakistan continued to climb on Saturday with 57 more deaths, 25 of them children, as the country grapples with a relief and rescue operation of near unprecedented scale. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains brought floods that have affected 33 million people and […]

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CCP censorship blacklist continues to grow, artists and writers silenced

  Backlink: THE BL The list of books and artists banned by the Chinese regime continues to grow. On Aug. 29, a media outlet reported that several schools received a new list of prohibited books sent to students’ parents. The list includes the works of the cartoonist Guo Jingxiong, the Taiwanese writer Lung Ying-tai and the writer […]

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Elon Musk Confident Tesla Will Release Self-Driving Technology By Year’s End

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES On Monday, Aug. 29, Tesla CEO Elon Musk expressed his intentions to have his company release its new self-driving technology by the end of 2022, aiming for a widespread release in the U.S. and perhaps in Europe if regulatory approval is passed. Musk, however, has a tendency to exaggerate his own capabilities […]

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U.S. angers China with potential $1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan

Backlink: REUTERS The U.S. State Department has approved a potential $1.1 billion sale of military equipment to Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, with China threatening to take counter measures. The Pentagon announced the package on Friday in the wake of China’s aggressive military drills around Taiwan following a visit to the […]

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US investigates Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao for money laundering

  Backlink: THE BL One of China’s richest men is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice for money laundering. An exception to the almost absolute anonymity behind cryptocurrency transactions are centralized exchanges, such as Binance. Because of this, in 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice asked Zhao and 12 other company executives and […]

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German Economy Likely Already in a Recession, Will Last Three Quarters

  Backlink: REUTERS Europe’s largest economy and manufacturing powerhouse is among the most vulnerable to any cut-off in energy supplies or rising costs as its industrial sector relies heavily on Russian gas. The Aug. 29 – Sept. 1 Reuters poll showed Germany would see three consecutive quarters of negative growth, surpassing the definition of a […]

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India’s first homegrown carrier enters into service in tense Indo-Pacific

  Backlink: NIKKEI ASIA India on Friday commissioned the INS Vikrant, its first indigenous aircraft carrier, marking a milestone in its push to reduce its military’s reliance on foreign imports as tensions with China simmer. The 262-meter-long ship, which can accommodate up to 30 fighter jets, cost about 200 billion rupees ($2.5 billion) to build, […]

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Sri Lankan ousted President Rajapaksa returns home from Thailand

  Backlink: LIVE MINT Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country about two months ago during the nation’s worst-ever economic crisis situation, returned home from Thailand on Friday, according to news agency PTI. Rajapaksa fled the country on July 13 after protestors in Sri Lanka demanded his resignation and stormed the President’s House in […]

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Dollar at 2-decade high as U.S. job data looms

  Backlink: REUTERS The dollar edged back from a 20-year high on Friday as traders digested a report that showed the pace of hiring rose slightly more than expected in August, giving the Federal Reserve some wiggle room in how aggressively it hikes interest rates later this month. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 315,000 jobs in […]

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Tech billionaire unveils plan to fund training for 3 million Taiwanese against potential Chinese invasion

  Backlink: TAIWAN NEWS UMC founder Robert Tsao labels Chinese propaganda as ‘nonsense’. Tsao, the founder of the world’s second-largest contract chipmaker, United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), called a press conference to show his national ID card, saying he had renounced his Singaporean citizenship for Taiwanese citizenship. He said he would stay in Taiwan to defend […]

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Taiwan set for talks with Japan to evacuate 20,000 of its citizens if China invades

  Backlink: TAIWAN NEWS ‘Pre- and post-Chinese invasion-related evacuation scenarios’ to be discussed behind closed doors. Japanese lawmakers last week agreed to begin talks with Taiwan’s government on contingencies for the evacuation of its citizens from Taiwan if China invades. Although there are currently no signs of an invasion, if a PLA assault on Taiwan […]

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