Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES The former head of security at Twitter was told earlier this year by the U.S. government that there was at least one agent of China’s top intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), working as an employee at the company. This was one of the revelations made by Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a whistleblower who served […]
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Explainer: Why Western Canada Has Some of the Cheapest Natural Gas in the World
Backlink: VISIONTIMES Despite soaring global demand for natural gas, Canadian producers are struggling with volatile prices and deep discounts at Alberta’s AECO hub, one of the largest storage facilities in North America and where the benchmark price for Canadian gas is set. In August the spot AECO price briefly turned negative, and this week […]
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US Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Declare Russia a ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’
Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday introduced a bi-partisan bill that would designate the Russian government as a “state sponsor of terrorism.” It comes the same day that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Russia as a “terrorist state” after Russian forces fired a missile on the Karachunivske […]
Joe Biden Not Worried About Inflation or Stock Market Plunge: ‘We’re Going to Be Fine’
Backlink: BREITBART President Joe Biden shrugged off the latest unexpectedly high inflation numbers on Tuesday even as they triggered a sudden plunge in the stock market. “I think we’re going to be fine,” Biden told reporters Tuesday night when asked about the disappointing data release earlier in the day. […]
Kremlin is Protecting Putin By Admitting Russia’s Defeats in Ukraine: ISW
Backlink: NEWS WEEK Kremlin officials and state media propagandists are acknowledging recent Russian defeats in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region in a move meant to shield President Vladimir Putin from responsibility, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). […]
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Russian companies shift to yuan as flight from dollar accelerates
Backlink: NIKKEI ASIA More Russian companies are issuing bonds in the Chinese currency as yuan-denominated trade with China grows in the shadow of Western sanctions imposed on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. […]
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CCP to increase cybersecurity personnel by 3.27 million: Rule through deception
Backlink: THE BL The Ministry of Education of the Communist Party of China recently released a White Paper statement that said they would need to increase cybersecurity personnel by 3.27 million in the next five years. Analysis believes the CCP needs a large “cybersecurity army” to maintain internal stability and prepare for external cyber […]
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US Railway Strike Once Again Leaves Economy Hanging in the Balance
Backlink: VISIONTIMES A long festering dispute between United States railway workers and their employers once again hangs in the balance as more than 140,000 employees could walk off the job on Sept. 16 if no deal is reached and Congress does not intervene. […]
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Lack of food and medicine in Xinjiang: Terrible consequences of Zero-Covid policy
Backlink: THE BL Ili Kazakh prefecture, also known as Yili, in northern Xinjiang, with a population of more than 4 million people, has been under strict confinement since Aug. 11, when positive cases were detected in the region. Apparently, there have been no official announcements on closures. However, netizens have been repeatedly denouncing the […]
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Mournful Guiyang: Volunteer begs for food; little girl has not eaten for 3 or 4 days
Backlink: THE BL Recently, netizens were shocked by the humanitarian disasters caused by harsh pandemic prevention in Guiyang. A female volunteer knelt begging for food, a girl jumped from a building, another girl was about to starve, and a little girl didn’t eat for three or four days. […]
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Chinese Actor Li Yifeng–Known for Potraying Mao Zedong–Arrested For Soliciting Prostitutes
Backlink: VISIONTIMES Li Yifeng, known as one of China’s most popular actors, has been arrested on charges of illegally soliciting prostitution. According to state media reports, Li, 35, was apprehended by police in Beijing on Sunday, Sept. 11, and allegedly confessed to having solicited prostitutes on multiple ocassions. […]
US Military Industrial Complex Grants Zelensky an Audience, Foreshadowing Escalation of War With Russia
Backlink: VISIONTIMES The U.S. military industrial complex is set to grant Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky a personal audience as the Keynote Speaker to an upcoming crucial industry conference. The move may set the stage for a forthcoming escalation of a key geopolitical inflection point that has fallen off most people’s radar: the ongoing war […]
US Marks 21st Anniversary of 9/11 Terror Attacks
Backlink: THE BL Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with readings of victims’ names, volunteer work and other tributes 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. A tolling bell and a moment of silence began the commemoration at ground zero in New York, where the World Trade Center’s twin towers were destroyed […]
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Mortgage boycott is just the tip of the iceberg in China property crisis
Backlink: THE BL China’s property market crisis is deepening as developers recently posted steep losses, contrasting with first-half year earnings from last year. According to the report, the main cause of the real estate crisis in China is weak consumer sentiment as developers’ funds mostly come from presales. This process requires homebuyers to pay […]
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