Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES The Australian centre-left Labor government is considering cutting superannuation tax concessions for Australians with high retirement savings as it looks for avenues to improve the budget’s bottom line. Speaking at The Australian Financial Review Super & Wealth Summit on Nov. 8, Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones said the federal government […]
Backlink: THE BL China’s state-owned media has recently invested in two short-form video social platforms, Kuaishou and Douyin. According to Straits Metropolis Daily, data from the Tianyancha platform on October 26 showed that Kuaishou had made a strategic financing, and that the investor was Beijing Radio & Television (BRTV). […]
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Backlink: THE BL We have heard about China’s occupation of a deepwater port in Sri Lanka as part of its Belt & Road initiative, often referred to as the “debt trap”. But are we facing another similar situation? This time, the regime’s eyes are on Africa. State-run China Harbour Engineering has just finished the Lekki deepwater […]
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Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES CASTLETON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.—A “red tsunami” will sweep the country in these midterm elections as Republicans win back control over Congress, predicts Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.). Republicans are on track to gain enough seats that will allow them to take back the House, if not both chambers of Congress. […]
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Backlink: THE BL The “zero-COVID” policy along with the real estate crisis, and restrictions from the United States and other countries, are hitting the Chinese economy hard. After the 20th Party Congress, the Chinese communist regime urgently needs to show positive economic growth results, however, it faces major obstacles. […]
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Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES North Korea said on Monday that its recent missile launches were simulated strikes on South Korea and the United States as the two countries held a “dangerous war drill,” while the South said it had recovered parts of a North Korean missile near its coast. […]
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Backlink: THE BL Although Daqing City, Heilongjiang, has not reported any positive COVID cases, reports are that some wholesale markets in the nine districts remain shut down. As a result, merchants struggled to earn a living and protested. Several police were then dispatched to suppress the crowd. […]
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Backlink: THE BL Communist revolutions create more problems than solutions, such as violated liberties that disappear each time. Besides, they are futile events, because they return to where they started after devouring their children. They need this social engineering to control power and thus avoid the law of entropy, which assures their self-extinction through […]
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Backlink: VISIONTIMES Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly endorsed the evacuation of civilians from parts of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on Friday, Nov. 4. as Kiev continues its offensive to retake the province, or oblast. “Now, of course, those who live in Kherson should be removed from the zone of the most dangerous actions, because […]
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Backlink: THE BL Although Daqing City, Heilongjiang, has not reported any positive COVID cases, reports are that some wholesale markets in the nine districts remain shut down. As a result, merchants struggled to earn a living and protested. Several police were then dispatched to suppress the crowd. […]
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Backlink: THE BL Vice Premier Hu Chunhua, once considered the “successor” to Xi Jinping, was “removed” from the new Politburo at the 20th National Congress of the CCP. On November 1, the CCP held a conference related to agriculture, which Hu attended and promoted Xi’s doctrine focus on “agriculture, rural areas, and farmers.” He […]
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Backlink: REUTERS Scandals brought down Harvey Weinstein’s movie studio and major opioid supplier Mallinckrodt. But their wealthy owners, directors and executives were granted lifetime immunity from related lawsuits in bankruptcy court — an overwhelmingly common tactic in major U.S. Chapter 11 cases, a Reuters review found. […]
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Backlink: THE BL China is losing friends in Central and Eastern Europe as a growing number of countries in the region continue to stay away from Beijing after China refused to denounce the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to Nikkei Asia, the Central and Eastern European countries fell in love with China in the early […]
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Backlink: THE BL Some U.S. officials recently revealed that senior Russian military generals had a dialogue about when and how Moscow would use nuclear weapons tactics against Ukraine, raising concerns of the United States and its Western allies. The Russia-Ukraine war has also affected the Taiwan topic, as prominent Russian opposition leader Kasparov recently […]
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