At least eight professors and staff members of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music died due to a COVID spike that started in December last year and continued into January 2023. The deaths included three Chinese Communist Party (CCP) branch secretaries. On Jan. 24, Sha Hankun, a former deputy secretary of the party branch and deputy…

China conducted its first space launch of 2022 on Jan. 17, successfully sending a satellite into orbit on a classified mission. Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua first reported the launch, which it said took place at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, about 260 miles southeast of Beijing in the province of Shanxi. The satellite, Shiyan-13, is…

Commentary Apparently, the youth of today are a surly lot. Which maybe you knew already. But a new Angus Reid/Cardus survey says at least in Canada they’re also nihilists. It seems the adults have failed them badly. Don’t take my word for it. Over half of “young Canadian leaders” between 18 and 40 called the…

Commentary Anyone who has spent many years in a cultural/educational institution has observed a process unfold that might be called “Inching to the Left.” By “many years,” I mean decades, not just three or four, or even six or seven. It’s a slow process, very slow, and if you’re not vigilantly opposed to the direction…

The U.S. Space Command is tracking uncontrolled debris from a Chinese rocket that sent part of a planned space station into orbit last week, the White House said on May 5. The debris comes from the Long March 5B rocket launched on April 29 to deliver a new 22.5-tonne module for China’s Tianhe space station….

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is highlighting “red” shows in a series of celebrations for its 100 year anniversary this year. Critics say that the CCP is attempting to use the shows to invoke its violent communist revolutionary past to stoke an anti-American and anti-West sentiment among the Chinese populace. The CCP’s official celebration kicked…