A research team from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has developed a new delivery system for thyroid hormone (TH) using nanoparticles modified with an adipose-homing peptide. This system selectively transports TH to adipose tissues, which could advance the treatment of obesity-related medical complications and reduce the…
Innovative Drug Delivery System Holds Promise for Treating Obesity and Its Complications
Hong Kong Retains Fourth Place as Finance Centre, Falls out of Top Ten Fintech Hubs
According to the latest Global Financial Centre Index (GFCI) report jointly compiled by UK-based think tank Z/Yen and the China (Shenzhen) Institute of Comprehensive Development, Hong Kong ranks fourth out of 120 financial centers worldwide, as it did six months ago, with New York, London, and Singapore still in the top three. Although Hong Kong’s…
US Halts Nuclear Arsenal Information Exchange With Russia
March 29, 2023
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The United States has halted the exchange of key information on its nuclear arsenal with Russia, citing Moscow’s decision to suspend its participation in the New START treaty. The United States had offered to continue providing biannual nuclear weapons data with Russia under the faltering New START treaty even after Moscow suspended its participation in…
Japanese Lawmakers Eye Ban on TikTok, Others If Used Improperly
March 28, 2023
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TOKYO—A group of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers plans to compile a proposal next month urging the government to ban social networking services such as TikTok if they are used for disinformation campaigns, an LDP lawmaker said on Monday. Many U.S. lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to ban the Chinese-owned social…
China Spent $240 Billion Bailing Out ‘Belt and Road’ Countries, Study Shows
China spent $240 billion in bailing out 22 participating countries of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by the end of 2021, a new study shows. The study published on Tuesday by AidData, a research lab at William & Mary, a public university in Virginia, notes the significant scale of China’s cross-border rescue lending: it says…
House Bill to Strip China’s ‘Developing Nation’ Status
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to revoke China’s “developing nation” status, voting that the world’s second-largest economy should not get those benefits. In the spotlight are the billions China has spent bailing out developing countries. The vast majority of them fall under Beijing’s global infrastructure Belt and Road Initiative. A new report sheds…
PREMIERING NOW: David Matas on Exposing China’s Illicit Organ Trade: ‘The Problem Isn’t Too Little Evidence. It’s Too Much’
“We’ve been lying to ourselves so long, we don’t know the truth when we see it,” says international human rights lawyer David Matas. For nearly two decades now, he has been one of the leading researchers examining the evidence of the Chinese regime harvesting the organs of living Falun Gong practitioners. “The medical profession here…
David Matas on Exposing China’s Illicit Organ Trade: ‘The Problem Isn’t Too Little Evidence. It’s Too Much’
“We’ve been lying to ourselves so long, we don’t know the truth when we see it,” says international human rights lawyer David Matas. For nearly two decades now, he has been one of the leading researchers examining the evidence of the Chinese regime harvesting the organs of living Falun Gong practitioners. “The medical profession here…
China, Iran Recruiting ‘Pawns’ to Target Critics in US, Intelligence Agencies Warn
March 28, 2023
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China, Iran, and other repressive foreign governments are targeting their critics in the United States and recruiting “pawns” to help facilitate their schemes, according to U.S. intelligence agencies. In a new bulletin titled “Don’t Be a Pawn of Repressive Foreign Governments,” the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) and the FBI warn individuals and organizations…
FTX Founder Bankman-Fried Bribed Chinese Officials with $40 Million in Crypto: DOJ
Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, bribed Chinese government officials with $40 million in cryptocurrency, the Department of Justice alleged in a new 13-count indictment (pdf). Federal prosecutors stated that accounts belonging to Bankman-Fried and others “directed and caused the transfer” of at least $40 million in crypto “intended for the benefit…
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