WASHINGTON—House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday lawmakers will move forward with legislation to address national security worries about TikTok, alleging the Chinese communist regime had access to the short video app’s user data. In the United States, there are growing calls to ban TikTok, owned by China-based company ByteDance, or to pass…
Hong Kong 47 Trial: Former District Councilor Choose Good, Kindness, and Justice Over a Reduced Sentence
Owen Chow may be unfamiliar to the western world, but to Hongkongers, he was part of their battle for freedom. Chow is also one of the 47 democrats contacted by the National Security police and informed to report to the police station on Feb. 28, 2021. He was detained until June 22, 2021, when he…
Survey: Workplace Happiness Index Only 5.15 out of 10, 40% Hongkongers Feel Overworked
Wofoo Social Enterprises Limited’s “Hong Kong We Care” group released its research results of the “Hong Kong Workplace Happiness Index” on March 20 and found that Hong Kong’s workplace happiness index only scored 5.15 out of 10 points, which is lower than the personal happiness index. The survey also found that 40 percent of the…
‘Gave You 3 Years to Deal With It’: Australian Senator on Coalition’s Inaction on China-Owned TikTok
March 26, 2023
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Amid recent pressure on Australia’s federal Labor government over its slow response to TikTok, as the only Five Eyes government to not have issued a ban, the issue was raised in parliament by Special Minister of State Don Farrell. During Question Time in the upper house on March 24, Labor’s Farrell said that the Coalition had…
Brazil’s Lula Cancels Trip to China Due to Pneumonia: Press Secretary
BRASILIA—Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has canceled a high-profile trip to China due to medical reasons, and the March 27-31 visit will be rescheduled for a later date, his press secretary said on Saturday. The press secretary released a medical note stating that after a clinical evaluation, the 77-year-old Lula was diagnosed with…
Brazilian President Lula Cancels Trip to China Due to Pneumonia: Press Secretary
BRASILIA—Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has canceled a high-profile trip to China due to medical reasons, and the March 27–31 visit will be rescheduled for a later date, his press secretary said on Saturday. The press secretary released a medical note stating that after a clinical evaluation, the 77-year-old Lula was diagnosed with…
Honduras’s Castro Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Taiwan, Recognizes China
Honduras’s leftist government has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the Latin American country announced Saturday, saying it recognizes “only one China in the world” under pressure from China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The announcement by Honduras’s Foreign Ministry posted on Twitter, and also reported by China’s state-controlled media CCTV, comes amid rising tensions between…
Honduras Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Taiwan, Recognizes China
Honduras’s leftist government cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the Latin American country announced Saturday, saying it recognizes “only one China in the world” under pressure from China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Hours later, China’s state-controlled media reported on Sunday that Beijing and Honduras had now established diplomatic relations. The announcement by Honduras’s Foreign Ministry posted…
Hong Kong Government Demands to Take Down American Artwork
A large LED display outside SOGO Department Store in Hong Kong Causeway Bay recently exhibited works of the Italian art institution Art Innovation Gallery as part of Art Basel 2023. Patrick Amadon, a renowned Los Angeles artist in the United States, was asked to submit a contribution. Still, Art Innovation Gallery said it was taken…
‘Everything Has a Connection to the Communist Party’: Stilwell on TikTok
In this special episode, we sat down with David Stilwell, retired brigadier general and former assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He sheds light on the TikTok hearing, whether it’s for entertainment or for warfare, and how to understand the Chinese Communist Party more broadly. On the TikTok hearing’s…
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