LAOS, ONE OF THE POOREST countries in Asia, is developing after China built a major railway and other infrastructure, a United Nations official said this week.
And the difference between what is actually happening and what the BBC and Reuters predicted would happen is breathtaking, users noted. The BBC predicted the railway would bring financial…
NEWLY UNEARTHED DOCUMENTS today reveal what really happened in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, in 1989—how the protests were prepared, how teams caused them to escalate, and how they really came to an end.
And they provide the most detailed account yet about one of the biggest hoaxes in modern history—one so successful that the perpetrators, an…
STOCK PRICES of dual-listed international companies are rising in Hong Kong and falling in New York.
"This should be reason enough for companies to re-list in Hong Kong and maintain listings in both Hong Kong and New York, in our opinion," said financial analysts writing in Forbes yesterday.
CASH FLOWING SOUTH
This divergence is interesting,…
CHINA JUST STOPPED exporting its rare earths to the US—in a bizarre reflection of the US halt on stopping exports of high-end chips to China.
On April 4, the Chinese leadership placed export restrictions on two categories of rare earth products. One listed six specific heavy rare earth metals, and the other dealt with the…
A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL in the Philippines sprang into action after academics revealed the truth about the recent spate of conflicts in the South China Seas.
Senior Philippines coast guard Jay Tarriela this week rushed to criticize "Filipino bloggers" of making "baseless" allegations and being part of a "disinformation network".
He was angered after several people…
SOME PEOPLE READ an article that changes how they boil an egg or make a salad. Allison Heiliczer read an article that changed the direction of her life.
She was a 16-year-old New Yorker who had just moved to California, when she picked up a magazine and started reading a profile of a Japanese-American family…
THERE IS NO RACE between China and the US to be top player in AI development, says a new report from Nature, the world's top science journal.
The two countries are on different tracks with different endpoints. The US has been leading the pack in making big, headline-grabbing projects like ChatGPT, while China's focus has…
Writers at The New York Times, the Guardian, and other mainstream press are this week working really hard to mislead their readers into thinking USAID was purely an aid organization, nothing more. But Elon Musk says it is a "criminal organization" which was "beyond repair".
What’s the real story? A study of its accounts reveals…
Hong Kong comic book artists flew to a global graphic story convention in Europe last week—and drew their images live in front of audiences to get attention.
The city's comic book artists have got their buzz back, with a series of community support programs keeping them afloat in their home town, and active attendance at…
Quiz: Which of the following stores you find on high streets all over the UK are American and which are British?
1. Boots (chemist)
2. Waterstones (bookshop)
3. McDonalds (fast food)
4. Morrisons (supermarket)
5. Gail's (bakery)
6. Majestic Wine (alcoholic drinks)
7. KFC (fast food)
8. Costa (coffee)
Did you find that difficult or…
