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Massive secret network revealed to be pushing western narrative

Huge disinformation campaign ran for almost five years, study shows Network blackened reputation of Chinese, Russians, Iranians Agents used AI to generate photos of fake humans for Facebook and other media Falsified accounts pushed stories in tandem with US govt media VOA, RFE and others A TORRENT OF DISINFORMATION about the Chinese and other communities…

August 27, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Diner finds dinosaur tracks on restaurant floor

AN AMAZED DINER DISCOVERED the footprints of a large dinosaur while eating at a downtown restaurant in a city in China. Ou Hongtao, a stone worker with an interest in palaeontology, realized that the indentations on the floor of the courtyard formed footprints. He was dining at a forest-themed restaurant in Leshan, Sichuan, in the…

August 25, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Tomorrow’s adults want democracy ‘but not the western kind’

THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA are joining folk around the world to speak out against the policy of insisting that western liberal democracy is the only acceptable form of government. Democracy is vital – but we specifically don’t want the western kind, said more than half the people interviewed in a major survey of 15 countries…

August 24, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Opinion

Australia’s ‘yellow peril’ fear is rooted in history

An early Australian leader said: “the doctrine of the equality of man was never intended to apply to the equality of the Englishman and the Chinaman”. Inter-group violence and “yellow peril” fears were a key factor motivating the setting up of Australia's political map. Fear of China is still so entrenched that it’s no surprise…

August 23, 20220Comments ByLaurie Pearcey

News

‘Country that helps us is China,’ Africans say

YOUNG ADULTS FROM 15 African countries see China as the foreign power with the biggest positive impact on their lives, a new survey shows. More than 70% gave the Chinese an upbeat review. This matters. By 2050, 80% of the world’s youth will be from Africa. Why the love? The Chinese make promises of expensive,…

August 21, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

U.S.-China fight to lead Planet Earth decided “within 15 years”

The clock is ticking on which of the two superpowers will gain primacy over the planet - a lead which last indefinitely, becoming unassailable, a stunning new study shows U.S. leadership over the planet would lead to a colonial model as seen in recent centuries, with the west assertively pushing its values, says a book…

August 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Lazy Brits should learn from China – Liz Truss

A LEAKED PIECE of audio today revealed prospective new UK leader Liz Truss wishing that British people worked hard, like the Chinese. The country needs “more graft”, she says, using a British slang term for hard work. “Essentially it’s partly a mindset and attitude thing, I think. It’s working culture, basically. If you go to…

August 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Cheeky Elon announces sci-fi humanoid robot in Chinese

CHEEKY ELON MUSK revealed his latest projects IN CHINESE TEXT and some people are furious. The tech entrepreneur revealed he is about to launch a sci-fi style humanoid robot which is the size and weight of an adult human being. The Tesla Optimus will eventually be able to cook and clean and do other jobs…

August 16, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

‘Yes, we’re propagandists,’ say western journalists, as public confidence falls

Majority of U.S. reporters oppose ‘balanced’ news, preferring to take sides Confidence in mainstream media plummets in the U.S. and worldwide Massive financing enables industrial-level vilification of the Chinese TRUST IN THE MAINSTREAM media has collapsed, a series of new studies show. Western journalists openly see their role as propagandists for their beliefs, in contrast…

August 15, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture

The world’s first restaurant and earliest celebrity chef

Shopkeepers in China 900 years ago accidentally created restaurant food culture, and their achievement is listed among Life magazine's 100 greatest achievements of the past millennium. Emily Zhou reports IN OR ABOUT THE YEAR 1120 AD, a shopkeeper in the old Chinese city of Kaifeng had an idea. There were lots of merchants arriving from…

August 11, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou

Massive secret network revealed to be pushing western narrative

Diner finds dinosaur tracks on restaurant floor

Tomorrow’s adults want democracy ‘but not the western kind’

Australia’s ‘yellow peril’ fear is rooted in history

‘Country that helps us is China,’ Africans say

U.S.-China fight to lead Planet Earth decided “within 15 years”

Lazy Brits should learn from China – Liz Truss

Cheeky Elon announces sci-fi humanoid robot in Chinese

‘Yes, we’re propagandists,’ say western journalists, as public confidence falls

The world’s first restaurant and earliest celebrity chef

Hong Kong quietly becomes major tennis hub for the world

3-parent baby case led to one of the oddest reviews in HK legal history

This child has three parents: so who is his mother?