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US flights banned as HK sacrifices CNY fairs

OMICRON IS AIRBORNE now, forcing scientists in one of the world’s most Covid-proof cities to scramble for new measures. Hong Kong has banned all flights from the US, UK, Australia, Canada, France and the Philippines until February 4. Lunar New Year Fairs are all cancelled—a major sacrifice in a community for which the annual…

January 15, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News Videos

Time to stop the demonization

Too many news outlets, large and small, are portraying China as Nazi Germany. This report can read below or viewed as a video. A New York Times writer today said Chinese efforts to fight Covid in Xi’an were reminiscent of the spirit of evil that led to the Holocaust. Seriously? Yes. From the…

January 14, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

All change at Legco

A new regular feature, Friday Numbers, highlights data in Hong Kong and mainland China TODAY IS THE first session of Legislative Council under the new electoral arrangements. As the first in series of Friday Numbers, we walk you through important figures which you may not be aware of in other media. Image…

January 12, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

News

Hong Kong primary schools to close on Friday

ALL PRIMARY SCHOOLS and kindergartens in Hong Kong will close from Friday onwards in a bid to stop a widespread outbreak. This follows the discovery of five local cases. This contrasts dramatically with responses elsewhere. In New York there are 30,000 cases and 37 deaths every day: and schools are staying open. The…

January 12, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Kazakhstan operatives claim Hong Kong link

HYBRID WAR SPECIALISTS working in Kakakhstan say they studied the violent 2019 Hong Kong “revolution” attempt. Then they gathered experienced activists from the 2014 Ukraine revolution and flew to Almaty in Kazakhstan to prepare for the current mayhem in that country. We “studied the experience of protests in Hong Kong and other countries,” said Dzmitry…

January 12, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Opinion

Democracy. . . but for whom?

Henry Ho rebuts an editorial in the Economist on democracy in Hong Kong I REFER TO THE article “Pliant patriots” in the Leaders Section of The Economist on Jan 8-14 2022. It argued that the newly sworn-in legislature in Hong Kong is a “mockery of democracy”. While no popular elections were introduced by the…

January 12, 20220Comments ByHenry Ho

Life

Titles of books about China say it all: video

In this short video, this publication's editor Nury Vittachi simply reads out the titles of books about China from the shelves and from Amazon's lists. The tone and wording are very revealing of attitudes. For more videos from our group, click here to visit our YouTube channel. T

January 12, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Opinion

Australia buys tanks: Meme

Fridayeveryday occasionally prints shared or share-able memes from contributors that make an insightful or humorous comment on the news. They do not necessarily reflect the views of our organization.

January 12, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

Accupuncture? Stars are getting the point

WHAT HEALTH HABIT DO Western screen stars Robert Downey, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Aniston have in common? All three love acupuncture and cupping to improve their well-being. These stars, constantly in the public eye, have important reasons to look happy and healthy. Downey, who starred as Tony Stark in…

January 7, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

News

Slavery allegation enables attack on economic front

In part one of this three-part work, we showed how the Chinese were demonized as Nazi-like villains who were a global threat. In part two, we showed how flimsy evidence was blown up to create the impression of “concentration camps” where “genocide” was taking place. In part three below, we look at the…

January 7, 20225KComments ByPhill Hynes

US flights banned as HK sacrifices CNY fairs

Time to stop the demonization

All change at Legco

Hong Kong primary schools to close on Friday

Kazakhstan operatives claim Hong Kong link

Democracy. . . but for whom?

Titles of books about China say it all: video

Australia buys tanks: Meme

Accupuncture? Stars are getting the point

Slavery allegation enables attack on economic front

Truth at last: Yes, Chinese Uyghurs ARE treated badly

Record-breaking number of deals clinched at China import expo

Mainland China, HK, now helping other nations make clean energy transition