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Facebook may have peaked as Chinese app rises: analysts

NOW THAT THE DUST has settled, the money has been counted: and it’s a shocker. Facebook lost about US$250 billion in a single day last week, the biggest one-day drop of any company in the history of listed companies. That’s a quarter of a trillion US dollars. The main culprit? A Chinese app called TikTok.…

February 8, 20220Comments BySeth Mallick

Culture

The millennia-old medicine that is still used today

One thing that the east and the west have shared for several hundred years is ginseng, a medicinal plant found in both China and Canada (although discovered more than a millennia apart). Today, both varieties are popular around the world. Out of 44 academic studies, 29 found evidence of positive effects. Dr Guo Ping reports…

February 7, 20220Comments ByGuo Ping

Videos

How NYT helps Biden team shape public opinion

AS COVID DEATHS in the US approach one million, the Biden administration, helped by the New York Times, is working on "conditioning Americas" to move on from the pandemic for political, strategic reasons. See the video report below, or click here to go to a text report. A

February 7, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Canada unrest condemned as ‘double standards’ rule

Image: Two men enter an Ottawa apartment block where people have complained about anti-vax protesters. In the second image, you see them lighting combustible blocks, and in the third image they tape the door handles to prevent escape; the pictures were shared by resident Matias Munoz on Twitter, attracting the attention of the city's police.…

February 7, 20220Comments BySeth Mallick

News

NYT supports push to condition US citizens for one million pandemic deaths

WHEN WILL THE number of US Covid deaths reach the tragic figure of one million? We’ve done the maths and can give you an estimate date. But first a puzzle: As the number of deaths reached milestones like 100,000, the New York Times went big on the story. In May 2020, a huge number…

February 7, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Stunning party capped with Beatle’s hope for shared future

THE BREATHTAKING OPENING ceremony for the Beijing Winter Olympics was capped with a sneaky touch of genius – the playing of John Lennon’s Imagine. The theme of the spring awakening was created by performers using rods to create a giant field of grass; picture by Xinhua via the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee Movie director Zhang Yimou…

February 6, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Uyghur skier came from “the ancient cradle of skiing”

CHINESE SKIER Dinigeer Yilamujiang was born in a region that historians think was one of the sites where skiing originated. While ancient remains of skis have been found in Russia dating back 6,000 years, a similarly ancient cave painting showing human figures sliding on small platforms on slopes over a herd of animals was…

February 5, 20220Comments BySeth Mallick

Features

Hong Kongers who have retired over the border

MANY HONG KONG people have opted to go north for retirement. Currently, more than 500,000 Hongkongers, many of them elderly people, have already moved to the Mainland. They benefit from the SAR government’s special schemes for Guangdong and Fujian, which allow eligible seniors across the border to receive monthly welfare payments from Hong Kong.…

February 4, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

News

Uyghur story podcast traced back to CIA man

OOPS! THE US STATE Department’s latest attempt to vilify the Chinese tripped up today. An advertising campaign was launched to publicize Weghur Voices, billed as “the first podcast entirely about the Uyghur Diaspora”. Although apparently from humble origins from a pair of podcasters in France, they mysteriously have the cash to place their show on…

February 3, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

How Hong Kong youngsters are getting TikTok back

IF YOU LIVE IN Hong Kong, you’re officially banned from accessing TikTok, the world’s fastest growing social app. But ever since the US branch of the company blocked Hongkongers from accessing it, smart youngsters have been getting around the problem. Keep reading and we’ll show you how to do it too. Or check out the…

January 31, 20220Comments ByAleesha Naqvi

The millennia-old medicine that is still used today

How NYT helps Biden team shape public opinion

Canada unrest condemned as ‘double standards’ rule

NYT supports push to condition US citizens for one million pandemic deaths

Stunning party capped with Beatle’s hope for shared future

Uyghur skier came from “the ancient cradle of skiing”

Hong Kongers who have retired over the border

Uyghur story podcast traced back to CIA man

How Hong Kong youngsters are getting TikTok back

Six steps the world needs to take right now about the US and Venezuela: Jeffrey Sachs

China revives sky lantern tradition, after making them safe and non-polluting

War and peace