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Legal puzzle: Cases are being filed by people with nothing to gain

Courts function best when genuine cases are filed, logical decisions are made, and clear, concise judgments are issued. But the Hong Kong legal system has unfortunately caught a worrying habit associated with the west’s human rights industry: the appearance of “confected” (elaborately constructed) cases or judicial reviews based on a legal point that is not…

February 18, 20240Comments ByHenry Litton

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UK has ‘slowest internet’ after kicking out China’s Huawei: study

THE UK HAS THE WORST 5G service in the European region, a new survey revealed—thanks to the country's decision to kick out their Chinese partners. At a city level, London now has the worst 5G coverage of major cities in the region, said a study by internet and quality testing company MedUX. It has a…

February 18, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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U.S. reassurance to Taiwan implodes after German industry crashes and burns

A U.S. PROMISE to Taiwan has quietly imploded after the dramatic collapse of German industry. Researchers at the Brookings thinktank said Taiwan’s economy would survive the shock of war in the same way that Germany’s industrial economy would survive the shock of losing its gas pipeline from Russia. But it’s now clear that the German…

February 12, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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U.S. is selling slave labor products to China: report

THE DEBUNKED “China uses prisoners as slave labor” story turns out to be true—but it’s happening in the United States, not China, a shocking new study shows. Large numbers of prisoners in the US make products for companies including the world’s largest food manufacturers—and are paid just pennies or nothing at all, according to a…

January 31, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Bad karma hits UK nuclear power plans after China kicked out

OOPS. BAD KARMA HAS HIT the UK’s nuclear power plans after the Brits kicked out their Chinese partners. The action left the country’s nuclear hopes (now extremely late and over-budget) in the hands of a French company—which announced that it has run out of money for it. To make matters worse, the Chinese have built…

January 28, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Time to admit that the war machine drives US foreign policy

The tension in Taiwan, the disaster in Ukraine, and what has credibly been described as genocide in Gaza, can all be tracked back to the fact that the US president refuses to rein in the profiteering war machine, says Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs. WHEN IT COMES to foreign policy, the president of the United States…

January 19, 20240Comments ByJeffrey Sachs

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Fall in marriage numbers reminds the Chinese of the ‘comb sisters’

WHEN SHOULD A WOMAN GET MARRIED? Maybe never! The benefits or otherwise of marriage has suddenly become a hot topic in China, after a viral media interview in which mothers were asked to list the benefits of being a married woman—and could not think of any. This was a bit of a shocker, since the…

January 17, 20240Comments ByEmily Zhou

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Be careful, Taiwan: which US ally meets a good end?

In the game of geopolitics, Ukraine is on its way to being an abandoned pawn. The people of Taiwan need to take note, warns Dr. Wilson Chan. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, under the guise of promoting “democracy” and “human rights”, helps the wicked perpetuate wicked deeds. Now, its approval rating is hitting an all-time low. It…

January 11, 20240Comments ByWilson Chan

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When Giganto walked the earth – and why he disappeared

A GIANT PRIMATE called Giganto walked the earth for millions of years, but died out when its food source became scarce, scientists said this week. The massive creature was twice the height of humans, at three meters tall, and weighed as much as three or four people, at 200 to 300 kilograms. Details emerged from…

January 11, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Chinese train engineers challenge pilots to a race

CHINESE ENGINEERS SET a new record for the fastest train in the world, and are eyeing their ultimate target—to create railway transport that’s faster than commercial aircraft. The country’s next-generation high-speed train recently set a record of 453 kmh (281 mph) during a test run along a section of the railway from Fuqing to Qianzhou…

August 10, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Legal puzzle: Cases are being filed by people with nothing to gain

UK has ‘slowest internet’ after kicking out China’s Huawei: study

U.S. reassurance to Taiwan implodes after German industry crashes and burns

U.S. is selling slave labor products to China: report

Bad karma hits UK nuclear power plans after China kicked out

Time to admit that the war machine drives US foreign policy

Fall in marriage numbers reminds the Chinese of the ‘comb sisters’

Be careful, Taiwan: which US ally meets a good end?

When Giganto walked the earth – and why he disappeared

Chinese train engineers challenge pilots to a race

A hillbilly White House and the wisdom of peasants

Today’s shifting allegiances reminds me a shocking true tale of wartime tragedy

China just stopped exporting rare earths. The US is worried