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Top Canada judge gives vote of confidence to Hong Kong

THE FORMER TOP JUDGE of Canada is standing strong with Hong Kong’s legal sector. Staying in place is “what Hong Kong needs”, said Beverley McLachlin, who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 2000 to 2017, and now works in the city on the southern coast of China. Hong Kong has long had…

June 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Europeans follow China’s lead in staying neutral over Russia: study

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS people around the world, including Europeans, are following China’s lead in staying neutral over the war in Eastern Europe, a new study shows. While 45 British firms have left Russia, only ten French and two Italian companies have followed suit, Yale researchers said. No Spanish firms have left. The west’s call for withdrawal…

June 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Unbelievably, US trade act targets China poverty rescue program

Farmers from Qapqal Xibe in Xinjiang have bumper crops after poverty alleviation programs enabled them to develop thriving orchards. (Photo by Hua Yanming/People’s Daily Online) Heads up: new trade legislation will cause widespread business problems from next week Xinjiang Act applies across China and will hit third countries too Law cynically takes aim at China’s…

June 14, 20220Comments ByPhill Hynes

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China eases sex change rules, but stays wary

DOCTORS IN CHINA are taking steps to establish a middle ground in the “trans” debate that has divided western nations. New rules make it easier and faster to change sex in China. But people who are entirely male in a physical sense will continue to not have access to women’s safe spaces or sports competitions.…

June 13, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Clever pay-out scheme has China oldsters getting vaxxed

MEDICAL SCIENTISTS ACROSS China have launched a creative win-win-win scheme which is finally getting older generation hold-outs to take the Covid vaccine. Health officials are buying insurance for oldsters, who get up to 500,000 rmb from insurance companies if the vaccine harms them. Traditionally, elderly people in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other places…

June 7, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Community with most confidence in their style of democracy is the Chinese

There are 14 remarkable findings about China, Hong Kong, the US, free speech and elections, in the latest edition of the world's largest survey of democratic attitudes, which has just been released CHINESE PEOPLE FEEL better democratically represented by their system of governance than citizens of any other nation feel about their own, a major…

May 31, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Everything is being weaponised in a ‘disinformation war’

Leaders of Japan and other nations are warning of a need to be aware of a hidden battlefield in the media and social media The west has an unshakeable lead in hybrid warfare, leaving other regions struggling to be heard Three new books point to a host of other areas that are being or…

May 29, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Exclusive: The Revolution Industry and how the Hong Kong police were targeted

Professional destabilizers worked with activists for years to distort reality in Hong Kong, writes Phill Hynes. And there’s a specific reason why the destruction of the reputation of the city’s police became a key target WHEN THE PROTESTS in Hong Kong broke out in 2019, they became the focus for sustained and intense international media…

May 25, 20220Comments ByPhill Hynes

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China soon to produce twice as many scientists as U.S.

There may be some truth in the stereotype of the geeky Chinese student, skilled at science and mathematics China is producing three graduates in science and engineering fields for every two in America, a study showed. The students are focusing on aeronautics, drones, space exploration, and a home-grown GPS system THE PICTURE AT the top…

May 25, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Explorers reach ancient forest deep underground

AN ANCIENT FOREST lost in time has been discovered deep underground in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Species of plants and animals unknown to science are likely to be found, experts said. Explorers lowered themselves on ropes more than 190 meters (630 ft) to reach the forest through an opening in the surface, itself hidden…

May 22, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Top Canada judge gives vote of confidence to Hong Kong

Europeans follow China’s lead in staying neutral over Russia: study

Unbelievably, US trade act targets China poverty rescue program

China eases sex change rules, but stays wary

Clever pay-out scheme has China oldsters getting vaxxed

Community with most confidence in their style of democracy is the Chinese

Everything is being weaponised in a ‘disinformation war’

Exclusive: The Revolution Industry and how the Hong Kong police were targeted

China soon to produce twice as many scientists as U.S.

Explorers reach ancient forest deep underground

Yes, you’re half of a couple, but the law says that isn’t your spouse

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