The lotus position is a preferred method of sitting in meditation. Though physically daunting for some, it can be done by almost anyone with perseverance. Apart from deepening one’s meditative trance, the full lotus position with both legs crossed atop each other can bring amazing health benefits, according to the principles taught in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).  It is said that illness occurs when one’s meridians are blocked, which inhibits the proper flow of qi...

From June 4 to June 7, a four-day independent people’s tribunal was held in London, England. Testimonies were heard describing forced abortion, torture, sexual violence, and other atrocities committed against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in “re-education” camps run by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China. Presided over by prominent human rights lawyer Sir Geoffrey Nice QC and eight others, the tribunal featured testimonies from 24 witnesses and hundreds...

The Microsoft Bing search engine has been accused of censoring “Tank Man” pictures in its search results, one of the most iconic images from the Tiananmen Square Massacre. The alleged censorship coincides with reports that Microsoft is creating a global system that could threaten online privacy and anonymity. On June 4th, the eve of the 32nd Tiananmen Massacre anniversary, people worldwide commemorated the thousands of pro-democracy activists who were killed, arrested, and tortured in 1989...

The U.S. government is poised to pour close to $250 billion dollars of new investment into its tech sector as part of efforts to maintain its global lead in fields such as telecommunications, artificial intelligence, quantum computing and semiconductor manufacturing, and to address what many see as an erosion in competitiveness particularly in the face of Chinese competition. On May 18, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) rolled out the bipartisan U.S. Innovation and Competition...

On June 5, former President Donald Trump delivered a speech at the North Carolina Republican State Convention held in Greenville. In his talk, Trump covered a wide range of topics, including border policies, radical leftism, foreign policy, and the need to hold China accountable for the damage caused by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Below is a brief summary of the issues Trump raised in his one and a half hour speech. China ‘destroyed so many nations’ Trump...

Communist China has tested a camera system on Uyghurs that combines AI with facial recognition to identify the emotions of an individual, as reported by BBC.  A software engineer who installed such systems in the Xinjiang region’s police stations revealed the information to the media outlet. The system was intended to make “pre-judgment without any credible evidence.” The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in far west China, home to the Uyghurs and other ethnicities, has been the...

Chinese planes recently breached Malaysia’s maritime airspace, flying just 60 nautical miles from the Kuala Lumpur-administered Beting Patinggi Ali, also known as the Luconia Shoals, one of the largest reef complexes in the South China Sea region. The incident took place on May 31. The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) stated that 16 Chinese aircraft entered the country’s Maritime Zone airspace, which refers to a nation’s airspace over territorial waters. In contravention with international law,...