Month: March 2026
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China’s $17 Million Rail Station Shuts Down After Years of Single-Digit Daily Ridership
A railway station in central China built with more than 125 million yuan in investment, about $17 million, has been shut down after only a few years in operation, with daily passenger numbers reportedly in the single digits. Jiulangshan Station, part of the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan intercity railway…
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Nepal Students Burn Xi Jinping Books in Kathmandu Protest, China Embassy Responds
Protests broke out on March 14 at Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus in Kathmandu, where students publicly burned multiple copies of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China along with related political publications. The act quickly drew international attention. The demonstration was organized by the Nepal Student Union,…
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Israel Says It Killed Iran Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, Third Senior Official in 48 Hours
Israel has intensified its campaign against Iran’s senior leadership, announcing that Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib was killed in a strike on Tehran. The operation follows two other killings of high-ranking Iranian figures within the past two days. According to CNBC, the Israel Defense Forces said on…
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Argentina Withdraws From WHO in Major Policy Shift
On March 17, Argentina formally withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO), one year after announcing its decision. “Argentina communicated this decision to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on March 17, 2025,” Argentina’s Foreign Affairs Minister Pablo Quirno announced on social media. “In accordance with…
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Geng Shuang Reappears in New Role as Beijing Replaces Key Ambassadors
Once known for his sharp 'wolf warrior' rhetoric, Chinese diplomat Geng Shuang has resurfaced in a quieter role as Beijing reshuffles key ambassadors amid expanding purges within the CCP
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Lech Wałęsa Says Taiwan’s Democracy Shows Communism Cannot Succeed in China
During a visit to Taiwan, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Polish president Lech Wałęsa said history has proven that communism cannot succeed in China and warned Beijing against using military force against Taiwan
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Mass Protests Erupt in Guangdong as Residents Clash With Police Over Crematorium Project
Large crowds in Guangdong’s Xinyi City took to the streets after discovering that a government project initially presented as road construction was actually a crematorium plan
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Trump Eases Venezuela Oil Sanctions as Hormuz Disruptions Tighten Global Supply
The Trump administration on Wednesday, March 18 announced a partial easing of sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector, aiming to increase global supply as tensions in the Middle East disrupt energy flows. The U.S. Treasury Department issued a broad authorization allowing American companies to conduct limited business with Venezuela’s state-owned…
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‘DJT’ Label Sparks Trademark Dispute With Chinese Fashion Company
The Daily Mail reported on March 19 that a trademark dispute involving the letters “DJT” is bringing U.S. President Donald Trump and a Chinese clothing company into legal conflict. From fashion e-commerce to intellectual property, the dispute has quickly attracted attention. The report notes that a Hong Kong–based trading company…
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Bipartisan Bill Targets CCP’s Overseas Interference Operations
On March 18, U.S. Representative Derek Tran (California’s 45th District), together with Representatives Don Bacon, Marilyn Strickland, and Pat Harrigan, formally introduced the Combating Chinese Communist Party Influence Act. The bill aims to comprehensively expose and counter the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) expanding global malign influence…
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US Strikes 7,000+ Targets in Iran, Hegseths Claims Military Capacity Crippled
According to reports from the Associated Press and the New York Post, on Thursday, March 19 U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine held a joint press conference at the Pentagon, briefing the latest results of “Operation Epic Fury,” which…
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At Lungi – The Banana Leaf Remembers
There are meals that nourish, and others that return us, unexpectedly, to a place we have never been, yet somehow know. At Lungi, on the Upper East Side, Chef Albin Vincent cooks from that place. The aroma arrives first — coconut, curry leaves, black pepper — soft and persistent, as…