Jonathan Walker
Jonathan loves talking politics, economics and philosophy. He carries unique perspectives on everything making him a rather odd mix of liberal-conservative with a streak of independent Austrian thought.
COVID-19 Outbreak Affects Chinese Manufacturing Province of Zhejiang
On Dec. 6, the Chinese province of Zhejiang reported its first recent case of COVID-19. Since that first incident, the province has reported 217 locally transmitted cases. Zhejiang is one of China’s largest and busiest...
Households Spending $3,500 More This Year Due to Inflation, Study Finds
Inflation is hitting record levels and Americans are spending more of their earnings on their daily needs. According to a new analysis from the Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM), this year’s inflation will have made...
Google Threatens Termination For Unvaccinated Employees
In a memo issued to employees, Google leadership threatened anyone who does not comply with the firm’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate will lose pay and will eventually be fired. Google’s strengthened stance on vaccination comes while...
Cream Cheese Shortage Prompts Kraft to Offer $20 to Customers to not Buy Cheesecakes
Kraft Heinz, the parent company for Philadelphia Cream Cheese, recently announced its “Spread the Feeling” campaign aimed at addressing the shortage of cream cheese in America. The brand is offering a select group of customers...
New US Military Software Seeks to Predict Chinese Response
In what seems straight out of a science fiction movie, U.S. military commanders in the Pacific have developed software designed to predict China’s responses to some of America’s actions. The tool is expected to be...
COVID-19: Berlin Begins Vaccinating Young Kids
Children between the ages of five and 11 can now be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the German capital of Berlin. A few other states in the country have already begun vaccinating kids. Berlin’s decision came...
Weibo Fined for not Carrying Out Enough Censorship
China’s Twitter equivalent microblogging platform Weibo has been fined by the Chinese regime. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) imposed a three-million yuan (US$471,165) fine on the social media network for posting “information forbidden by...
Press Freedoms Under Attack in China, Dozens of Journalists Jailed in 2021
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a nonprofit that promotes press freedoms across the world, recently published its annual prison census report for 2021. China was once again found to be the world’s worst jailer...
Yanjun Xu: A Case Study in how China Uses Espionage for Tech
In November, a federal jury convicted a Chinese spy for attempting economic espionage and theft of trade secrets. The 41-year-old spy, Yanjun Xu, was working as the Deputy Division Director of the Sixth Bureau of...
Amtrak Suspends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Employees Citing High Vaccination Rate
Passenger railroad company Amtrak has decided to suspend its COVID-19 vaccine mandate targeting its employees. The decision follows a recent warning issued by company president Stephen Gardner who said Amtrak’s services would be disrupted next...
TikTok Empoyees: China Controls Company’s US Operations
In June this year, U.S. President, Joe Biden, signed an executive order revoking former President Donald Trump’s order that sought to ban TikTok. Trump’s order was based on the consideration that TikTok posed a threat...
Facebook Says Fact Checks Might Not Actually Be Factual
Facebook has long been accused of censoring content through third-party fact-checkers. Such fact-checkers go through the controversial content and give a judgment on whether such content is based on facts or not. Many people have...