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.
Communist China Continues to Avoid WTO Commitments Two Decades After Joining
Dec. 11 will mark two decades of communist China becoming a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In 2001, the former WTO Director-General Mike Moore called China joining the organization as a “momentous” occasion....
China to Mix COVID-19 Vaccines Amidst New Outbreaks
The Chinese government has announced that it will be mixing COVID-19 vaccines while inoculating citizens during the upcoming booster shot vaccination campaign. In an interview with state-backed broadcaster CCTV, Zheng Zhongwei, an official at the...
Hong Kong Grants JP Morgan CEO Quarantine Exemption Angering Some
Hong Kong has imposed some of the strictest coronavirus restrictions in the world that includes mandatory three-week quarantines for people coming into the city from abroad. However, these restrictions are not being applied to a...
Hong Kong Seizes 4,000 Pounds of Smuggled Lobsters Amidst Ban On Australian Imports
Authorities in Hong Kong have seized more than 4,000 pounds of live rock lobsters and sea cucumbers believed to have been heading to mainland China. Last year, the Chinese regime instituted a restriction on the...
Indonesia Sees Drastic Decline in COVID-19 Cases After Approving Ivermectin
The use of the drug ivermectin to treat COVID-19 has been controversial in the United States and other Western nations. However, countries in the east have had no qualms in using the drug and have...
Property Crisis Forcing Chinese State Companies Into Greater Involvement in Land Auctions
The property crisis in communist China is compelling state-owned developers to play a major role at land auctions to rescue financially stressed out local governments. Auctioning land is a major source of revenue for local...
Ohio Attorney General Suing Facebook for Defrauding Investors
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is suing Facebook, now rebranded as Meta, for misleading investors and the public. The lawsuit, which has been filed on behalf of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) and...
UBS Fund Managers Resign Amidst China’s Property Crisis
The ongoing property crisis in China is pushing many investors into losses. A US$3 billion fund at UBS Group that invested in high-yield bonds in China has been caught in the country’s property meltdown. Two...
Taiwan Sends Submarine Into the South China Sea
The South China Sea is one of the most hotly contested geographical regions today. Beijing claims a large portion of it and has constructed several artificial islands in South China Sea waters. Neighboring nations, such...
Oklahoma National Guard Refuses to Abide by Pentagon’s Vaccine Mandate
Oklahoma’s National Guard is defying the Department of Defense’s vaccine mandate that requires servicemen to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The mandate was issued in August by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. However, the newly appointed...
Biden’s ‘Staggeringly Overboard’ Vaccine Mandate Blocked by Appeals Court
In September, President Joe Biden issued a COVID-19 vaccine mandate requiring companies employing more than 100 workers to get them inoculated. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a temporary order that bans...
Iceland Comes Up With Parody of Zuckerberg’s Meta Promotional Ad
A couple of weeks back, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the rebranding of the platform into “Metaverse.” In a video, Zuckerberg explained the 3D virtual reality of Metaverse by having himself inserted into computer-generated imagery....