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.
MI5 Warns of Chinese Infiltration in UK Parliament
UK spy agency MI5 has issued a warning about a Chinese spy who has infiltrated the parliament with the aim of influencing the politics in the United Kingdom. The alert was made public by former...
Congestion at China’s Largest Port Triggers More Supply Chain Worries
The pandemic has disrupted supply chains, causing product shortages and pushing up inflation. As the Omicron wave spreads, the situation is expected to worsen. Shanghai port in China, considered to be the biggest container port...
US Wholesale Price Index Hits Record High
The Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures prices paid by manufacturers of goods, services, and construction, rose by 9.7 percent in Dec. 2021 compared to the same month in the previous year, figures from the...
Antitrust Lawsuit Accuses Google of Manipulating Ad Market
Newly unredacted allegations in a lawsuit filed by several U.S. state attorneys reveal that Google misled advertisers and publishers with regard to the pricing of its ad auctions. The scam, which ran for several years,...
Chinese General Transferred From Xinjiang to Lead Hong Kong PLA Troops
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been tightening its hold on Hong Kong for the past few years, slowly erasing the city’s democratic values and integrating it with the mainland's authoritarian system. According to the...
Symmetrical Engagement: How the US Coast Guard Is Taking On Communist China
The U.S. military is expanding its presence in the Pacific to counter China’s threats of expansion. However, the department that is spending the most time in the region is not from the Pentagon but the...
China Gave Out A Record $3.14 Trillion in New Bank Loans
Data released by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) on Jan. 10 showed that China’s new yuan loan lending hit a record 19.95 trillion yuan ($3.14 trillion) in 2021, 1.6 percent more than the 19.63...
Lawsuit Filed Against Major American Universities, Collusion of Price-Fixing
On Jan. 9, a lawsuit was filed at the Illinois federal court against sixteen prestigious U.S. universities alleging that the educational institutions worked together to determine the financial aid to be awarded to students, thereby...
North Korea Tests 3rd ‘Hypersonic’ Missile, Applauds ‘Superior Maneuverability’
On Jan. 11, North Korea reportedly tested a third ballistic missile that is believed to be more capable than the missile it tested a week earlier. The launches come after dictator Kim Jong-Un’s New Year...
Shimao Denies Reports of Property Sale as Ratings Agencies Downgrade Company
Shimao Group Holdings, a Chinese real estate developer, was recently reported to be selling all of its residential and commercial real estate projects. The news was first reported by Caixin and cited by Reuters. However,...
Do Not Help Olympic Vehicles in a Crash, Beijing Warns Locals
China has issued a controversial new order to citizens of Beijing, asking them to avoid helping victims of traffic accidents related to the Olympics. The order comes just ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics scheduled...
U-Haul Runs Out of Trucks as Californians Leave For Texas and Other Republican-Run States
Recent reports have suggested that California has seen a decline in population in the past year due to declining birth rates and migration, for example. A new report by U-Haul, a moving equipment and storage...