Leo Timm
Leo Timm is a translator and writer focusing on China-related news, culture, and history.
Ukraine Recaptures Bakhmut Train Station in Fierce Defense of City
A day after the Russian army and Wagner mercenaries secured two train stations in the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian defenders managed to retake the station lying on the west side of the...
Scammers Allegedly Pocketed $131,000 Meant to Help Ohio Residents After Toxic Train Accident
More than 3,000 people donated money to an organization that pledged to help the residents of East Palestine, Ohio after the train derailment that sent a toxic mushroom cloud over the Northeastern U.S., but the...
Biden Administration Looking For Input on Policy to Ensure ‘Responsible AI Systems’
The U.S. authorities will spend the next 60 days exploring and taking advice on future policy to regulate the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) as the technology becomes a bigger part of the...
Ukraine to Postpone Spring Counteroffensive: Prime Minister
In an April 11 interview with The Hill, Ukrainian prime minister Denys Shmyhal said that there was "no pressure" on his government to launch a counteroffensive against Russian forces that was originally expected for spring,...
Russia Takes Central Bakhmut as Ukrainians Hold Out in City’s Final Stronghold
The Ukrainian army lost control of two train stations in the key eastern city of Bakhmut by April 12, as well as all government administration buildings, leaving the defenders in control of roughly the western...
White House: Relations With the Taliban Are Up to Each Country to Decide
John Kirby, Coordinator for Strategic Communications with the National Security Council, said on April 6 that while the United States does not recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan, relations between the fundamentalist Islamic regime and...
‘A Sparrow May Be Small, But It Has All the Five Organs’ (麻雀雖小，五臟俱全)
Chinese is filled with short phrases that function similarly to idioms in English. Some are references to great historical events or works of literature, while others are plain descriptions that drive home a deeper or...
North Korea Runs Anti-Divorce Campaign in Effort to Maintain Birthrate
The novel coronavirus pandemic and longstanding economic trouble have reduced the North Korean birthrate and put added strain on families throughout the isolated totalitarian state, prompting the leadership to begin a drive to discourage divorce....
PLA Sails Aircraft Carrier Near Taiwan Following Tsai-McCarthy Meeting
The mainland Chinese regime issued a rebuke of the April 5 meeting between Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), promising "strong and resolute measures" to the "high-profile" meeting that reflects...
RESTRICT Act: TikTok Ban or American ‘Great Firewall?’
One of several bills in Congress to ban TikTok has come under fire for the broad powers it would grant the U.S. government to surveil and punish internet users in the name of protecting American...
Russians Make Breakthroughs in Central Bakhmut as Battle for Ukrainian Stronghold Continues
Troops of the Wagner private military company (PMC) and Russian army on April 4 took a government administration building and reached a hospital in their efforts to take the AZOM steel plant industrial sector in...
Taiwan’s President Tsai Meets With House Speaker McCarthy
On April 5, U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) met with Tsai Ing-wen, President of the Republic of China (ROC), in Simi Valley, Los Angeles. Tsai's visit to the U.S. and meeting with...