Todd Crawford
Ex-Canadian Federal Police Officer Charged for Allegedly Helping China Intimidate ‘Someone outside the scope of Canadian law’
On July 21, Canada’s national police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), announced that retired RCMP officer, William Majcher, 60, has been charged with conspiracy over allegations that he assisted China’s communist government “identify...
Orange County, NY Chosen for Location of New Tesla Parts Distribution Facility, Hundreds of Jobs to Be Created
By the end of this year, electric vehicle giant Tesl, will be setting up a new parts distribution facility in a 927,000-square-foot building near Route 300, across from the Newburgh Mall site in upstate New...
China’s Real Estate Giant Evergrande Loses Over $112bn in Two Years, Has Hundreds of Billions More in Liabilities
On July 17, Evergrande, one of China’s largest real estate developers, revealed in its long-awaited financial reporting that the company lost upwards of $113 billion over 2021 and 2022 and has liabilities of nearly $340...
NY: Orange County Authorities Manage Impacts as Cleanup Continues Following Unprecedented Floods
Almost a week after historic flooding ripped through Orange County, New York, the cleanup continues with both residents and political leaders grappling with the aftermath. The floods, which tore apart roads, destroyed bridges, inundated basements...
Germany’s ‘Strategy on China’ Marks Beijing as Both Partner and Rival
On July 13, the German federal government under Chancellor Olaf Scholz released the European power’s first-ever Strategy on China, a 64-page document identifying Beijing as both a “systemic rival” as well as an “essential partner.”...
Typhoon Talim Sideswipes Hong Kong, Slams into Southern China
On July 17, schools and the stock exchange were closed in Hong Kong as Typhoon Talim sideswiped the city before it headed towards the Chinese mainland and the island province of Hainan. The storm forced...
Why China’s Youth Unemployment Rate May Be Much Worse Than 20%
Recently, Chinese authorities admitted that the unemployment rate in China for youth aged 16 to 24 exceeded 20 percent. The official numbers indicated that the youth unemployment rate in April 2023, was 20.4 percent, which...
Youth Revolt Against China’s Crackdown on E-Bikes, Switch to Unregulated Electric Wheelchairs
Amidst a crackdown by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on electric bicycles (e-bikes) in many regions of mainland China, a peculiar trend has emerged. Mainlanders, particularly youth, are dropping their heavily regulated e-bikes for an...
Risk of Deflation in China Raises Concerns for the Global Economy
As economies in the west raise interest rates in an attempt to reign in historic levels of inflation, communist China is cutting interest rates in a bid to stimulate a sputtering economy. Now fears of...
China Bans Dumpling Eating Contest Following Online Complaints
A spicy dumpling eating contest in the city of Yibin in China’s southwestern Sichuan province, has been banned following numerous online complaints which alerted authorities to the contest. Competitive eating has been banned in China...
Toronto’s Newly Elected Mayor Received Help From Groups Aligned with the Chinese Communist Party
A Pro-Beijing group is claiming that it helped Toronto’s newly elected mayor, Olivia Chow, beat out dozens of other candidates in the municipal election held late last month. Canada’s National Post is reporting that two...
NYC’s Lester Chang Holds Business Conference, Calls to Boost Opportunities for the City’s Asian Population
On July 7, New York State politician Lester Chang who represents New Yorker’s in the State Assembly’s 49th District, held a business conference in Brooklyn with the goal of providing a platform for local business...