US and Indonesia Perform Joint Military Exercises as Tensions With China Heighten
On Aug. 3, the U.S. and Indonesia held their annual joint military exercises on the island of Sumatra alongside other countries as tensions with Beijing rose. Since 2009, the U.S. and Indonesia have held an...
Demand for Sex Reassignment Surgery Expected to Soar Out to 2027, With More and More Children Transitioning
According to a report, published by Grand View Research (GVR), an India and U.S. based market research and consulting company, demand for sex reassignment surgery, increasingly being dubbed "gender affirming" surgery, in the United States,...
Residents in Northeastern Chinese ‘Cancer Village’ Sign Mass Petition Condemning Pollution
Over 80 people living near the city of Huludao, located in China’s Liaoning Province, have come forward to claim they have fallen ill from carcinogens present in the region’s air and water. In an unusual...
US Cattle Herd Hits 6-Year Low as Breeding Stock Sent for Slaughter
The size of the nation’s cattle herd has contracted to levels not seen since 2016 and 2012 amid a number of coinciding crises, such as spiraling feed costs, water shortages, and unprecedented temperatures. But most...
Seeing Things That Aren’t There: Chinese Netizens Triggered by ‘Pro-Independence’ Photo of Taiwanese Celebrity Eating Spaghetti Amid Pelosi’s Visit
As an ancient Chinese proverb goes, "the grass and trees all look like enemy troops" (草木皆兵). That's apparently the feeling in mainland China as U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi travelled to Taiwan and...
Candidate for NY’s 10th Congressional District Xiong Yan Meets with Local Jewish Community Leader
Xiong Yan an Iraqi war veteran, Chinese dissident and human rights activist is running in the Democratic primary on Aug. 23 to represent New York’s 10th congressional district. On July 23, he met with Mayer...
Credit Card Debt in the US Soars by the Largest Amount in Over 20 Years
Historically high inflation saddled Americans with an extra $46 billion in credit card debt during the second quarter of 2022, the sharpest increase in more than 20 years according to the Federal Reserve Bank of...
Chinese ‘Tuidang’ Movement Counts 400 Million People Who Have Renounced Communism
Commentary Four hundred million people have cut off ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since the beginning of the peaceful movement to tui dang (退黨) — "to quit the Party." The Tuidang movement started...
Chinese Foreign Buyers Bought More US Real Estate Than Anyone Else This Year
Foreign buyers from China bought up more U.S. real estate than buyers from any other country so far in 2022, new data shows. Although Chinese foreign buyers amounted to only 6 percent of all foreign...
