Musical Mushrooms
The world of mushrooms is vast and mysterious. Some are delicious and others are murderous, but did you know that some were melodious? Various experiments have shown that mushrooms emit sound when connected to the...
CCP Official to Xi’an Woman Inquiring About Pandemic Policy: ‘I Won’t Tell You. Get Lost!’
The extended “Zero-COVID” lockdown in Xi’an, northwestern China, that lasted nearly a month resulted in many local disruptions and tragedies for many of the city’s nearly 13 million residents. Despite heavy censorship, numerous examples of...
How Fertilizer Shortages Are Impacting European Food Prices
European farmers are facing skyrocketing fertilizer prices which leave them no other choice than to cut down production and pass the costs on to consumers. Responsible for the current fertilizer crisis are persistent gas shortages,...
Famous and Fascinating Traditional Chinese Pagodas
In China, a city that lacks one or more of these architecturally magnificent structures is considered to be poor. Originally brought from India in miniature form, Pagodas were introduced during the Han era in AD...
Australian Open Reverses T-shirt Ban After Outcry Over Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai
Organizers of the Australian Open have reversed a ban on T-shirts that show support for Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai after a global outcry. On Jan. 21, the tennis event came under fire after security...
Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ Spells Hot Water for Some Supporters; Canadian Leader’s Responses Vary
As the rolling protest dubbed the “Freedom Convoy” consisting of hundreds of truck drivers opposed to the Canadian government's recently implemented vaccine mandate on cross-border truckers makes its long journey between Vancouver and the nation’s...
China: Canon’s Large Severance Packages Make Chinese Think Again
Recently, Canon Zhuhai Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Canon located in Zhuhai, China, announced its closure and a large severance package for departing employees. The minimum severance for each employee is 300,000 yuan ($47,381), and...
Keeping a Sharp View: 6 Ways to Protect Your Eyesight
While we generally regard modern technology as a good thing that has advanced our civilization, it does its fair share of damage. Our eyes, in particular, are being stressed almost constantly with the prevalence of...
Canadian Trucker’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ Against Vaccine Mandates Met With Mixed Reactions
A convoy of hundreds of transport trucks, dubbed the "Freedom Convoy," departed the Metro Vancouver area on Sunday, Jan. 23 en-route to Canada’s capital, Ottawa, some 4,440 kilometers (2,758.9 miles) away, to protest a vaccine...
Cycad Plant Poaching: Ancient Species Hunted to Extinction
Cycads (Order Cycadales) are a non-flowering dioecious plant with fossil records reaching back 300 million years. These gymnosperms thrived during the Jurassic Period, along with the dinosaurs. While many species survive today, Most of those...
Emperor Taizong of Tang and His Faithful Advisors
Emperor Taizong of Tang (唐太宗 ) birth name Li Shimin; (598–649 AD) was one of the greatest military strategists of Chinese history. He was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty ― known to be...
Fear of Food Shortages Grip Canada as Vaccine Mandates Deepen Crisis
Canadians are waking up to a deepening crisis as consumers across Canada report near empty shelves in grocery stores driven by extreme weather events, and a recently implemented vaccine mandate for cross border truckers. On...