Wayuu Mochila Bags – An Indigenous Colombian Tradition of Colorful Crochet
Mochila bags, increasingly trendy and colorful totes, each display a unique expression indigenous Wayuu...
Threads, Meta’s Twitter Rival, Goes Viral in Mainland China Despite Great Firewall
Following its release, Meta’s Twitter Rival, Threads went viral in China, ranking fifth for downloads...
Zuckerberg Courting Tencent to Export Metaverse Goggles to China: Reports
The brainchild of billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, which has since rebranded to Meta, has never...
CCP Spy Base in Cuba Has Existed for 30 Years, Intelligence Officer Says
Rumors that Communist China is planning to build an intelligence hub in Cuba appear to have been debunked...
Xi Inspects Chinese Military’s Eastern Theater Command, Tells Them to Increase Odds of Victory
Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited the communist People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Eastern Theater Command on July 6 (Thursday), where he warned about rising geopolitical tensions off China's coast and instructed officers to improve their "planning...
Yellen’s Diplomatic Mission to Beijing: A Strategic Step Towards Cooling US-China Tensions
On July 6, U.S. Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, embarked on a four-day diplomatic journey to Beijing. The trip — representative of an evolving detente — is targeted at fostering understanding and cooperation amidst the mounting...
China Fuming Over Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Waste Water Plan, May Completely Ban Seafood Imports From the Country
It’s been more than a decade since a massive earthquake triggered a tsunami that severely damaged Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant. Since then, Japanese authorities have been struggling to contain the damage, storing massive amounts...
‘China Will Have Very Strong AI Capability’: Musk
On July 6, speaking via video link at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), Elon Musk praised China saying that he predicts China “will have very strong AI capability.” “I think there’s a tremendous number...
Global Production Lags Due to Self-Imposed Restrictions
According to several studies, the overall production capacity of factories worldwide shrank in June due to lagging demand in China and Europe which muddled the forecasts for suppliers. Production revved up in Asia, but more...
China Hiding $3 Trillion in Foreign Currency ‘Shadow Reserves’, Former US Official Says
The amount of foreign currency held by Communist China could be as high as US$6 trillion, not the $3 trillion officially claimed by Beijing, according to Brad Setser, a former official for the Obama administration...
China’s Central Bank to Consolidate Power in Former Deputy Chairman Pan Gongsheng
The Chinese authorities are set to consolidate command of its central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), behind Pan Gongsheng, who has as of time of writing, only been officially promoted to Communist Party...
China’s Export Controls on Gallium and Germanium Escalate Semiconductor Trade War
The longstanding dispute over the future of semiconductors between the world’s top two powers — China and the United States — is intensifying, experts say. As a response, on June 3, Beijing implemented export controls...