First Amendment, Freedom of Expression Under Threat at MIT
Community members at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have formed a Free Speech Alliance...
COVID-19 in Australia: Cases Spike in New South Wales, Hundreds Receive False Test Results
New South Wales (NSW), the Australian state with the largest population, is reporting a sharp spike in...
Champion Snowboarder Calls for a Full-Boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Canadian Drew Neilson, a former snowboard champion, has called for a complete boycott of the 2022 Beijing...
3 Key Factors Behind the Solomon Islands Anti-China Riots
The Solomon Islands, a country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean home to roughly 680,000 people, has...
Asserting Dominance: China Setting Up Antennas Over the South China Sea
Latest satellite images have revealed vast clusters of antennas appearing across the South China Sea, reinforcing the fear that Beijing is doing everything in its power to assert dominance over the strategic international waterway. According...
China Fights New COVID-19 Waves in Zhejiang and Xi’an, Quarantining Thousands
Recently, the epidemic situation in the cities of Ningbo, Shaoxing and Hangzhou in southeastern China’s Zhejiang Province has intensified with the area’s first major COVID-19 cluster this year. As of mid-December, hundreds of thousands of...
Chinese Real Estate Firms Pressured With Pending Wage Dues and Bond Payments
Property developers in China are facing a tough time financially. Many are unable to pay their suppliers and contractors, putting existing and future projects in limbo. Some are not in a position to pay off...
Intel Apologizes to ‘Respected Chinese Customers’ Over Its Decision to Avoid Products From Xinjiang
Intel recently asked some of its suppliers in China not to procure products or services from Xinjiang, the northwestern region where more than 1 million members of the Uyghur minority people have reportedly been sent...
PCE Inflation at Highest Level in 4 Decades
The Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge of inflation, the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index, rose to its highest level in almost four decades in November. Consumer spending accounts for around 70 percent of economic activity in...
Pillar of Shame: Tiananmen 1989 Mass Murder Memorial Removed From Hong Kong University
The Pillar of Shame, a memorial statue commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen massacre, was removed from the Hong Kong University (HKU) compounds on Dec. 23. The take-down happened at the behest of the university's board of...
Project Veritas Lawsuit: Judge Finds New York Times in the Wrong
In a ruling issued on Dec. 23, a New York judge instructed The New York Times to return confidential legal memos the media outlet had obtained while investigating journalism organization Project Veritas and its attorney....
Chinese Regulator Suspends Contract With Alibaba Over Failure to Report Security Threat
China has been tightening its grip on the tech sector by imposing a number of new regulations over the past year. Failure to comply with the new regulations could result in large fines and compel...