New Biden Orders on Fentanyl to Sanction Chinese Firms
On Dec. 15, President Joe Biden announced two executive orders intended to curb the skyrocketing death...
Germany Considers National Vaccine Registry, Possible Vaccination Mandate
Lawmakers in Germany are considering setting up a national vaccine registry that will collect information...
Report: How Amazon Cozied Up To Beijing And Spread Propaganda To Grow Its China Business
Foreign companies that aspire to do business in China face a host of challenges. Yahoo’s exit from China...
Royal Caribbean Cruise Reports COVID-19 Outbreak Despite High Vaccination Rate
Forty-eight passengers of the Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas cruise ship have reportedly tested...
Free Speech Platform Gab Gets Own Payment Processing Service
Gab.com, the anti-censorship, free speech platform, has announced the launch of a payment processing service that the company claims will not discriminate against clients based on vaccination status or politics. Founded in 2016 as a...
Renowned Chinese Lawyer Tang Jitian Disappears After Years of Standing Up for Falun Gong, Other Persecuted Groups
Tang Jitian, a Chinese human rights attorney, has not been heard from since Dec. 10, according to close friends and family. The 53-year-old’s whereabouts were last known when he texted friends to tell them he...
‘A Big Failure for the United States’: Florida’s DeSantis on Investing in China
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration announced on Dec. 20 that they would move to take control of the state’s sizable retirement funds away from private asset managers who invest heavily in Communist China. ...
Beijing Demands $210 Million From China’s ‘Queen of Live Streaming’ Viya
Chinese tax authorities have hit live-stream shopping influencer Huang Wei, known to her fans as Viya, with an unprecedented 1.34 billion yuan (US$210 million) penalty for tax evasion and ordered her to refrain from rejoining...
Rosanna Arquette Blasts TikTok for Offering a Platform for ‘Mass Potential Gun Violence’
On Dec. 17, Hollywood star Rosanna Arquette lashed out on Twitter, accusing the owner of TikTok of allowing imminent threats of “mass potential gun violence” in public schools to happen without intervening or alarming authorities....
Crypto Users Lose More Than $8 Billion to Scams and Hacks in 2021
Although cryptocurrency holders and enthusiasts alike may tout the technology as the future of international finance, its characteristics as cross-border, decentralized, Internet money leave users vulnerable to security flaws not seen in physical assets or...
Fear of Lawsuits Behind Refugees’ Lack of Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
It has been roughly two years since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out and only around seven percent of the population residing in low-income nations have access to vaccines. A group that is at significant risk...
Xi’an Residents Fear Plague Outbreak as Locals Suffer Hemorrhagic Fever
China is facing an unsettling year-end. A recent outbreak of hemorrhagic fever has emerged in the northwestern province of Shaanxi while COVID-19 cases continue to spread across the country. Several hemorrhagic fever cases and deaths...