Taliban Takes Over Afghanistan, Biden Sending 6,000 Troops to Help With Frenzied Evacuation
U.S. President Joe Biden has ordered 6,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan to aid the evacuation...
Kabul in Chaos as Taliban Storms Afghan Capital, Thousands Attempt Escape to US-Held Airport
The Taliban’s fierce march across Afghanistan has ended in the capital city of Kabul, months earlier...
CIA Plans ‘Mission Center for China’ for Growing Spy War With Beijing
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is considering creating a “Mission Center for China,” according...
Backyard Chickens: Useful, Easy and Amusing Pets
After pork, poultry is the most widely eaten flesh food in the world. With the bonus product of eggs,...
Federal Agents Seize 3,000 Fake Vaccination Cards Made in China
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Memphis, Tennessee, and other cities have seized thousands...
‘We are Going to be Suppressed’: Thousands of Canadians Rally in Protest of Quebec Vaccine Passport
Canadians protesting the installation of vaccine passports filled several blocks in downtown Montreal on Aug. 14 in advance of a mandate that will not only see the unvaccinated be excluded from “non-essential” businesses, but require...
Pakistani Minister Blames India and Afghanistan for Bus Blast That Killed 13, Including Nine Chinese
On July 14, a bus blast killed nine Chinese workers along with two Pakistani soldiers in Northern Pakistan. The bus was carrying more than 30 people and was heading towards the site of Dasu hydropower...
‘Inaccurate, Then Lying,’ Muddy Waters Capital Warns Americans Against Investing in Chinese Stocks
Carson Block, the chief investment officer of Muddy Waters Capital LLC, is concerned that people investing in Chinese assets are not accounting for the market risks associated with how quickly the Chinese government makes decisions...
Global Semiconductor Supply Shortage, Nissan Shuts Down Operations at US Plant
Japanese carmaker Nissan is temporarily suspending operations at its assembly plant in Tennessee. The decision was made due to a shortage of semiconductors triggered by the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. Nissan’s other...
Chinese Envoy Meets US Deputy Secretary of State, Bilateral Relations Still on Edge
The new Chinese ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, recently met with Wendy R. Sherman, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State. Sherman’s meeting with Qin followed her talks with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie...
Hong Kong Group Famous for Mass Protests Disbands After Coming Under Investigation
In 2003, half a million Hongkongers marched to protest the planned activation of Article 23, which would threaten political freedoms in their city just six years after its return to China from British colonial rule. ...
Heroes of Ancient China: The Training of Daoist Master Lao Zi
Lao Zi (also known as Lao Tzu), living between circa 600 and 470 B.C. during the Spring and Autumn Period, wrote the famous Dao De Ching (道德經) and is the central figure in the development...