For a dictatorial regime, the Chinese Communist Party certainly enjoys playing with democracies. Obsessed with dragging Taiwan under its control, it
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Spineless Titans: Jimmy Lai Puts Global Corporate Cowardice on Trial
As Hong Kong’s world-famous media tycoon Jimmy Lai (黎智英) goes on trial this week for the crime of holding an opinion and believing others have right
Beijing Anger-ometer, Mid-December 2023: Debt, Discord and Diplomatic Destitution
The lack of gratitude is astounding. Having organized one’s own welcoming committees, postponed one’s purges for a brief few days, traipsed across 16
COP28: China, the Climate North Korea, Has Its Finger on the Weather Bomb
As the petrostate-presided United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) quarrels its way to a close for
Contagious Concerns: New China Outbreak Proves Hong Kong and Taiwan’s Crucial Health Role
Since at least the 1960s, when Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao alerted of deadly flu cases in Guangdong Province, a pattern has emerged: News of a
Dirty Laundry: China’s Home Hygiene Fines and the Truth About Poverty Alleviation ‘Xiconomics’
Where should fining people for not washing their bedsheets be placed in the Chinese Communist Party’s grand catalog of crimes? “Plates not put away
Taiwan’s Democracy Is ‘Messy’ — And It Needs More Mess, Not Less
Outside observers are fond of appending the term “messy” to Taiwanese politics. It’s not always meant as a negative thing, but it’s an odd adjective
New China Agent in U.K. Parliament Unveiled: Foreign Secretary David Cameron
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak talked a good game, at least while auditioning for the country’s top job. Back in July 2022, as a leadership candidate
Beijing Anger-ometer, November 2023: Aggravators From Beyond the Grave
Instead of spending their youth in a godforsaken rural cave to relive the Cultural Revolution in the image of no less a figure than Xi Jinping, the
Surveillance Coins and Hong Kong’s Pivot to Post-FTX Crypto
On November 2, 2023, in a Manhattan federal court, a gentleman named Samuel Bankman-Fried was convicted on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy
China Backs Hamas, Needs Israel’s Vengeance
“We believe in ‘Do unto others as you would have them do to you,’” preached Hua Chunying (華春瑩), China’s assistant foreign minister on October 15,
The Doctor Will ‘Xi’ You Now: China Developing Remote Mind Control
As Elon Musk’s Neuralink grabbed Western world headlines last month for receiving approval to test its brain implants on humans, news of different