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Don`t worry there is no significant man- made global warming. The global warming scare is not driven by science but driven by politics. Al Gore and the UN are dead wrong on climate fears. The IPCC process is a perversion of science.
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‘South Park’ banned in China after mocking Chinese government censors
With its most recent episode, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s fearless animated TV series, South Park, has garnered a great deal of attention across the world. The highly controversial Season 23 episode, Band in China, premiered last Wednesday, Oct. 2, and… Read More ›
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The Taiwan flag emoji has disappeared from the latest iPhone keyboard for users in Hong Kong and Macau
The Taiwan flag emoji has disappeared from the latest iPhone versions for users in Hong Kong and Macau, the Hong Kong Free Press’s Kris Cheng reports. Users on Hong Kong online forums spotted this change. The People’s Republic of China claims… Read More ›
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Fears of China’s reach fuel Hong Kong protesters’ use of masks
Sportswear exporter Dennis Chan and his friends don’t use the word “protest” when messaging each about when and where they’ll next meet to join the massive anti-government demonstrations that have shaken Hong Kong and faith in its future. Instead, the… Read More ›
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Hong Kong leader imposes colonial-era law to ban masks at protests
Defiant masked protesters rampaged, police fired tear gas, and a teen was wounded by gunfire hours after Hong Kong’s embattled leader banned masks at rallies, invoking rarely used emergency powers to quell four months of anti-government demonstrations. Challenging the ban,… Read More ›
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Hong Kong protesters say they’re prepared to fight for democracy ‘until we win or we die’
They’re dressed in an all-black uniform, faces distorted behind gas masks, using umbrellas as shields, and following a sophisticated set of hand motions that act as their form of communication. For more than three months, millions of civilians have been… Read More ›
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4 dead, 2 missing in Taiwanese bridge collapse
Taiwanese authorities say four bodies have been found and two people are missing after three fishing boats were hit by an oil tanker truck that fell off a collapsing bridge. The National Fire Agency said Wednesday that two of the… Read More ›
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China’s Communist Party shows military might in 70th anniversary parade
China’s Communist Party celebrated its 70th anniversary in power with a military parade Tuesday that showcased its growing might and strategic ambitions. An honour guard carrying the Chinese flag through Tiananmen Square, the country’s symbolic political heart, before thousands of… Read More ›
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Some Chinese electric cars are ‘simply worthless’ says industry body
It’s “inevitable” that China’s electric cars have little resale value and some are inherently worth little, according to one of China’s top auto industry bodies. In its latest weekly update on China’s ailing auto market, the China Passenger Car Association… Read More ›
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‘No need’ for lengthy border exam of China’s Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou before her arrest in Canada says defence
The defence team for a Huawei executive whose arrest at Vancouver’s airport sparked a diplomatic crisis between Canada and China says there was no good reason for border officials to detain her for almost three hours before her arrest. Scott… Read More ›
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‘I will not accept a bad deal’: Trump’s China trade rhetoric turns harsh at UN
U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a stinging rebuke to China’s trade practices on Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly, saying he would not accept a “bad deal” in U.S.-China trade negotiations. Four days after deputy U.S. and Chinese negotiators… Read More ›
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Elon Musk is doubling down on China as car sales plummet and electric-vehicle subsidies are slashed
The launch of Tesla’s first factory in China is likely to come at a difficult time for auto companies in the world’s largest passenger-vehicle market. The electric-car maker is building a factory in Shanghai that it expects to begin producing… Read More ›
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‘Horrific campaign of repression’: U.S. slams China’s treatment of Muslims
The United States led more than 30 countries on Tuesday in condemning what it called China’s “horrific campaign of repression” against Muslims in the western region of Xinjiang at an event on the sidelines of the annual UN General Assembly… Read More ›
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Nio, the ‘Tesla of China,’ crashes 30% in 2 days after announcing a bigger-than-expected loss and thousands of job cuts
Shares of Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio extended their two-day decline to as much as 30%, dipping more than 21% on Tuesday alone. The skid comes after the company reported a wider-than-expected loss for the second quarter and announced thousands of… Read More ›
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Internal documents showed TikTok censoring topics that would anger China
TikTok, a social media video app, has a history of censoring political content in line with the Chinese government, internal documents viewed by The Guardian reveal. The documents, which provided guidelines for TikTok’s moderators, broke infringing content into two categories:… Read More ›
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Suspected Chinese spy company Huawei quietly opened a London ‘research lab’ with 60 computer vision engineers right next to Facebook and Google
Huawei has quietly opened a new artificial-intelligence research lab right on Facebook and Google’s doorstep in London, Business Insider has learned. The new office is at a prime spot in London’s buzzy Kings Cross neighbourhood and houses around 60 engineers… Read More ›
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New limits on rail travel as Hong Kong braces for airport protest
Hong Kong announced new curbs on rail travel on Sunday ahead of the latest in a series of planned protests targeting the airport after a night of widespread violent street clashes in the Chinese-ruled territory. Anti-government protesters have targeted the… Read More ›
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China leads the world in future coal-power projects
China, the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, is ready to massively boost its coal-powered energy supply with the total of future projects now standing at 226.2 gigawatts (GW). That is more than twice the amount of fresh capacity planned… Read More ›
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Chinese journalists will have to pass a government test on Marxism and President Xi Jinping to be granted press passes
Chinese journalists will soon have to prove their knowledge of President Xi Jinping and Marxism before they can continue reporting. In order to receive updated press passes, more than 10,000 reporters and editors will have to pass a test. Starting… Read More ›
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Hong Kong protesters burn Chinese flag, clash with police as protest continues
Protesters in Hong Kong burned a Chinese flag and police fired pepper spray Saturday in renewed clashes over grievances by the anti-government demonstrators. Police accused some protesters of throwing gasoline bombs after a march by several thousand people in Tuen… Read More ›
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China cancels plans to visit with US farmers next week
China officials on Friday canceled plans to visit American farmers next week and were expected to cut short their trip to the US. Officials said they had to return to China earlier than planned and would no longer visit agricultural… Read More ›
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China plans 200 new coal-fired power plants
China’s total planned coal-fired power projects now stand at 226.2 gigawatts (GW), the highest in the world and more than twice the amount of new capacity on the books in India, according to data published by environmental groups on Thursday… Read More ›
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Taiwan just lost Solomon Islands, its biggest ally in the Pacific, to China; US may retaliate
Taiwan lost its largest ally in the Pacific on Tuesday, when the Solomon Islands confirmed it was switching diplomatic allegiance to China. A spokesman for the Solomon Islands’ prime minister said the government’s caucus took a poll on Monday, with… Read More ›
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‘Birth tourism’ scheme shows Chinese nationals how to bypass immigration and give birth in the US
A Chinese woman could face up to 15 years in jail for running a “birth tourism” scheme where she helped coach other Chinese women on how to trick immigration in order to give birth in the United States. Dongyuan Li,… Read More ›
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China’s National Day fireworks cancelled in Hong Kong due to protests
An annual fireworks display in Hong Kong marking China’s National Day on Oct. 1 was called off Wednesday as pro-democracy protests show no sign of ending. The city issued a terse statement saying the show over its famed Victoria Harbour… Read More ›
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China could be the biggest loser from the Saudi Arabia oil attack
Saudi Arabia’s oil production was slashed in half following an attack on two of its oil facilities on Saturday, and China, along with other countries in Asia and the Middle East, may be the ones to pay the price. Two… Read More ›
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China and India demand $100 billion for climate action on eve of UN summit
China and India demanded rich countries provide financial support for them to increase their climate plans, as leaders prepared to meet at a UN summit in New York. The summit has been personally convened by UN secretary general António Guterres… Read More ›
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China has been illegally redirecting traffic on the world’s Internet for 2 1/2 years
A recent discovery shows a Telecommunications company with ties to China’s government misdirected traffic for two and a half years. In recent times, a misdirection hacker operation allowed for the theft of over $150,000 in digital coins as unwitting people… Read More ›
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Hong Kong protesters ask for Britain’s help in pressuring China
Hong Kong protesters are expected to rally outside the British Consulate on Sunday demanding that the former colonial power ensures China honours its commitments to the city’s freedoms. The Chinese-ruled territory has been rocked by weeks of sometimes violent pro-democracy… Read More ›
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Pro-China protestors clash with democracy protestors in Hong Kong mall
Skirmishes broke out Saturday at a shopping mall in Hong Kong between supporters of the ongoing protests for democratic reforms in the semiautonomous Chinese territory and people backing the central government in Beijing. Hundreds of pro-Beijing demonstrators sang the Chinese… Read More ›
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China excludes soybeans and pork from additional tariffs in a huge win for US in trade war
China just announced that it would not be adding additional tariffs to US agricultural goods such as soybeans and pork, marking a huge win for American farmers. The superpower said via the state-owned Xinhua news agency that it would be… Read More ›
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Photographer behind the iconic Tiananmen Square image had to wrap the film up and stash it in the toilet in order to hide it from Chinese security
Photographer Charlie Cole, who won the World Press Photo of the Year in 1999 for his iconic capture of the Chinese “tank man” who confronted military vehicles in Tiananmen Square in 1989, has died at the age of 64. Cole… Read More ›
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Hong Kong Open tennis tournament postponed indefinitely as pro-democracy protests continue
A tennis tournament and a London musical are the latest events postponed in Hong Kong out of concerns over safety and disruptions from pro-democracy protests. K-pop concerts, Chanel fashion shows and international conferences have been cancelled, postponed or moved out of the… Read More ›
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The Trump administration has reportedly discussed a China trade deal that would lift some tariffs
The Trump administration has reportedly discussed a plan to offer China a deal that would include a rollback of some tariffs, potentially defusing tensions in a more than yearlong trade war that has rattled the world’s largest economies. Bloomberg reported… Read More ›
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China is deploying drones to spy on the South China Sea like never before
China is fielding a far-reaching reconnaissance system reliant on drones to strengthen its ability to conduct surveillance operations in hard-to-reach areas of the South China Sea, the Ministry of Natural Resources said in a report Tuesday. The system, which relies… Read More ›
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Hong Kong Stock Exchange just proposed a $37 billion deal to buy the London Stock Exchange
Hong Kong Stock Exchange says it’s proposing to buy the London Stock Exchange Group for $36.6 billion. The Hong Kong exchange, or HKEX, announced the plan on its website Wednesday morning, the result of what it said was “early engagement”… Read More ›
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Chinese combat drones are cheap but effective, and they are headed to Europe
Chinese combat drones are reportedly headed to Europe for the first time, highlighting China’s growing presence in an important part of the international arms market as countries around the world look more closely at unmanned systems for warfighting. Serbia is… Read More ›
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China faces another electric vehicle subsidy scandal
Generous government subsidies have been behind China taking the lion’s share of global electric vehicle sales in recent years — but now they’re being called to question and face another scandal. A panel of experts raised the flag over this… Read More ›
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Apple and Foxconn confirmed they broke a Chinese labor law by hiring too many temporary workers at the world’s biggest iPhone factory
On the eve of Apple announcing the iPhone 11, a report from China Labour Watch has accused the company – along with its manufacturing partner Foxconn – of profiting from worker exploitation to build the new phone. Investigators from China… Read More ›
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China has piled up nearly 100 tons of gold reserves to help buffer against the blows of Trump’s trade war
Gold has risen 18% since the start of the year, in part because China has been adding vast amounts of the metal to its reserves. Bloomberg, citing the People’s Bank of China, reported that the Asian superpower added over 94… Read More ›
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Chinese exports to the US tanked by 16% in August as Trump’s trade-war tariffs hit demand
China’s exports to America tanked 16% to $44.4 billion in August — a sharp acceleration from their 6.5% drop in July, Reuters said — as Donald Trump’s tariffs sapped demand for Chinese goods in their biggest foreign market. However, Chinese… Read More ›
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Protesters call on Trump to ‘liberate’ Hong Kong as violent clashes continue
Thousands of demonstrators in Hong Kong urged U.S. President Donald Trump to “liberate” the semiautonomous Chinese territory during a peaceful march to the U.S. Consulate on Sunday, but violence broke out later in the business and retail district as police… Read More ›
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A lot is at stake for China’s economy as Hong Kong protests drag on
Concerns over Hong Kong’s political and economic future are growing as pro-democracy protests drag on and turn increasingly violent, and China makes clear that forceful intervention is possible. An intervention by Chinese troops could seriously damage Hong Kong’s standing as… Read More ›
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China calls Justin Trudeau’s accusations of arbitrary detentions ‘purely unfounded’
China accused Canada of not abiding by international norms Friday in response to comments from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who accused Beijing of arbitrarily detaining two Canadians. Trudeau’s remarks are “purely unfounded countercharges that confound black and white,” Chinese… Read More ›
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Canada’s Justin Trudeau accuses China of using arbitrary detentions to achieve ‘political goals’
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says China uses arbitrary detentions as a tool to achieve its international and domestic political goals. He brands that as a pressure tactic that is worrying not only to Canada, but to its Western allies…. Read More ›
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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam formally withdraws extradition bill that sparked mass protests
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday withdrew an extradition bill that triggered months of often violent protests so the Chinese-ruled city can move forward from a “highly vulnerable and dangerous” place and find solutions. The announcement, live on television,… Read More ›
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Pentagon looks to Australia to cut China out of its stranglehold on rare earth supply
In an effort to secure the national security supply chain against China, the Pentagon is planning to stand up rare earth production sites in Australia. The Australian government released a report Tuesday listing nearly $4 billion in projects proposed by… Read More ›
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China refutes Trump’s claim it’s the source of fentanyl in the U.S.
China said Tuesday that it’s not the source of the fentanyl that’s killing Americans, contrary to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent tweets blaming China for the drug deaths. At a briefing for the National Narcotics Control Commission, China reiterated that… Read More ›
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Trump’s trade war has led to a historically weak Chinese currency
Global currencies have been pushed front-and-center as trade tensions between the US and China have escalated. Of particular interest to many watchers is the relative strength of the dollar versus the Chinese yuan, which sits at multiyear lows. On Friday,… Read More ›
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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam reportedly said she would quit if she could and had ‘very limited’ ability to contain protests
Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, told a group of business leaders in the city that she would quit if she had a choice, according to leaked audio of her remarks obtained by Reuters, amid increasing calls from protesters for her… Read More ›
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Hong Kong protesters plan to disrupt travel routes to airport
Pro-democracy demonstrators planned on Sunday to choke travel routes to Hong Kong’s international airport after a chaotic night of running battles between police and masked protesters, the latest wave of unrest to hit the Chinese-ruled city. Protest organizers have urged the public… Read More ›
