by Tyler | Feb 20, 2020 | Asia, National Security, Trending
The Epoch Times on Tuesday reported that China has “engaged over 1,600 censors to scrub the internet of ‘sensitive’ information relating to the coronavirus outbreak.” The information control effort apparently accelerated after Chinese President...
by Tyler | Feb 19, 2020 | Asia, Bloomberg News, Censorship, China, Chinese Communist Party, Mike Bloomberg, National Security, sexism, Trending, Xi Jinping
Writing at the Intercept on Tuesday, Leta Hong Fincher described herself as “one of the many women Mike Bloomberg’s company tried to silence through nondisclosure agreements,” even though she never actually worked for Bloomberg’s...
by Tyler | Feb 15, 2020 | Asia, China, coronavirus, National Security, Singapore, Trending, Wuhan virus
Singapore’s latest gambit to defeat the Wuhan coronavirus is “Bye Bye Virus,” a so-bad-it’s-irresistible rap song and dance video intended to remind people to wash their hands.
by Tyler | Feb 12, 2020 | Asia, China, communism, coronavirus, Health, National Security, Trending, Wuhan, Wuhan virus, Xi Jinping
The Communist Party dismissed the director of Hubei province’s health commission and the Party leader in charge of it on Tuesday, the deadliest day so far since the coronavirus outbreak in that region began.
by Tyler | Feb 12, 2020 | Asia, China, Christopher Wray, Cybersecurity, Economy, Equifax, FBI, hacking, National Security, people's liberation army, Trending, William Barr
Chinese officials and state media on Tuesday condemned the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday for indicting four People’s Liberation Army (PLA) military officers for the massive hacking attack on the Equifax credit reporting agency, a 2017 cybercrime that...
by Tyler | Feb 7, 2020 | Asia, China, coronavirus, Health, Sports, tokyo, Tokyo Olympics, Trending, Wuhan, Wuhan virus
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizers again tried on Thursday to allay fears that the 2020 Games could be postponed or canceled by the fast-spreading virus from China.