by Tyler | May 25, 2020 | Asia, British Empire, China, Chinese Communist Party, democracy, Hong Kong, London / Europe, Politics, Trending
HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong police fired tear gas and a water cannon at protesters in a popular shopping district on Sunday, as thousands took to the streets to march against China’s proposed tough national security legislation for the city.
by Tyler | May 24, 2020 | Asia, China, Communist Party of China, Free Trade, Josh Hawley, National Security, Taiwan, trade war, Trending, world trade organization
On May 20, speaking from the Senate floor, Josh Hawley, the youngest member of the chamber, laid out his plan for fixing international trade, taking on the People’s Republic of China—and thereby, too, perhaps saving America.
by Tyler | May 24, 2020 | China, Clarence Page, Clips, Health, Politics, Trending, W.H.O., WHO, World Health Organization
On Friday’s “McLaughlin Group,” Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page stated that the World Health Organization tries to be “as even-handed” as it possibly can, and this means that “they’re not going to be as tough...
by Tyler | May 22, 2020 | Asia, China, Donald Trump, free speech, Hong Kong, National People's Congress, National Security, one country two systems, protests, Trending
The Chinese Communist Party’s sham legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), is reportedly preparing to bypass the Hong Kong legislature (which is looking more than a little shamtastic these days itself) and impose a set of national security laws...
by Tyler | May 22, 2020 | Asia, China, Entertainment, Hollywood, Politics, Ted Cruz, Trending
Sen. Ted Cruz is laying out a zero-tolerance policy for Hollywood studios that willingly censor their movies to please Chinese Communist officials, proposing new legislation that will block all federal assistance to the studios behind those film productions.
by Tyler | May 22, 2020 | Asia, Carrie Lam, China, Chinese Communist Party, free speech, Hong Kong, National Security, Tiananmen Square, Trending
Lee Cheuk-yan of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democrat Movements of China, organizer of an annual June 4 vigil to remember the victims of Communist China’s murderous crackdown on Tiananmen Square in 1989, said on Wednesday that this...
