China has been walking a fine line. On one hand it has been presenting itself publicly as a peacemaker that wants to bring and end to the war in Ukraine. On the other hand it is Russia’s biggest trading partner and is helping Russia evade the consequences of western sanctions. Today we’re learning that, according […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A Tennessee bill banning incentives for companies from countries of concern advanced in Senate committee after another costly part of the bill was removed. Senate Bill 2426 previously banned tax credits for companies already receiving credits that are from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, […]
DESPITE Rishi Sunak’s claims that the UK’s response to the increasingly malicious and democracy-threatening Chinese regime is ‘more robust’ than many allies, recent weeks have shown the grave threat posed by the CCP. In the Commons, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden blamed Chinese ‘state-affiliated actors’ for cyber-attacks at the heart of British democracy, which targeted […]
China once again tried to make a statement in the South China Sea. Two of its Coast Guard vessels turned water cannons on a resupply ship delivering supplies to a small Philippines’ outpost on Second Thomas Shoal. In this case, the attack did so much damage to the smaller wooden boat that it had to […]
Among science fiction authors there are a few awards which are given out annually to recognize the best novels, novellas, short stories, artists, etc. The most prestigious of these is the Hugo Award named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the magazine Amazing Stories. The first Hugo award was given out in the early 1950s […]
China seems to be gearing up for a fight to preserve its effective control of TikTok. Yesterday a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman compared Congress to bandits. At a news conference in Beijing on Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the vote on the bill “runs contrary to the principles of fair competition and […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Legislation that would prohibit Tennessee from having a business relationships with foreign adversaries of the United States failed in the House Public Service Subcommittee on Tuesday by voice vote led by Republican Chair Iris Rudder. House Bill 1841 (HB1841) was sponsored by State Representative John Ragan (R-Oak […]
China’s National People’s Congress opened today. This is supposed to be the moment where the government reveals big plans for the coming year. But there were no big surprises this year. Officials are targeting a growth rate of 5% again this year, a figure which some economists think is overly optimistic. Officials signaled that they […]
Last year, soon after the end of zero-COVID measures, China expanded a counter-espionage law making it more vague and therefore more of a threat to any company or individual who falls under suspicion. Here’s what CNN reported about the new law last April: The new language in the amendment suggests “any organization and anyone can […]
A pair of Chinese scientists who worked in a Canadian biological laboratory were marched out of the lab in 2019 and fired in 2021. The pair, who are married, claimed they were being targeted because they are Chinese but an investigations by Canada’s intelligence agency found they were sharing information with China including at one […]
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