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American video company Zoom said on Thursday (June 11) that the CCP demanded to shut down four public meetings that commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Reuters quoted Zoom as saying: “The Chinese government has informed us that this event is illegal in China and asked us to terminate the meeting and

Smashing property, burning flags and chanting “Black Lives Matter” – protestors and activists triggered by the death of George Floyd have choked the streets of the United States and Europe as of late. What started out as peaceful protests has descended into rioting and looting. Branded stores including Target and Macy’s and non-branded retailers alike

“Xiao Qiang, you Hong Kong people have done enough for us. You must go back alive and tell the world all about this.” On 4th June 1989, lawyer Kenneth Lam witnessed the mass shootings at Tiananmen Square and the massacre of pro-democracy protestors. Back then, he could barely escape, if not for his Beijing classmates

US President Donald Trump announced an end to Hong Kong’s long standing preferential status as retaliation against the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) controversial national security law to ban “activities” that endanger national security. Trump’s removal of Hong Kong’s special economic status has thwarted the regime’s plan to leverage the city as a global finance and

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) passed the national security law for Hong Kong on May 24, causing panic among the people of Hong Kong. Over the weekend, Google’s hot search keywords in Hong Kong and the number of VPN downloads in Hong Kong increased by 120 times on May 21 – the day the new

On April 16, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the activation of the denial order that bans US companies from selling parts and software to China’s ZTE Corporation (ZTE) for seven years. ZTE was found to have violated US sanctions against Iran and North Korea by illegally shipping telecommunications equipment to both countries. China’s

OSAKA, Japan—President Donald Trump said on June 29 that he invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to meet him at the Korean border (the DMZ). “I will be in South Korea. I let him know. And we’ll see if he’s there. We’ll see each other for two minutes. That’s all we can,” Trump told

UPDATE: June 21, 6:33 p.m. HKT Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters opposed to a draft extradition bill entered the Immigration Tower to continue taking a vocal stand against the controversial legislation. The protesters earlier rallied outside of Hong Kong’s Revenue Tower and at around 2 p.m. local time on June 21, the activists moved to

For years now, the US Chamber of Commerce, which has sponsored the ASEAN Business Outlook Survey, has identified corruption as a major challenge to doing business in the ASEAN region. In January 2016, Transparency International (TI), an anti-corruption organisation based in Berlin, released its Corruption Perceptions Index. “Based on expert opinion from around the world,”

Prior to the recent U.S. ban, Huawei was the second largest phone maker in the world. In 2018, Huawei sold 208 million smartphones, half of which were sold outside of China. Huawei had captured 29% of the Europe’s smartphone market share by the end of 2018, according to a report by the U.S. market intelligence

The much anticipated debate between Fox Business Network’s news anchor Trish Regan and Chinese state media CGTN’s host Liu Xin about the ongoing US–China trade dispute was finally on air the morning of May 29. It all started after Ms Regan said on her show ‘Trish Regan Primetime’ on May 14 that the United States

China’s economy is never absent in financial media coverage over the past decade, when it was growing at an astonishing speed. Not even the 2008 financial crisis was able to slow it down. Now, confronted by the US trade war, China is facing enormous headwinds to continue furthering its success story. Among all aspects in

In August 2018, a UN human rights panel reported that around two million Uyghurs and Muslim minorities have been forced into political indoctrination camps in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, as part of a brutal crackdown. In this series, The Epoch Times delves into the persecution of the Uyghurs in China as they try to survive

After more than a year dwelling in the cellar of price collapse and humiliation, Bitcoin is leading a resurgence in the cryptocurrency world. From April 1 through April 8 of this year, the world’s first cryptocurrency’s price increased by 20 percent. Other major cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum, Litecoin, and Ripple have also seen their values

One of the fundamental rules taught to customer service employees is to apologise when a customer is angry or dissatisfied. When conversing with an angry client, workers in hotels, restaurants, or travel agencies will often try to express their empathy or sympathy, and continue to apologise over and over. But according to a new study,

Tension Between Uyghurs and Han Chinese In July 2009, a large-scale ethnic riot broke out in Urumqi, which resulted in some 200 people killed. Thereafter, security increased in the area and many Uyghurs were arrested and detained as suspects. What caused the tension between both ethnic groups to boil over? Sean Roberts, director of the

By Eyal Levinter 2.7 million people have fled Venezuela since 2015, reported the UN on February 22, underscoring the massive socio-political crisis that has hit the country since the presidency of former president Hugo Chávez. The crisis has also resulted in a hyperinflation that is devastating Venezuelans. Last month, a BBC report revealed that Venezuela’s

1. Isolation: Forming Alliances with the Countries Surrounding Russia In December 2017, the US administration issued a document entitled “National Security Strategy” (NSS), in which it explained in detail to the American people, US allies and the various agencies of the administration, exactly who the enemies of the United States are. The document defined two