By George B.N. Ayittey, Ph.D From The African Post Photo credit: EPA-EFE The ulterior motivations of China and its real intentions in Africa seem to be: to muscle out Western companies and gain access to Africa’s resources (Washington Times, April 28, 2006). In Ghana, China National Offshore Oil Corp. tried to challenge Exxon Mobil Corp.’s $4 […]
By Fan Yu From The Epoch Times November 23, 2020 Photo credit: Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s latest executive order bars U.S. investors from holding ownership stakes in a list of 31 Chinese companies designated to have ties with various Chinese Communist Party (CCP) military apparatuses. This order, while somewhat limited in scope, ensnares […]
From Hong Kong Free Press February 27, 2019 Photo credit: Burst/Pexels But there is an even more disturbing dimension to the social credit phenomenon: The ways in which it may incentivise citizens to act as enforcers for the authoritarian party-state and help to repress their own compatriots. While the nationwide system is not yet in […]
By Bill Gertz From The Washington Times December 9, 2019 Media credit: AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein China is developing a new high-tech system of mass surveillance and coercion aimed suppressing political dissent among its 1.4 billion people, while forcing American and Western businesses to conform to the government’s communist policies if they want to operate there. […]
By Aaron Sarin From Quillette November 25, 2020 Photo Credit: Quillette.com Liu Fang once had the job of policing the women in her village. She made sure that none of them gave birth to a second child unless their first had been either female or disabled. Whenever she found an unauthorised pregnancy, she would urge […]
By Frank Kaufmann November 17, 2020 Gruesome Jihadi terror has cursed Europe in recent weeks. From the New York Times Man Beheads Teacher on the Street in France and Is Killed by Police The victim was immediately depicted as a martyr to freedom of expression. France’s antiterrorism prosecutors are investigating the attack, which took place […]
From Tulsi Gabbard November 13, 2020 Namaste and best wishes for Diwali. Our Diwali celebrations this year are going to be noticeably different than any other year. Many people are facing great challenges during this pandemic – whether it’s difficulty paying the bills, relationship problems, stress, anxiety, or loneliness. Society is becoming more and more […]