State of Mankind
'To Cicadas' Poet Allegedly Insults Xi Jinping: China's Heightened Political Sensitivity China Insider with David Zhang A poem about cicadas turns out to be politically sensitive, and the author was forced to apologize. According to internet users, the poem implicitly insults Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader. However, nothing in the poem openly suggests so, so what gives? I’ll break down how a poem about cicadas and the summer ...
FBI, DHS Still Buying Chinese Drones; Senators Advance Bill To Boost US Microchip Making China in focus Beijing lashes out over a potential U.S. trip to Taiwan. We look at how House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is involved. Chinese-made drones are at work for U.S. government agencies. New details say departments like the FBI and Homeland Security are still buying them. The Senate gears up to vote on a bill aiming to boost semiconductor ...
Real Estate ‘Time Bomb’ and Mortgage Boycott by Homeowners in China; Enes Freedom on Human Rights China Insider China is facing a growing mortgage strike. Unfinished homes and growing resentment toward banks and developers may be a ticking time bomb. For the Chinese regime, a third of the economy is on the line, with upward of $2 trillion in home loans. Meanwhile, the protest over what Chinese residents call “rotten tail buildings” ...
Taiwan Accuses Chinese Company of Stealing Secrets; Shanghai: New Round of COVID-19 Mass Testing China in Focus Shanghai is on its way toward a new round of mass testing; there’s fear the city is headed back under a new lockdown. Taiwan takes another step toward tackling intellectual property theft. This time, the island is taking aim at a Chinese Apple supplier. A high-level Taiwanese delegation visits the Czech Republic. ...
‘The Chinese Communist Party Has Its Sights Set on Destroying America’: Frank Gaffney China in focus In this special episode, we sat down with #FrankGaffney, executive chairman at the Center for Security Policy. He’s one of the authors who released the report, titled “The CCP is at War with America.” It touches on the pandemic and beyond.