How Every Asset Class, Currency, and Sector Performed in 2019
Another year is in the books, and for investors 2019 was quite the turnaround story. Despite an early backdrop of heightened volatility, escalating trade tensions, …
China
2019–20 Coronavirus Outbreak Begins in Wuhan, China
There are several schools of thought amongst those of us who have a ‘finger on the pulse,’ regarding what is really going on with the …
New China Social Credit System Regulation Takes Effect: Chinese citizens must pass a facial-recognition test to use the internet
China has stepped up its internet censorship by demanding its citizens pass a facial-recognition test to be able to use web services. People who want …
China Implements a Law Requiring MANDATORY Vaccinations for EVERYONE!
(Aug. 27, 2019) On June 29, 2019, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee of the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) adopted the PRC …
Hong Kong Protesters Crush China Supporters in Historic Election Win
The Hong Kong pro-democracy movement fueled record voter turnout and a crushing defeat for pro-China parties in Sunday’s District Council election, leaving the establishment with …
Leaked Documents Reveal How China Uses AI, Mass Surveillance to Run Concentration Camps
The watch towers, double-locked doors and video surveillance in the Chinese camps are there “to prevent escapes.” Uighurs and other minorities held inside are scored …
Ex-CIA Officer Sentenced to 19 Years for Conspiring with Chinese Spies
Fifty-five-year-old Jerry Chun Shing Lee was sentenced in federal court in Alexandria after his guilty plea earlier this year. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to …
HSBC Closes Account Used to Support Hong Kong Protesters
For months on end, Hong Kong has been the scene of intensive confrontation between pro-democracy activists and its Beijing-supported government. It now seems the financial …
Report: US Failing to Stop China from Stealing Research
Another effort to warn U.S. citizens of the imminent and mounting threats to their sovereignty went largely unreported. A staff report from the U.S. Senate’s Permanent …
Indigenous Peruvian Women Victimized by USAID-Funded 1990’s Sterilization Program, Finally Sue
After more than 20 years, women who were forcibly sterilized will have their day in court as prosecutors in Peru intend to charge a former …