China

John Shing-Wan Leung, a 78-year-old man, who is also a Hong Kong permanent resident, was found guilty of espionage and sentenced to life imprisonment as an American spy by the Intermediate People’s Court in the eastern city of Suzhou. Leung’s penalty entailed a lifelong deprivation of political rights and a confiscation of 500,000 yuan worth […]

The Beijing LGBT Center is the most recent organization to shut down amidst the Chinese government’s crackdown, led by President Xi Jinping. The Center was an advocacy group functioning as a safe haven for the LGBTQ community in Beijing. On Monday night, an announcement appeared on the Beijing LGBT Center’s official WeChat account, which stated, […]

Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett believes the U.S. government has “recovered craft” from alien species popularly known as “unidentified flying objects” or UFOs. When asked if he believes that the U.S. has recovered craft that is not from the planet Earth, Burchett said that “at some point, I believe that has happened.” “Too many people in the […]

Videos, photos, and stories of Chinese dissent are quickly edited and vanish online but not those featured on a Twitter account with a cat avatar. As the Chinese call for greater autonomy and an end to zero-Covid restrictions, the account “Teacher Li is Not Your Teacher” live-tweeted the demos in real-time, showing the world how the Chinese […]

Smoking is bad for your health but smoking while running a marathon is unique and this is what a Chinese ultramarathoner did recently. The 50-year-old known only as ‘Uncle Chen’ but popularly called the “Smoking Brother” won an entire 26-mile run, and broke his previous record, while smoking cigarettes. He came 574th out of 1,500 […]

Almost a hundred cities in China are now under limited or full lockdown as Xi Jinping country continues to implement its zero-COVID policy but on social media, the Chinese citizens have had enough and are asking for their freedom of movement. Chinese residents are now running short on food and have inadequate or no access […]

The Kashag (cabinet) of the Tibetan government-in-exile, officially called the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), has again reiterated its stand that “no government or any individual has the right to interfere in the matter of re-incarnation of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama”. In a position paper published on CTA’s official website Tibet.net, the Kashag stated that […]

KUALA LUMPUR — The Malaysian government, journalists and civil societies should watch for a shift to Beijing-friendly coverage from Umno-aligned news outlets if the party stays in power, said a report by US-based watchdog Freedom House. In its Beijing’s Global Media Influence 2022 report, Freedom House said that Umno, and by extension, the coalition that […]

To deal with the coronavirus, nations have followed various strategies. The West has primarily followed the vaccine-powered living with the virus approach, which is essentially based on the belief that the virus is here to stay, and its complete elimination is not possible, at least in near future, therefore nations must continue with their functioning […]

A video footage which surfaced online shows the horrific moment a toddler was snatched by a monkey and dragged away by her hair as she played outside on her skate-scooter. The video showed a wild monkey pouncing on the toddler in a village near Chongqing, southwestern China on 19 April. The little girl was playing […]

The collapse of a swimming pool in China’s Henan Province yesterday (April 19) has left 3 people dead and nine injured. The partial collapse is said to have been caused by the building’s roof caving in with scattered concrete and debris inside, but information remains sketchy as investigation into the matter commences. The 12 people […]