Beijing (GZ) – A wave of corporate media reports on China organ harvesting rely without acknowledgment on front groups connected to the far-right Falun Gong cult, whose followers believe “Trump was sent by heaven to destroy the Communist Party.” Western corporate media outlets have gone wild with claims that theContinue Reading
Merida (VZA) -The Venezuelan government has announced the expansion of Chinese investment in the country’s oil industry, with the aim of increasing production by 120,000 barrels per day. The investment, which authorities say is worth US $3 billion, financed the construction of a new oil blending plant inaugurated last Thursday as the firstContinue Reading
Ankara (GPA) – A new report by Bloomberg alleges that Turkey received $1 billion from China during a time of heightened tensions with the west. In a new report released by Bloomberg last week, it was revealed that Turkey received around $1 billion from a currency swap deal with China in JuneContinue Reading
Central (SCF) – Readers from myriad latitudes have been asking me about Hong Kong. They know it’s one of my previous homes. I developed a complex, multi-faceted relationship with Hong Kong ever since the 1997 handover, which I covered extensively. Right now, if you allow me, I’d rather cut toContinue Reading
Beijing (TT) – China is still importing oil from Iran despite the U.S.’s reimposition of the sanctions on the country, Bloomberg reported on Friday citing official customs data. The Asian country imported 855,638 tons (about 209,000 barrels per day) of crude oil from Iran in June. As reported, the data addsContinue Reading
Beijing (TC) – The United States and China have reached a truce in their escalating trade war. Following a meeting between US president, Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping at the G20, the two leaders agreed to renew talks. Tariffs, which began to be introduced by both sidesContinue Reading
Chicago (SF) – Articles, editorials, and calls to action over the Chinese region of Xinjiang (officially known as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) have filled countless pages of news in the past few years. A chorus of voices spanning the American political spectrum, from Marco Rubio to Ilhan Omar, call for sanctionsContinue Reading
Washington (GPA) – Recent US policies are not painting a bright picture for the countries future. For too long, the country has been adopting a series of uncommon international policies including wars in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen and encourages violent clashes in Latin America to the benefit of US financial institutions.Continue Reading
Beijing (TLS) – This comes as the world’s biggest economies are facing a tit-for-tat trade war. China announced late week that it would impose higher tariffs on most U.S. imports on a revised US $60 billion target list, hitting back at a tariff hike by Washington on US $200 billionContinue Reading
Caracas (TSN) -“With this second shipment, as well as that which we already received from the Russian Federation, the International Red Cross, and the Red Crescent some 166 tons of medicines and supplies have arrived in the country,” Health Minister Carlos Alvarado said. The People’s Republic of China delivered a large amountContinue Reading