Just minutes after Biden was sworn in, China took swift action against Trump officials in a chilling vision of events to come. As you know, Biden is completely in bed with the Chinese government and that was more evident than… Read More ›
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Are they joking? China releases poll claiming Hong Kong is in favour of new security law
Xinhua, China’s state run news agency is reporting that a poll revealed 66 percent of Hong Kong residents were in support of the law which punishes acts of secession, subversion, terrorism and colluding with foreign forces with up to life… Read More ›
Hong Kong Sits Above a Super-volcano and Was Formed by a Rare Mega-Eruption
The haphazard history that gave Hong Kong some of the most valuable real estate in the world has just got more random. Geologists say that it sits in the caldera of a supervolcano and is only there thanks to an… Read More ›
South China Sea shock: Chinese media issues chilling warning of destruction to US ships
CHINESE state media has issued a grave warning to two USS aircraft carriers in the South China Sea that they could be destroyed. China and the US have seen rising tensions over trade, new laws on Hong Kong and the spread… Read More ›
China passes national security law in turning point for Hong Kong
China’s parliament passed national security legislation for Hong Kong on Tuesday, setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colony’s way of life since it returned to Chinese rule 23 years ago. Details of the law –… Read More ›
Computer crash causes world’s financial markets to virtually grind to a halt
The world’s financial markets virtually ground to a halt as Bloomberg financial platforms across the globe collapsed – leaving traders locked out of their terminals. For almost three hours traders across London, New York and Hong Kong, among other financial hubs,… Read More ›
U.S. dollar sinking? France, Germany, and Italy abandon Obama to join China-led bank that will rival IMF
U.S. dollar sinking? France, Germany, and Italy abandon Obama to join China-led bank that will rival IMF -zerohedge.com It appears the sea of de-dollarization has reached the shores of Europe. With Australia and UK having already moved in the direction… Read More ›
26 photos of Hong Kong’s chaotic Kowloon Walled City, once the most crowded place on earth
http://www.businessinsider.com/kowloon-walled-city-photos-2015-2# Just outside Hong Kong there once stood one of the most densely populated places on earth. From the 1950s until 1994, over 33,000 people lived and worked in Kowloon Walled City, a massive complex of 300 interconnected buildings that took… Read More ›
Pro-democracy protesters back in Hong Kong, no violence
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/02/01/uk-hongkong-protests- Thousands of pro-democracy protesters returned to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in the first large-scale rally since demonstrations rocked the global financial hub late last year. Some 2,000 police flanked thousands of protesters who marched on the city’s… Read More ›
China replaces US as top investment destination
http://www.dw.de/china-replaces-us-as-top-investment-destination/a-18225195 China attracted the most direct foreign investments in 2014, while the US is down to third place behind Hong Kong, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reported on Thursday from Geneva. According to UNCTAD, “fragility of the global… Read More ›
