Tag: China
The US and Russia are playing chicken with nuclear weapon
While the current administration seems to run on uncontrollable testosterone, the problem of nuclear weapons didn’t start with them, even its immediate predecessor helped to bring about this impasses.
Weakened Chinese law against endangered rhinos and tigers has animal rights...
While China's reversal of a 25-year-old law came as a shock to many, other animal rights activists saw it coming due to the growing number of tiger farms in the country.
Trump’s trade tariffs, a ‘fool’s errand’ that won’t work and will...
Trump did not have to resort to tariffs. All he needed to do was make it very clear to Chinese leaders that there had to be significant changes made to the trade relationship...
Chinese intel officer arrested and charged with economic espionage
If convicted, Yanjun Xu could face up to 25 years in federal prison.
8 world cities that could be underwater as oceans rise
"These global metropolises may look strong and stable, but it is a mirage. As sea levels rise, they are increasingly under threat and under water."
Party vs faith: China drafts restrictions for all religions
China’s ability to keep its lid on the crackdown is nonetheless slipping.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 19
Trump slams door on refugees, China sets tariffs on U.S. goods, Kavanaugh accuser goes into hiding after threats, and more.
China retaliates against Trump administration’s new tariffs; puts levies on $60...
Donald Trump vowed to add tariffs to $267 billion more Chinese goods if China retaliated.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, September 18
Who is Christine Blasey Ford, catastrophic and historic flooding, Trumps sets up tariffs, and more.
Trump initiates new tariffs on hundreds of products from China
Beijing has said before that its prepared to retaliate with even higher tariffs on American imports.
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AI death panels or cost control? Medicare pilot hands denials to private algorithms
Federal pilot in Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington will pay private A.I. firms a cut of “savings,” prompting warnings of “AI death panels” and the “very worst of private insurance.”
From Guernica to Gaza
“Do not think yourself better because you burn up friends and enemies with long-range missiles without ever seeing what you have done.”
Wednesday night massacre at CDC: Resignations, walkout, and a showdown over vaccine policy
After the removal of Director Susan Monarez, top CDC officials resign and staff walk out as RFK Jr.’s HHS faces bipartisan alarm.
DRC to open bids for oil and gas drilling putting pristine forest and endangered...
Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) government opened another round of auctioning for 52 oil blocks, which threatens 64 percent of the country’s pristine forest.
When will MAGA Trump’s reckless war against America cause an equal, GOP-demolishing backlash?
Trumpism has always been a bad faith magic trick but day by day becomes America’s indefensible bad joke.