Commentary U.S. presidents are members of an elite club. As “leaders of the free world” during their stints in the Oval Office, they are expected to uphold Western alliances and traditions, support and defend the U.S. Constitution, fairly execute the laws of the land, administer the federal bureaucracy (as head of the executive branch of…
HK Judge Lenient With Triad Member Convicted in Violent Yuen Long Attack
September 12, 2022
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It has been more than three years since the July 21 attack on the Yuen Long Station platform in Hong Kong in 2019. Seven people, including gang leader Ng Wai-nam, better known to his peers as “Fei Tin Nam,” were earlier convicted of rioting. Another defendant, Ching Wai-ming, was convicted of rioting by the District…
UN Report on Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang Is a Clarion Call to Action
September 12, 2022
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Commentary On Aug. 31, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a highly anticipated report on the ongoing human rights violations and abuses targeting Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in Xinjiang, China. Released within the final minutes of Michelle Bachelet’s term as U.N. High Commissioner for…
What Warren Buffett Selling BYD Stock Means for Regular Investors
September 11, 2022
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Commentary When Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett’s investment firm, began trimming its stake in Chinese electric car and battery maker BYD, rumors began circulating on what it means for the company, China’s stock market, and ordinary investors following Chinese stocks. But to regular everyday investors who follow Buffett, it means very little. On the surface, the…
End of the United Front
Commentary The Hong Kong national security law (NSL) gives impetus to “laam chau” (also called “burnism”), which means mutually assured destruction, a term first used by the radical protesters in the anti-extradition movement to describe their ideal means of checking the government. That is, any harm done to Hong Kong also harms mainland China, a…
Loan Forgiveness: Socialist Inflation and Deficit
Commentary Student loan forgiveness will cost taxpayers at least $519 billion and drive up inflation and tuition costs. On Aug. 24, President Joe Biden issued an executive order forgiving up to $20,000 of student loan debt per borrower. This includes students who received federal student aid, Pell Grants, and $10,000 in debt cancellation to non-Pell…
The Great China Currency Collapse
Commentary China’s collapsing currency is the latest in a series of economic decline symptoms that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership is scrambling to resolve, but so far, with little success. The reasons for the yuan’s fall and Beijing’s failure are as predictable as they are destructive. An Economic Chain Reaction A major cause of…
American Money at Risk
Commentary Think energy prices are high? It could be a short-term low. The global economy is interconnected, with China stumbling about near its center. Nothing proves this better than the interrelation of global gas prices and China shooting its own economy in the foot through regional COVID lockdowns that persist, month after month. Gas prices are…
What Did Trump Really Say About China?
Commentary In a Pennsylvania rally on Sept. 3, according to the Financial Times, former President Donald Trump “spent time praising Chinese leader Xi Jinping for his ‘iron fist,’ describing him as ‘smart.’” Did Trump really say these things, or is it a spin from the liberal mainstream media? Because we suspect that the mainstream media rarely…
A New Type of Anxiety Is Plaguing American Children
Commentary The children of America are becoming more anxious. From Boston to Bakersfield, childhood anxiety is on the rise. Of all the emotions American children are experiencing today, anxiety appears to be the most prevalent. This has been the case for years. However, due to climate alarmism and doomsday predictions of eco-evangelicals, a new type of anxiety has gripped the minds of America’s…
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