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US Think Tank Report: National Security Law Destroys Rule of Law in HK, Foreign Investment Risks Increase

On March 7, the Atlantic Council, an American think tank, published a report on Hong Kong’s business environment titled “Fractured foundations: Assessing risks to Hong Kong’s business environment,” criticizing the “National Security Law (NSL)” for changing Hong Kong’s political and legal landscape and increasing the risk to foreign capital in doing business in Hong Kong….


Levels of Dependency on the State Have Reached Record Levels, Says UK Think Tank

A record 36 million people in Britain now live in households that receive more benefits from the state—including free education and health care—than they contribute in tax, according to a report by the think tank Civitas. Civitas analysed data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) from 2020/21 and found 54.2 percent of individuals were…


LIVE NOW: UK Foreign Secretary Speaks at Washington Think Tank

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly speaks at The Center for Strategic & International Studies at 9:30 a.m. ET, Jan. 17, about the UK’s foreign policy, U.S.–UK relations, and international alliances in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


UK Foreign Secretary Speaks at Washington Think Tank

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly speaks at The Center for Strategic & International Studies at 9:30 a.m. ET, Jan. 17, about the UK’s foreign policy, U.S.–UK relations, and international alliances in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Think Tank Wants to Set ‘New Direction’ for Conservatives After Midterms

As Republicans weave competing narratives over the “red wave” that wasn’t, one relatively new think tank has hit the ground running in an effort to set the agenda for a somewhat stronger GOP. American Compass, a think tank founded in 2020 by former Mitt Romney presidential campaign aide Oren Cass, released on Nov. 9 “New…


Think Tank Wants to Set ‘New Direction’ for Conservatives After Midterms—But Who Funds Them?

As Republicans weave competing narratives over the “red wave” that wasn’t, one relatively new think tank has hit the ground running in an effort to set the agenda for a somewhat stronger GOP. American Compass, a think tank founded in 2020 by former Mitt Romney presidential campaign aide Oren Cass, released on Nov. 9 “New…


Xi Jinping’s Talking Points in Threatening Cross-Strait Peace: Experts

China’s leader Xi Jinping spent two hours reading his address at the opening of the 20th national meeting of the rubber-stamp legislature on Oct. 16. Experts in Taiwan said, judging by the content of Xi’s remarks, besides being repetitive and self-praising, he is the “Chief Accelerator” in speeding up the Party’s demise. The Chinese Communist…


Global Nuclear Arsenal to Grow for First Time Since Cold War: Think-Tank

STOCKHOLM—The global nuclear arsenal is expected to grow in the coming years for the first time since the Cold War while the risk of such weapons being used is the greatest in decades, a leading conflict and armaments think-tank said on Monday. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Western support for Kyiv has heightened tensions among…


Chinese Media and Influencers Blame US for Spread of Monkeypox

With the outbreak of monkeypox, Chinese state media and social media influencers in China have claimed that the monkeypox virus originated in a U.S. laboratory. They have also made claims that monkeypox will cause the next pandemic, despite European and American scientists pointing out that the possibility of a pandemic is extremely small due to the…


Chinese Media, Influencers Blame US for Spread of Monkeypox

Chinese state media and social media influencers in China have claimed that the monkeypox virus originated in a U.S. laboratory. They’ve also made claims that monkeypox will cause the next pandemic, even as European and U.S. scientists point out that the possibility of a pandemic is extremely small because of the close contact needed to transmit…