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Oct 07 2019
Headline Roundup
Rockets GM's Tweet Angers China
Houston Rockets' General Manager Daryl Morey of the National Basketball Association (NBA) quickly deleted a tweet showing his support for the Hong Kong protesters. The tweet and subsequent deletion angered virtually everyone; with Chinese nationals expressing anger and condemnation of the Houston Rockets and the NBA, while supporters of Hong Kong remain appalled at Morey's retraction. Morey
CNBC Time Magazine Fox News (Online News)Jun 24 2013
News
Legal, political maneuvering let Snowden flee
The authorities in Hong Kong made a political decision to wash their hands of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden and used quibbles about U.S. legal documents as cover to allow him to fly to Moscow despite a direct plea from Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to make an arrest, U.S. officials said.
Washington PostDec 22 2021
News
S.African study offers Omicron hope ahead of second coronavirus Christmas
South African data offered a glimmer of hope on Wednesday about the severity of the Omicron coronavirus variant, but World Health Organization officials cautioned that it was too soon to draw firm conclusions as the strain spread across the globe.
With the second Christmas of the pandemic days away, countries imposed new restrictions on their citizens while worrying about the damage the
ReutersOct 11 2019
Opinion
Beholden to Chinese blood money, Steve Kerr compares US gun ownership to state-sponsored genocide
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is living proof of the old aphorism that it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
The faux social activist made headlines this week after he declined to answer a simple question about the NBA siding against the pro-democracy Hong Kong protesters. Kerr then made matters worse for himself Thursday
Washington ExaminerMay 24 2022
Analysis
What will Taiwan and China learn from Russia’s disastrous war in Ukraine?
Meeting with Asian allies in Tokyo on Monday, President Joe Biden said the United States was ready to intervene militarily on behalf of Taiwan should China attempt to seize the island by force — the most explicit commitment to protect the island articulated by a U.S. president, much as White House aides are now trying to suggest otherwise.
Biden’s comments, made in response to a
NBC News (Online)Jun 10 2013
News
Edward Snowden?s tricky path to justice
The National Security Agency contractor who admitted to what officials have called one of the worst leaks in American history faces a complicated path to U.S. courts. Edward Snowden a 29-year-old Booz Allen Hamilton employee said in a Guardian interview published Sunday that he is staying at a hotel in Hong Kong and hopes to win asylum in a country...
PoliticoFeb 04 2022
News
Pelosi Instructs U.S. Athletes To Not ‘Speak Out’ During Olympics Against Communist China’s Genocide
Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) instructed U.S. athletes to not “speak out” against communist China’s human rights abuses during the Winter Olympics because it might make China angry.
“I would say to our athletes — you are there to compete,” Pelosi said in part during testimony before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. “Do not risk incurring the anger of the
The Daily WireMar 26 2022
Opinion
China’s Covid-19 Outbreak: Hugely Consequential, Barely Discussed
On the menu today: It’s understandable if you never want to read another word about Covid-19 again, but while the U.S. has the pandemic in its rear-view mirror, the Omicron variant has arrived in China and Hong Kong, and the Chinese government, following its “zero Covid” philosophy, is trying to deal with a super-contagious variant by locking down anyplace it appears. As you can imagine, it’s
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Mar 22 2020
Background
China
China (Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó), officially the People's Republic of China (PRC) (Chinese: 中华人民共和国; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó), is a country in East Asia and is the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.428 billion in 2017. Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the third largest country by area.[j] Governed by the
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