In China, the government has started to crack down on Jehovah’s witnesses. Officially, China is a country with religious freedom; however, they have many laws put in place that restrict certain religious activities. Recently, Chinese police officers arrested and deported two Spanish missionaries who were practicing Jehovah’s witnesses. China is becoming a place for continuing persecution against certain religious groups…. Read more »
The two sisters using the aliases Reem and Rawan say Saudi officials kept them from traveling to Australia.3 hours ago MORE ON SAUDI ARABIA Saudi sisters stuck in Hong Kong months after fleeing kingdomtoday Saudi to free 850 Indian prisoners from its jailstoday China walks Saudi-Iran tightrope as MBS visitstoday Zarif decries ‘US hypocrisy’ over planned nuclear sale to Saudisyesterday Two… Read more »
Australian retailers are currently going under at the rate of about one a month, making everyone in the industry nervous. Over the last couple of years about two dozen chains have collapsed, with the makeup empire of Napoleon Perdis the latest in an increasingly long line of failures. It is not just Australian-owned retailers that are struggling, but also some established… Read more »
TOKYO: A 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday (Feb 21) but there was no tsunami warning and no immediate reports of injuries or damage, authorities said. The quake struck at 9.22pm at a depth of 41 kilometres (25 miles), according to the US Geological Survey. The epicentre was around 55km (35 miles) southeast of the city of… Read more »
China’s religious persecution extends to all religions without discrimination. Not only are Jehovah’s Witnesses facing a severe crackdown in China, but the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is also supporting other countries’ similar crackdowns. As Bitter Winter reported earlier this month, a Russian court sentenced Danish citizen Dennis Christensen, a Jehovah’s Witness, to six years in prison for extremism. While international… Read more »
China is largest producer of steel in the world and they produce almost half of the world’s steel. Recently, China and the United States have gotten involved in a trade war that includes both sides putting tariffs on the others goods. Many economists predicted that this would have a very negative impact on the steel industry and the economy of… Read more »
Agence France-Presse The plight of China’s Uighurs is closely followed in Turkey due to shared linguistic, cultural and religious links, and the presence of tens of thousands of ethnic Uighurs there @afpPublished 12:01 AM, February 12, 2019Updated 12:01 AM, February 12, 2019FacebookTwitterRedditEmail UIGHURS. In this file photo, Ethnic Uighurs take part in a protest march asking for the European Union… Read more »
New study shows Chinese steel producers are enjoying more exemptions from tariffs than those from Canada, South Korea, Spain and the United Kingdom China increased its total steel production massively in 2018, from 831.7 million metric tonnes to 928.3 million metric tonnes, almost half the world’s total PUBLISHED : Thursday, 14 February, 2019, 7:30pmUPDATED : Thursday, 14 February, 2019, 9:58pm… Read more »
The Yomiuri ShimbunThe Finance Ministry is attempting to halt a steep increase in gold smuggling by strengthening countermeasures at points of sale. Because smugglers make money from the margin they gain by avoiding consumption taxes, ministry officials fear smuggling will increase when the consumption tax rate is raised to 10 percent this October. In the future, gold buyers will be… Read more »
The couple, from China’s eastern province of Shandong, failed to meet the deadline to pay the “social maintenance fee” of 64,626 yuan (US$9,500) to the local authority, the local court said on Sunday, and were denied access to the 22,987 yuan in their account as a result. Shandong was reported to have the most newborns nationally in 2017, according to… Read more »