The People’s Republic of China is an ex authoritarian-socialist country, which has since dropped the socialism and buoyed the authoritarianism as far as it can go. Many of the PRC’s recent actions reflect this, such as the internment and “re-education” of possibly millions of Uyghur Muslims in the western province of Xinjiang, the introduction of “Sesame Credit”, and its foreign… Read more »
President Duterte said he was willing to help the Rohingya Muslims by accepting refugees and slammed the supposed inaction of other international bodies regarding the plight of the ethnic group. In a speech at the Manila Hotel on Tuesday, the President said that he would never recognize the International Criminal Court (ICC) because it was not a body created by… Read more »
Lawmakers are proposing a ban on alcohol sales and consumption throughout Indonesia, which may negatively affect the island of Bali’s booming tourist economy. The ban would include production, sale, and consumption of alcohol across the entire country, but would have profound effects on the island of Bali. For anyone found violating this law, a prison sentence of as many as… Read more »