China is and has been communist for a very long time. A lot of people just go along with the one country, two systems policy, but other people do not like it. Hong Kong has a movement called the umbrella movement. This is where many people who are pro democracy gather together with yellow umbrellas and protest in the streets…. Read more »
China is letting more than 2,000 ethnic Kazakhs drop their Chinese citizenship and leave the country, according to Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry. The Associated Press first reported Beijing’s decision, which was later confirmed by the ministry. It’s unclear who among the ethnic Kazakh community can leave China or under what circumstances. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately respond to… Read more »
Hong Kong (CNN)“If this is the cup I must take, I will drink with no regret.” Benny Tai was defiant and emotional as he faced the court. Outside, he and his fellow defendants raised their fists and supporters displayed yellow umbrellas, the symbol of Hong Kong’s beleaguered pro-democracy movement. That movement is looking shakier than ever, as Tai and others… Read more »
Hong Kong (CNN)At least one person is dead and two missing after an oil tanker caught fire south of one of Hong Kong’s main islands. The fire broke out aboard a vessel transporting kerosene near Lamma Island around 11:30 a.m. local time, a police spokeswoman told CNN. Crew on board jumped into the water as the fire engulfed the ship,… Read more »
(CNN)Parts of Asia are choking under a thick layer of smog, leading at least one country to experiment in extreme forms of weather modification in an attempt to clear the toxic brown skies. Thailand, South Korea, China, India and Hong Kong are all facing unhealthy and even hazardous levels of pollution as weather patterns, coal heating and emissions contribute to… Read more »
Taiwan has been separate from China for over 60 years so why now does Xi want to reconnect with Taiwan? I think he just wants more territory and therefore more people to rule over. I do not understand the point of one country two systems. What is the point of having a so called unified country if the country will… Read more »
Apple is cutting billions from its revenue estimates for the just-ended holiday season, citing sharply slower iPhone sales in China. “While we anticipated some challenges in key emerging markets, we did not foresee the magnitude of the economic deceleration, particularly in Greater China,” CEO Tim Cook said Wednesday in a letter to Apple investors. Cook lowered the company’s revenue guidance… Read more »
A Taiwan independent from mainland China is not an option, and no person or party can stop the trend toward “unification,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a policy speech Wednesday. While Beijing would seek a peaceful “reunification” with the self-governing island of over 23.5 million people, The Associated Press reports Xi said China wouldn’t rule out using force if… Read more »
Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North Korean leader Kim Jong Un affirmed his apparent commitment to denuclearization during an annual New Year’s address Tuesday, but warned that he may need to pursue “a new way” if the United States continues to make “one-sided demands” of Pyongyang. In a wide ranging, 30-minute speech, Kim said that relations with Washington would progress at a… Read more »
(CNN)A tsunami which struck southern China around a thousand years ago nearly wiped out civilization in what is now one of the most densely populated regions of the planet, according to a new study by Chinese scientists. The devastation caused by the giant wave raises new questions over the potential vulnerability of the region today, particularly in the wake of… Read more »