A video of a police officer being covered with liquid, presumably gasoline, and set on fire, with the caption “Take Notes” currently has 2.8 million views on the social media network Twitter. It has been retweeted 11,800 times and has 22,400 likes. The account which has uploaded the video goes on to say that “Guadalajara […]
The Taiwanese community in Ireland has continued its series of donations to Irish care homes with donations this week to the Castlemanor Nursing Home, Oak View Nursing Home and College View Nursing Homes in Cavan. Since March the Taiwanese community in Ireland has donated nearly 20,000 pieces of PPE to long-term care facilities in this country. The […]
Following the news that thousands of people in Dublin had gathered to protest the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who died last week in Minneapolis after a police officer knelt on his neck for 8 minutes, the appeared to support the protesters when he sent a tweet late last night saying that “racism […]
Over the last week there have been multiple instances of police officers being shot at, and at least one officer has been killed, in connection with the protests and riots currently taking place in America. The protests started after the release of a video showing the death of a man, George Floyd, 46, as a […]
Lord Patten, the last government of Hong Kong, has released an open letter calling on China to move back from its plans to unilaterally introduce national security legislation in Hong Kong. The legislation would give the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] wide-ranging powers to crack down on “treason, secession, sedition, and subversion! whilst also allowing the […]
YouTube has been accused of putting in place an algorithm which removed comments containing Chinese phrases historically used by those critical of the Chinese Communist Party [CCP]. A video of comments containing the slang being removed from YouTube was uploaded by Jennifer Zeng, a Chinese human rights activist and author, on May 13th. The video shows comments containing […]
Brazilians are rushing to congratulate Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on her democratic reelection following the leak of a letter, sent by the Chinese Embassy in Brazil to the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, asking that “necessary preventive measures” are taken to ensure that Brazilian lawmakers did not celebrate, or even acknowledge, the President’s inauguration ceremony. The document was leaked by Paulo Eduardo […]
Tensions are flaring between India and China after China moved troops into an area which India says is Indian territory. The move happened in the disputed Ladakh region of Kashmir, which is bordered by Tibet to the east. China and India share a 4,000 km long border, called the Line of Actual Control [LAC], which is the longest […]
The Taiwanese community in Ireland yesterday continued their campaign of donations to long-term care facilities in Ireland with the donation of a shipment of PPE to Cheshire Limerick. The donation consisted of 350 medical masks, 5,000 pairs of medical gloves, 200 pairs of googles, 200 pieces of protective clothing, and 10 infrared thermometers. Since March the […]
China is now censoring news reports that discuss the controversial national security legislation currently being debated in the National People’s Congress, an entity which largely acts to rubber stamp the decisions of the leadership of the CCP. The legislation aims to crack down on “treason, secession, sedition, and subversion” within Hong Kong, and would allow […]
YouTube has taken down a video discussion with Professor Karol Sikora, who headed the WHO’s Cancer Program between 1997 and 1999 and who currently leads the University of Buckingham’s medical school, in which the Professor discussed the appropriate response to Covid-19. In the interview Professor Sikora talked about herd immunity, and said he estimated up […]
Donald Trump has sent a letter to Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) saying that America will leave the organization if the WHO does not commit to a “major substantive improvements within the next 30 days.” President Trump had previously, on April 14, suspended America’s funding of the WHO pending an investigation into what he […]