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 […]
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak we’ve been hearing more and more in the news about Taiwan, a small island nation about 200 km off the south-eastern coast of mainland China. Mostly we’ve been hearing about the geopolitical significance of Taiwan, its history with the Communist Party of China, and the failure of the […]
The Chinese Communist Party [CCP] is continuing to put economic pressure on the Australian Government as part of an escalating campaign seemingly designed to stop the Australian Government from continuing to push for an investigation into the crucial early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak. This week has already seen the CCP threaten tariffs of 80% on Australian […]
China has given Australian producers 10 days to respond before the country imposes crippling tariffs on the country’s barley producers. China has also separately suspended beef imports from four Australian abattoirs. China alleges that the Australian barley industry is propped up by illegal state supports, that an investigation by its Minister of Commerce found this to be true, and that it now needs to impose the tariffs to protect its […]
The German Newspaper Der Spiegel, renowned for its world-class fact-checking, has reported that Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service, the BND, believes that Xi Jinping, leader of China’s Communist Party [CCP], personally asked the head of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, to “hold back” information on human-to-human transmission of COVID-19 and to delay declaring that the […]
The creator of the New York Times controversial 1619 Project, which aims to “re-examine the legacy of slavery in the United States”, has won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary despite a critical backlash which saw numerous prominent historians, from both the right and left, coming forward to publicly say the project is misleading, ahistorical, deeply […]
The Taiwanese community in Ireland has donated a substantial amount of PPE to Irish nursing homes and other long-term care facilities after a fundraising campaign carried out by the Taiwan Ireland Association. Nursing homes now account for roughly 60 percent of virus-related deaths in Ireland and there have been growing concerns about shortages of PPE […]
China’s ambassador to Australia, Cheng Jingye, has said that the Chinese Communist Party may encourage boycotts of imported Australian goods if Australia continue to call for an independent investigation into the origin and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak. In an interview with the Australian Financial Review Ambassador Cheng also said that an investigation would “disrupt […]
Eva Short, the former newly appointed Deputy News Editor of the Phoenix Magazine, Ireland’s premier source of news just correct enough to avoid legal action, has said that the magazine sacked her as she was self-isolating after becoming ill with symptoms matching COVID-19. The company now appears to be trying to fill her position with […]
The German newspaper Bild, Europe’s best selling newspaper, has put together an itemised ‘invoice’ of nearly €150 billion which it says China owes Germany for the COVID-19 pandemic. The list says that China owes Germany €27 billion for lost tourism revenue, €7.2 billion for the German film industry, and €50 billion for German SMEs. The […]