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Jul 21, 2024

How Could the CCP Adversely Impact California?

Commentary Numerous media outlets, including The Epoch Times, have extensively reported on the malign activities of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) throughout Asia and the rest of the world. Examples include persistent militarized bullying in the Indo-Pacific, the infamous COVID-19 ...

Jul 20, 2024

Cory Morgan: Political Intrigue and Speculation: Will Mark Carney Join the Liberals?

Commentary The House of Commons may be on a summer break, but the political actions and manoeuvring within Parliament are still going strong. The governing Liberals can’t find traction to pull themselves out of a protracted slump in the polls ...

Jul 20, 2024

Government Agencies Should Develop a Financial Plan—Here’s How

Commentary One of the fun components of reviewing annual comprehensive financial reports, which is a very time-consuming “hobby,” is when you see a trend that needs to be complimented. The ranking of Orange County’s 34 cities for the year ending ...

Jul 20, 2024

Should Taiwan Pay $40 Billion Annually for US Defense?

Commentary On July 16, Bloomberg released the transcript of an interview with former President Donald Trump. Correspondents asked Mr. Trump whether he would defend Taiwan if it were attacked. A U.S. admiral in March testified that communist China will be ...

Jul 20, 2024

China’s Property Crisis Is More Complex Than Beijing Seems to Think

Structural problems will make what is an already difficult challenge for Beijing all but insolvable in the short run.

Jul 19, 2024

A Look at China’s Third Plenum: Will the Economy Rebound?

Commentary The Chinese economy is sputtering, if not in an outright recession. Recent official data releases indicate consumer spending in the United States is growing faster than in China. With investors' hopes pined on the gathering of the Third Plenum ...

Jul 19, 2024

The Resilience of Falun Gong: A Traditional Practice That Is Still Being Persecuted in China 25 Years On

Stand against the malice by lending your voice to those who cannot be heard.

Jul 19, 2024

Peter Menzies: Hyperbolic Language Fuels Division

Commentary We live in an increasingly divisive time, one in which the public is bombarded with hyperbolic language designed to demonize political opponents. There was a time, for instance, when the term “far right” was reserved for describing only those ...

Jul 19, 2024

A Persecution 25 Years Too Long

China is the only country in the world where the state, the CCP, oversees an illicit commercial trade in human organs.

Jul 19, 2024

The Changed Meaning of Competence

Commentary In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, there have been many questions concerning the competence of those assigned to prevent such an event. The key issue is whether and to what extent those charged ...

Jul 19, 2024

Chinese Premier’s Veiled Remarks at Davos Forum Spark Debate

Commentary Chinese Premier Li Qiang's recent remarks at the World Economic Forum's "Summer Davos" meeting in China have sparked significant interest and debate as they were notably absent from Chinese state media coverage. Li emphasized caution in addressing China's economic ...

Jul 19, 2024

Fewer Jobs for China’s Abundant Crop of New Graduates

Commentary Nearly 12 million new college graduates across China are looking forward to starting their careers. But sadly, there are not enough jobs to accommodate them. Rather than endure prolonged unemployment, many have decided to further their education. The plight ...

Jul 18, 2024

China’s Real Estate, Financial Sectors Will Only Deteriorate as Beijing Shifts to a Planned Economy, Tightens Control

Commentary China's real estate industry has been struggling with falling sales and prices for the past two years, with Evergrande filing bankruptcy and Country Garden running into financial difficulties. Panelists on "Pinnacle View" warned that the continued decline of the ...

Jul 18, 2024

Cold as a Cucumber

Commentary Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest” opens with two young men of leisure, one named Jack and the other Algernon, preparing to have lunch with visiting society fixture Lady Augusta Bracknell, a paragon of Victorian standards of ...

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