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There have been several instances of what looks like hybrid warfare, The most recent high profile one being the severing of data cables in the Baltic https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1151566/Has-Denmark-challenged-the-right-of-innocent-passage-Watch-Yi-Peng-3-to-find-out But also instances of...

I more or less accidentally downloaded TikTok, but I don't think I made an account. I am suspicious of the Chinese state which is per my understanding the owner of TikTok. What better way of surveilling the US public than to get them all using a mobile app to look at funny cat videos or...

Just something to keep an eye on! https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=8713261

Breaking wind! Er, news! According to one of his staffers, Donald Trump thought that China had developed a hurricane gun to create storms and direct them at the U.S.A. Story here.

We don't seem to have a thread on China. People in the USA, and the older generation seem pretty scared of China, in my experience. Yet I know people who visit there regularly, or have visited there, or live there, and they've loved it. Is this an East/West thing that is outdated? I have a...

Original, unedited thread can be found here: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119050 It is with much sadness that I watch the preparations for the Olympic Games here in 18 more days. Oh, there have been some great accomplishments...the opening of two new subway...

It looks like Christianity is growing fast in China. There will be a Frontline Report tonight Tuesday June 24, at 9 p.m. on PBS entitled Jesus in China. Unfortunately, I might have to miss it, so I need all of you to fill me in on it. In the ad, it says the Chinese ruling party, officially...

After a spate of still unresolved tainted human and dog food/medicine scandals, the U.S. Olympics team has decided to bring their own food to China when they participate in upcoming summer Olympics. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/sports/othersports/09olympics.html?th&emc=th Here's the...

Fukuda keeps thaw with China on track After several years of tense relations with Japan under Junichiro Koizumi, Sino-Japanese relations now seem to be improving somewhat. Neither Shinzo Abe, Koizumi's successor, nor Abe's successor Yasuo Fukuda have visited Yasukuni shrine, the main sore spot...

Sometimes it just pays to put on the pressure and complain rather than apologize..... Here is a welcome example of the action taken last week by Chinese and U.S. authorities to help solve the problem of tainted, substandard or even poisonous products being exported from China: Read the full...

Well, not quite, but apparently China’s GDP, adjusted for Purposing Power Parity, has been overstated by 40%, because the price levels in China have been vastly understated, so the Chinese Tiger is not as impressive as it seems. http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10209215

The following news indicates that at least the responsible firm is doing something about it. However it begs the question as to whether or not the product has been recalled from domestic use (inside China) and other countries to which it has been exported. More information will be forthcoming no...

See the BBC story here: Mattel Sorry for Design Flaws Seems much of the press lately about Chinese-made toys recalled for lead paint were a bit off base. Mattel now says "the vast majority of these products that we recalled were the result of a flaw in Mattel's design, not through a...

http://www.kalingatimes.com/international_news/news/20070824_China_bans.htm This is really... well, funny and weird. By banning this without permission, they acknowledge its existence, AND try to control it, which makes no sense on multiple levels.

So, I just finished Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday. I picked it up because I was interested in 20th century Chinese history and realized I knew very little about it (Nationalists vs. Communists, The Great Leap Forward, The Cultural Revolution, etc.). The book itself...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article2194682.ece And in other news, The Times doesn't seem to understand the meaning of the word 'atheist'.

Link According to the story, Fisher-Price was able to prevent 2/3 of the toys from even making it onto store shelves. I guess the good news is that they caught it?

China's new sub spied on Google Earth: http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn12204-chinas-new-submarine-spotted-on-google-earth.html

Link Oh, and in case you missed it, the ingredient in the Veggie Booty blamed for the Salmonella cases has been traced back to China. :mad:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6691171.stm I had some difficulty placing this. If I have, in fact, chosen the from forum, I apologize. Anyway, it seems that text messages can now be a tool to spread misinformation. I wonder how or why this got started.