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Jaden Smith Skips China Events After State-Controlled Social Media Calls Him Racist

Actor and singer Jaden Smith suddenly canceled a spate of events scheduled in multiple cities in China, the state propaganda outlet Global Times confirmed on Monday, after a mysterious user of a regime-controlled social media application accused Smith of shouting racial slurs at Chinese and other Asians on a train in Japan.

Singer Jaden Smith performs onstage during Weekend 2, Day 3 of the 2023 Coachella Valley M

Xi Jinping Defends Uyghur Genocide in Surprise East Turkistan Visit

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping defended the alleged successes of his ongoing genocide of Uyghur and other Turkic people during a visit to occupied East Turkistan this weekend, urging Communist Party leaders there to continue efforts to eliminate the Uyghur language, transport slaves nationwide, and make the region more “culturally advanced.”

Xi Jinping

Taliban Bans Women from National Park: ‘Going Sightseeing Is Not a Must’

The Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice banned women from Band-e-Amir National Park this weekend – one of Afghanistan’s largest and most beautiful parks – on the grounds that some women had worn hijab inappropriately and that “sightseeing is not a must for women.”

YAKAWLANG, AFGHANISTAN -- SEPTEMBER 23, 2022: A group of friends who are college students

China Launches Harassment Campaign at Japan over Fukushima Water Dump

The Japanese Foreign Ministry and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio urged the Communist Party of China to protect Japanese citizens in the country from a wave of abuse against them as a result of Tokyo approving a plan to dump wastewater into the ocean from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant.

MINAMISOMA, JAPAN - MARCH 12: (JAPANESE NEWSPAPERS OUT) Rescue workers look over an area f

China Wins as BRICS Accepts Both Iran and Saudi Arabia as Members

The BRICS economic and security coalition announced on Thursday that it would accept six new countries as members – notably including both Iran and Saudi Arabia, bitter rivals who set aside their differences in March as a result of talks brokered by China.

OHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - AUGUST 24: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with fellow

Ex-Political Prisoner Flees China for Freedom on a Jet Ski

South Korea’s Coast Guard confirmed this week that it had arrested a man from China attempting to enter the country on a jet ski. In remarks on Wednesday, a human rights campaigner confirmed that the man in question was anti-communist dissident Kwon Pyong, who served an 18-year prison sentence in 2017 for wearing an anti-Xi Jinping shirt.

QIONGHAI, CHINA - MAY 19: A man drives a jet ski along Wanquan River at sunset on May 19,

China Begins Purging Health Sector Post-Pandemic

China’s National Health Commission (NHC) announced a “sweeping and more vigorous than ever” campaign against corruption in Chinese health care this week, allegedly intended to eradicate widespread bribery and kickback schemes in medicine, the pharmaceutical industry, and academia.

A health worker passes a vial got be used in a nucleic acid test to detect COVID-19 at the

Novak Djokovic Outlasts Biden’s Unvaccinated Ban, Returns to U.S. with ‘Zero Regrets’

Serbian tennis great Novak Djokovic returned to the United States this week for the first time since leftist President Joe Biden overturned a ban on foreigners who have not ingested Wuhan coronavirus vaccine products from entering the country, telling journalists he has “zero regrets” about missing some of the world’s most prestigious tournaments over the policy.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts after beating Italy's Jannik Sinner to win their

Taliban Meets China’s Huawei to Install ‘Advanced Camera System’ in Afghanistan

The Taliban “Ministry of the Interior” announced on Monday that it had held meetings with senior executives from the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei to discuss the potential of installing a high-end surveillance system in every province of Afghanistan – potentially granting the jihadist terror outfit unprecedented repressive capabilities.

BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 03: People arrive to attend the Huawei keynote address at the

China Fumes over ‘Despicable’ Taiwan Vice President’s Warm Welcome in NYC

Taiwanese Vice President William Lai received a warm welcome in New York this weekend on a stopover to Paraguay, prompting an irate Chinese Communist Party to threaten the White House with “resolute and strong measures” in response to giving Lai, a “troublemaker” and “betrayer,” entry to the country.

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's Vice President William

West African Countries Activate Militaries for Niger Invasion

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a coalition led by Nigeria, agreed during an emergency meeting on Thursday to order its military leaders to “activate” its armed forces “immediately” to prepare for an invasion of Niger.

Members of the Armed Forces of Senegal discuss on the sidelines of the Economic Community