This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com China’s secret weapon in the South China Sea: 50,000 fishing boats Uighurs launch massive knife-wielding terrorist attack in China China says that some Uighurs are in Syria for jihadist training China’s secret weapon in
The United States State Department International Religious Freedom Report for 2013 revealed some dire news about the state of religious tolerance in the world: with ongoing persecution in North Korea, Iran, China, Pakistan, and many other countries, 2013 saw the
Lakhpreet Kaur, a Sikh-American writing on the FaithStreet website, argues that the July decision of FIBA, the international basketball governing body, to ban players from wearing turbans should be overturned. She notes that FIBA believes turbans are “dangerous” and violate
The Obama administration has led the European Union to jointly apply economic sanctions to starve Russia of the $59 billion in investment capital the nation needs to keep its oil and natural gas revenues high enough to fund over 50%
James Cameron’s Avatar set new standards for both box office appeal and the power of 3D filmmaking. The epic also allowed the eco-friendly auteur to embed his environmental activism into the narrative. Will China’s answer to Avatar do the same?
As “part of a crackdown on chuch buildings” Police in Wenzhou, China, used to a crane to take a cross off of Longgang Huai En Church on July 28. Approximately “200 protesters had flocked to the church to protect it”
Governor Jerry Brown, now the latest potential presidential candidate for 2016, is touting his trip to Mexico this week as an opportunity to demonstrate foreign policy expertise as a cheerleader in the quest to combat climate change. Mexico President Enrique
Slipping in between the summer blockbusters comes Philip Seymour Hoffman’s last full performance in “A Most Wanted Man,” a very subtle, deliberate, and talky John LeCarre adaptation. Hoffman plays German spymaster Gunther Bachmann, who runs a tiny off-the-books counter-espionage unit
On July 24 China announced successful testing of its land-based missile interception system. The test was conducted on July 23, and officials said it “achieved the preset goal.” According to Xinhuanet, China’s test represents a milestone in the growth of
Liberal New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his progressive allies often accuse conservatives of waging a war on women and love to gin up the “income inequality” and “class warfare” rhetoric. But they want to wage war on
The lesson comes too late for the United States, but there it is: after the US abandoned its military base and its foreign policy influence in Iceland in 2006, both Russia and China are now showing how keen they are
BERGERAC, France (AP) — Ramunas Navardauskas of Lithuania led a late breakaway in a downpour to win the 19th Stage of the Tour de France on Friday after hitching a ride with his Garmin-Sharp teammates. Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali retained the
This article originally appeared at Salon.com Rep. Kerry Bentivolio is a freshman House Republican who’s facing a primary challenger on Aug. 5. Yesterday afternoon, he pulled what some might call a “campaign stunt.” He returned, and made a big fuss
(Reuters) – Police in China have arrested a man on suspicion of castrating or partially castrating four patients at a nursing home, state media said on Thursday, the latest scandal to hit the country’s medical sector. Doctors discovered on Tuesday
(Reuters) – A 28-year-old Chinese man pleaded guilty on Wednesday of attempting to smuggle military technology obtained from undercover U.S. agents out of the United States toChina, the U.S. Justice Department said. Bo Cai, an employee of a Chinese technology
The Hollywood Reporter is surprise Sony bumped “The Amazing Spider-Man 3” a full two years, from 2016 to 2018, but they have to be in the minority. By charging ahead with the threequel of a dying franchise, Sony risked losing
California Gov Jerry Brown sees the current border crisis more as a “humanitarian” crisis, than a political one and he also pointed out that currently “half of California’s school-age children are of Latin descent.” His remarks came during a meeting with Mexico’s
Editors Note: China announced a quarantine of a city due to bubonic plague. Today’s Daily Beast had this update from Kent Sepkowitz which we reprint. China! The plague! A city quarantined! It sounds like a dismal new episode of the
Yumen, China has been “sealed off and 151 people have been place on quarantine” since a bubonic plague death last week. According to The Guardian, police set up “roadblocks on the parameter of the city” and motorists who normally drive
Caracas, July 21 (QNA) – Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro agreed here Sunday to upgrade their countries’ relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership. China and Venezuela are good friends of mutual trust and good partners
China is sending a spy ship to monitor U.S. ship exercises off the coast of Hawaii. The Chinese say that because the exercises are being held in international waters, they have a right do surveillance of them. According to BBC
A giant rubber duck installed on China’s Nanming River has disappeared. The duck, a sculpture by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, was widely acclaimed and warmly received when it arrived in China, but disappeared swiftly from the waters as the river
On Saturday, President Obama used his weekly address to highlight recent positive economic indicators as an argument for raising the minimum wage and increasing spending on roads, infrastructure, and job training. The president said, “Over the past 52 months, our businesses
As the three day meeting for the 6th annual “BRICS” conference of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa comes to a close, the most important accomplishment is the founding of the BRICS Development Bank and a currency stabilization pool
China is cracking down after the CCTV state-owned broadcaster secretly recorded a state-owned bank executive bragging that the bank illegally provides in-house money laundering services for wealthy Chinese nationals to violate currency controls and buy real estate in “world cities”
