COVID-19 Resurgence in China: The Bad and Ugly
Health experts expect new Omicron strain to infect about 60 million people by the end of June. Reports have confirmed that a new strain of COVID has held China in its clutches, infecting and killing several citizens. However, as it did in 2019 when COVID first broke out in Wuhan, the Chinese Communist Party shirked […]
YouTube To Change Its Policy Regarding 2020 Election Fraud Crisis
Starting in 2024, YouTube seeks to stop censorship of content with false claims of electoral fraud. On Friday, June 2, 2023, the world’s biggest video-sharing company shifted its ground on its policy towards political content that spreads information about electoral fraud. In light of the much-debated 2020 electoral results, YouTube will stop removing content with […]
Caltrans Project: Archaeologists and Native Tribes Digging Up Old and New Grudges
In a bid to conduct archaeological surveys with an eye to reconstructing US Highway 395, archaeologists have drawn the ire of local tribes in the area. The $69.7 million Caltrans Project was meant to convert the two-lane road to a four-lane expressway. This was expected to ensure the safety of motorists using the road. Things […]
One Porcelain to Rule Them All
Professor Hai Shi Lee from the UCLA Center For Chinese Studies interviewed Dr. Wang Guanyi on the history of Chinese porcelain. Dr. Wang is the Associate Curator of Arts at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She also participated in the excavation of the Qin muslin site and was a key participant in the study […]
People Who Travel Are Healthier Than Those Who Do Not
With the population of the United Kingdom as the subject of a newly completed survey, it has been discovered that the restrictions on traveling away from one’s location could contribute to an individual’s physical health. People who have been able to go beyond their local habitations have been living healthier lives compared to those restricted […]
Why this Decade Might Be the Worst to Buy a Car
We are in a time when owning a car is more expensive than a luxury. Besides the looks of admiration and awe from having an exotic car, owning one has little to be gained. Cars, in their different brands and sizes, turn out to be liabilities rather than assets, and in the long run, car […]
US Elections 2024: Vivek Ramaswamy Aims to Unleash New Generation Presidency
37-year-old American entrepreneur, Vivek Ramaswamy, has become only the third Republican to throw his hat into an increasingly crowded ring of presidential candidates. He has only been preceded by former president Donald Trump, and former United Nations ambassador, Nikki Haley. Mr. Ramaswamy is a millionaire entrepreneur, head of an asset management firm, and the author […]
The Yongle Canon: An Ancient Repository of Knowledge
The world’s largest encyclopedia is the Yongle Canon, a vast Chinese encyclopedia compiled during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Commissioned by the Yongle Emperor, the encyclopedia is one of the most comprehensive works of its kind, containing over 22,000 volumes of texts and illustrations. Compiled over six years, the Yongle Canon is considered to be one […]
“Bomb Away the Fentanyl,” Republicans Declare War On Mexican Cartels.
Republican leaders rally around Donald Trump’s “battle strike” idea as the ideal solution for the drug problem. A growing number of United States congressmen, mostly Republicans, are rallying around the idea of bombing Mexican drug cartels as a viable solution to the overdose of synthetic opioids. Nearly 71,000 Americans died in 2021 from synthetic-opioid overdoses, […]
Global Economic Curve Approaches Nosedive: World Bank Warns of a “Lost Decade”
The t global economy may soon grind to a halt if bold policy shifts are not implemented quickly, the World Bank warns. The World Bank has released a report predicting that, if left unchecked, economic growth and poverty reduction improvements that have taken place since the 1990s will soon begin to reverse. This could lead […]