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Hong Kong Gov Claim of Fewer Than 200 Dead in Wang Fuk Court Fire Is Massive Underestimate

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Hong Kong Gov Claim of Fewer Than 200 Dead in Wang Fuk Court Fire Is Massive Underestimate

Scribbler December 9, 2025

The Hong Kong government doesn’t want Hongkongers to know how many people died in the fires that...

Hong Kong Government to Foreign Media Covering Wang Fuk Fire: Beware

Hong Kong chief executive John Lee casts his ballot

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Hong Kong Government to Foreign Media Covering Wang Fuk Fire: Beware

Scribbler December 8, 2025

“Some foreign media have recently reported on Hong Kong ignoring the facts, spreading false information, distorting and...

Can Beijing Build Faster Than Its Projects Collapse?

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Can Beijing Build Faster Than Its Projects Collapse?

James Roth December 6, 2025

It was Hong Kong’s most devastating fire since 1953, an event recalling the Shanghai fire of 2010...

Deflating the Foes of Deflation

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Deflating the Foes of Deflation

James Roth November 23, 2025

October data is in and the headlines cry out “Falling prices signal bigger troubles ahead for China’s...

November 20 Hearing: China’s War on Religion

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri preaching in 2018

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November 20 Hearing: China’s War on Religion

Scribbler November 18, 2025

From 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (EST) on November 20, 2025, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China will...

Let a Hundred Aspirational Priorities Bloom

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Let a Hundred Aspirational Priorities Bloom

James Roth November 6, 2025

It’s done. The Chinese Communist Party’s Fourth Plenary Session of the 20thCentral Committee ended on October 23,...

Hainan Rubber Destroys Crop in Hainan Province

Hainan Province village protesters versus police

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Hainan Rubber Destroys Crop in Hainan Province

Scribbler November 5, 2025

In late October, the local branch of a state-owned enterprise or SOE, the China Hainan Rubber Industry...

Hong Kong Gov Claim of Fewer Than 200 Dead in Wang Fuk Court Fire Is Massive Underestimate

Hong Kong Government to Foreign Media Covering Wang Fuk Fire: Beware

The Democratic Socialists of America Promotes Chinese Communist Party Propaganda

Can Beijing Build Faster Than Its Projects Collapse?

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Deflating the Foes of Deflation

November 20 Hearing: China’s War on Religion

Let a Hundred Aspirational Priorities Bloom

Hainan Rubber Destroys Crop in Hainan Province

The Kids Are Not All Right If They’re All Right With Mamdani

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