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Canada Opens Investigation of Ralph Lauren, Accused of Relying on Compulsory Uyghur Labor

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• Canada
• China
• Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

Canada Opens Investigation of Ralph Lauren, Accused of Relying on Compulsory Uyghur Labor

Scribbler September 3, 2023

Sheri Meyerhoffer, Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, announced in August 2023 that “I have decided that the...

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The Way We Censor Now

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• Censorship
• China
• News

The Way We Censor Now

Paul Jacob September 2, 2023

In China, the government now sells software to social media companies so they have the best real-time...

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A Life of Meaning

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• China
• Hong Kong
• Human Rights

A Life of Meaning

Paul Jacob September 2, 2023

My wife and I are attending tonight’s Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty dinner at the Cato...

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The Chinazis Next Door

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• China
• News
• Surveillance

The Chinazis Next Door

Paul Jacob September 2, 2023

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! This 1966 comedy about the accidental grounding of a...

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Hong Kong Judges Only Mostly Cooperate With China’s Tyranny

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• China
• Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
• Hong Kong

Hong Kong Judges Only Mostly Cooperate With China’s Tyranny

Scribbler September 2, 2023

Judges on the Hong Kong Court of Appeal have adjusted the convictions of seven prominent pro-democracy activists....

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China’s Squid Game: Right Up to the Edge of EEZs and Beyond

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• China
• Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
• News

China’s Squid Game: Right Up to the Edge of EEZs and Beyond

Scribbler September 2, 2023

China may pretend that in its massive fishing operations near other countries, it is “only” trawling close...

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Too Funny or Too On-Target?

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• Censorship
• Human Rights
• News

Too Funny or Too On-Target?

Paul Jacob September 2, 2023

Since nobody has noticed or documented a Google policy of banning YouTube videos that are too funny,...

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Hong Kong Government to Everybody: Don’t Soft-Resist Us

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• China
• Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
• Hong Kong

Hong Kong Government to Everybody: Don’t Soft-Resist Us

Scribbler August 30, 2023

It goes without saying that the tyrants crushing the populaces of China and Hong Kong cannot tolerate...

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Granholm Met With China Before Reducing Petroleum Reserve

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• China
• Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
• News

Granholm Met With China Before Reducing Petroleum Reserve

Scribbler August 30, 2023

The United States maintains an emergency reserve of petroleum that, in theory, is reserved for use in...

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Accounting for Taste

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• China
• Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
• Democracy

Accounting for Taste

Paul Jacob August 25, 2023

“In an open-ended question allowing Americans to name which country they see as the greatest threat to...

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