China’s approach to problems appears to be “don’t allow reporting on it” as it is actively trying to stop foreign embassies, which are sovereign unto the land they’re on, to stop tweeting information to their staff about pollution, especially air pollution. China told foreign embassies Tuesday to stop publishing their own reports on air quality […]

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AP is out with a report on stranger than normal smog in the metropolis of Wuhan. Described by residents as opaque with yellowish and greenish tinges, the fug descended suddenly in the morning, prompting people to rush to put on face masks, witnesses told AFP. France’s consulate-general in the central city advised residents to stay […]

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An important column is out about the high-level corruption in China. Rather than a ‘meritrocracy’ where people advance on merit, the authors site China as a ‘kleptocracy’ where people advance based upon graft and how much they can steal. Why I view the column as important as the author, off most folks radar, specializes in […]

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Some commentary is out about potential trapdoors Chinese companies have built into communication equipment, think the telephone in your pocket t0 military hardware, that would allow China to either hijack or shut down the equipment. We need to recognize that the “rules” the traditional developed world play by are not the same as new, emerging […]

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