Sensitive to the lamentations from an extremely small – yet – loud element of hardcore Maoists acting like religious police in Chinese social media, Xi Jinping is caught in a conundrum. Reflexively calling for the reabsorption of Taiwan into the Peoples’ Republic of China during public appearances, he inwardly grimaces,
Filipino politicians and VIPs often manage to hide in or flee the country after facing accusations of corruption or other crimes through a combination of systemic corruption, political influence, institutional loopholes, and inadequate prosecution mechanisms. This pattern reflects deep-rooted issues in the country’s law enforcement and internal security environments, notably
Forget the biased coverage offered up by CNN, MS-NOW, Fox News and Al-Jazeera. If one scrutinizes all the videos available online showing the raucous demonstrations against ICE activities to arrest illegal aliens in cities like Minneapolis, New York and Chicago, one thing really stands out: The vast majority of those
Overseas business interests have avoided the country since 2017 as setting up a factory involves more red tape than a Christmas gift-wrapping convention hosted by Pinoy bureaucrats riding brightly-painted elephants. Instead, they’re flocking to neighbors like Vietnam and Thailand, where business moves faster than Manila traffic on a Covid day,
With the refinement of AI Deepfakes, video likenesses of respected vloggers and journalists have begun appearing on smartphones of otherwise educated people in the Philippines, whose owners are quick to believe the misinformation being spewed. Who is behind this, what is their purpose, and how can Filipinos fact-check such channels?
Understanding origins of the current mainland Chinese government’s chip on its shoulder, resulting in it insulting other countries on a constant basis and bullying fishermen from poor countries like the Philippines in the South China Sea and Scarborough Shoal. Is it a wisely thought-through political strategy or some sort of
