China’s Social Credit System

BEIJING — The Winter Paralympics opened Friday in Beijing with the Russian athletes sent home, the Ukrainian team escaping a war zone to get to China and an impassioned call for peace. Andrew Parsons, the president of the International Paralympic Committee, declared his horror at the fighting in Ukraine and…

Microsoft has opened a fifth Azure region in China with one hand while putting a stop to new sales in Russia with the other. The Redmond software giant declared today that its new Azure region in North China went live with unrestricted access for customers on 1 March, with capabilities…

There are various reports about Putin having decades long anger at Russia losing the Cold War to the West. Putin felt humiliated that Russia was treated as second rate by the West after the USSR fell. Big tough Putin and Russia with nuclear weapons demanded respect and is forcing respect…

Home News The discarded rocket stage is expected to slam into the far side of the moon (shown here). (Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University) A 3- ton (2.7 metric tons) discarded rocket stage will smash into the moon Friday (March 4), but its origins are still disputed.…

Source: Adobe/Narin SapaisarnChina’s digital yuan is edging ever closer to a nationwide rollout, with banks, airports, and provinces looking to boost their adoption efforts following last month’s Winter Olympics and ahead of the Paralympic Winter Olympics. The Paralympics begins on March 4, and overseas attendees will again be invited to…

The Pentagon on Wednesday criticized the Chinese government for not joining Western sanctions on Russia and falsely blaming the invasion of Ukraine on the United States. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said public statements by Chinese government officials revealed tacit support for the Russian invasion. China‘s Foreign Ministry spokesmen, he noted,…

Judd Trump booked his place in the third round of the Welsh Open with a comfortable 4-1 win over Craig Steadman. Trump marched into an early lead at Celtic Manor with a break of 58 against his opponent Steadman, ranked 98 in the world. Trump looked in the mood early…

An armed man stands near a barricade during an air raid alarm in Maidan Square, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. AP PHOTO BEIJING: Three weeks ago, the leaders of China and Russia declared that the friendship between their countries "has no limits" as they met in Beijing on…

Chinese officials have said their relations with Russia continue to deepen despite the international backlash regarding Moscow's military moves against Ukraine, but they dismissed speculation that Beijing had endorsed the Kremlin's plan to attack the neighboring country. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin openly fortified their nations'…

COVID Scientists released a pair of extensive studies Saturday that point to a market in Wuhan, China, as the origin of the coronavirus pandemic. An aerial view of Wuhan, China, on Jan. 18, 2021. A pair of extensive studies released on Feb. 25, 2022 point to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale…