Tag: China
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How Canada Can Help Repair Today’s Global Trading System
The article below (Furthering the Benefits of Global Economic Integration throughInstitution Building: Canada as 2024 Chair of CPTPP) was first published by the C.D. Howe Institute by Paul Jenkins and Mark Kruger. Introduction Over the last 10 to 15 years, the global economy has become fragmented. There are many reasons for this fragmentation – both…
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9 Years Since China Landing- NASA Warns They Could Take Over The Moon
It’s the 9th anniversary of China’s 2014 Moon landing and it deserves special attention. Many Westerners are unaware of their impressive accomplishment because for the most part it was not reported in the mainstream media. Even now, getting information on China’s mission is challenging and the reports that are readily available seem to be from…
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Five Years After an EMP Strike: Expert Explores What Society Might Look Like
Black Mountain, NC, June , 2023 —William R. Forstchen, Ph.D., prays that he is remembered 30 years from now as a crank. Widely considered one of the foremost experts on electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks, Dr. Forstchen wants more than anything to be wrong when he says an attack is imminent. Dr. Forstchen is also a…
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Why Pearls Keep Soaring In Popularity And Price
While diamonds used to be a girl’s best friend, pearls may now be the wiser purchase because we are in the middle of a Pearl Renaissance and everyone from Michelle Obama, Beyonce, Ellen DeGeneres, Kris Jenner, and Angelina Jolie to Rihanna and Keira Knightly are sporting the pearl look. While pearls are soaring in popularity, so…
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USA, Germany Ratings Weaker As Russia Suffers Global Rebuke
U.S. leadership ratings retreated after the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan, with most of the world disapproving of Russia’s leadership after its invasion of Ukraine Washington, D.C. — A new Gallup report based on interviews in 137 countries in 2022 shows the honeymoon is over for U.S. President Joe Biden, and Germany’s image has lost some of its clout…
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EMP Pulse Attack Would Cripple North American Energy Grids
EMP Attacks: Expert William Forstchen Describes Cataclysmic Impact Washington, D.C., 2023 — An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack above the center of North America would cripple the already vulnerable energy grid, wiping out power and setting off a cascade of deadly events. But just how real is the threat? “I believe the threat of America being hit by…
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Inside The High Flying World Of Hot Air Balloons
We’ve been hearing a lot about balloons lately- the kind that certain nations are using to spy on us. Hopefully everyone has seen a hot air balloon in flight, but have you ever wondered when the first one was invented? Or how much hot air is required to get them off the ground? Or where…
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Canada Ranks 2 In Biggest Decrease In Car Production
The research by GoShorty looked at worldwide car production figures from previous years, the number of people employed in the automotive industry, and other factors to reveal which countries produce the most and least commercial vehicles in the world. Countries with the biggest decreases in car production: Rank Country Cars Produced Commercial Vehicles Produced Total…
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Act Now Or Lose African Elephants Forever
Elephants are super smart — as close to humans as apes, yet we are literally killing them to extinction. And they are obsessed with their death. They understand what is happening to them and their families, even identifying elephant bones and spending hours crying over them. Poaching is so emotionally devastating that it can take…
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Your Electronic Goods Recycling Donations Become Bank Deposits
Used and broken electronics such as computers, cellphones, dvd players, washers and dryers still hold intrinsic value because if you were to peer inside these things you’d notice a lot of wire and circuitry. There is a surprisingly substantial amount of copper, silver and gold waiting for “the recycling”. Consumerism- the acquisition of goods, is…
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How I Met My Wife Halfway In Zhengzhou China
How I met my wife halfway…Elegant Confusion………Being delivered by car (my wife’s friend and a co-worker) to the Hotel in the downtown area of Zhengzhou, bursting along the byways and expressways from the Airport, cars around us dancing across the indistinct markings of the lanes in what could be described as a level of a…
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COVID-19 Wildlife Connection
With new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) still being reported every day across the globe, we are starkly reminded that handling or coming into close contact with wildlife, their body parts, and excreta poses a risk of spillover of the pathogens [viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi] they host and maintain in nature, and to which we…
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Royal Gulf Industries To Fund UAE’s First EV Battery Recycling Centre
Will invest AED 62.4 million / $16.99 million USD / $21.82 million CAD on constructing UAE’s first used battery recycling centre in Ras Al Khaimah. Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) welcomed Royal Gulf Industries, a state-of-the-art lead acid battery recycling company, to its dynamic industrial ecosystem. A subsidiary of Hyderabad Castings Limited and part…
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Agree? Aussie Study Reveals Canada Most Desired Country To Relocate To Worldwide
A study by Compare the Market Australia has analyzed each country around the world on their annual search volume for terms such as ‘relocating to [country]’ and ‘moving to [country]’ to reveal the world’s most desirable countries to relocate to. The most desired countries to relocate to? Here comes a boring chart! Rank Top destination…
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Quirky Doc About One Man’s Quest For Supreme Tea
Invest a little over an hour watching this documentary about tea and you might find yourself contemplating a new connection between rural farming communities and the tea farmers of China. That’s because All in this Tea deals with all aspects of Chinese tea production, but takes a special interest in how a new demand for…
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Cyber Warfare: How Digital World Became Battlefield
Cybersecurity expert explains how virtual wars are fought With the Russia-Ukraine war in full swing, cybersecurity experts point to a cyber front that had been forming online long before Russian troops crossed the border. Even in the months leading up to the outbreak of war, Ukrainian websites were attacked and altered to display threatening messages…
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Tesla Is Fastest Growing Auto Brand Over Course Of Pandemic
Tesla has been the fastest growing automobile brand over the course of the pandemic with astounding brand value growth of 271% in the last two years, according to the latest report by leading brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance. Tesla’s impressive growth continued this year with its brand value up by 44% to US$46.0 billion ( CAD$58.55…
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Google and Microsoft products accumulated the most vulnerabilities in H1 2021
Cybercriminals are constantly attempting to exploit vulnerabilities that affect as many people as possible to maximize their profit opportunities. According to the recent Atlas VPN team findings, Google and Microsoft accumulated the most vulnerabilities in the first half of 2021. Although not all exposures can cause critical damage, hackers could exploit some of them for severe attacks. …
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How The Old iPhone5 Was Made & Why It Still Matters
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Best Countries For Post Covid Study Abroad Programs
As more students are heading towards graduation each year, the struggle to get a graduate job is becoming more difficult, and students have to ensure strong CVs in order to stand out from the crowd. The Covid pandemic has put a halt to students having options in countries other than their own. However, with a…
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Unusual Features Of SARS Covid Genome Suggest Laboratory Creation Not Nature
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has led to over 910,000 deaths worldwide and unprecedented decimation of the global economy. Despite its tremendous impact, the origin of SARS-CoV-2 has remained mysterious and controversial. The natural origin theory, although widely accepted, lacks substantial support. Censorship Of Alternative Theory The alternative theory that the…
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Intelligence Operative- Iran Source Of Explosives Causing Beirut Nuke Like Destruction
Beirut / Tehran – The 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate which caused a massive explosion in the port of Beirut originated in Iran before being loaded onto the Russian ship MV Rhosus whose cargo ultimately ended up being unloaded in the port of Beirut. This revelation comes from an intelligence operative within Tehran’s government who has…
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Most Say Coronavirus An On-going Threat As Countries Call For Travel Bans And Quarantines
February, 2020; Paris, France – A majority of people across eight large countries say the coronavirus poses a high or very high threat to the world and an additional one in three say the virus is a moderate threat to the world. More than one in two people in Japan (66%), Australia (61%) and the United…
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Winners And Losers Around The World In School Lunches
School has ‘been in’ for awhile now. Does your child’s school lunches sound healthy to you? How do you think it compares to school dinners from around the world? And how much do school meals affect energy levels for post-lunch learning and does that have an impact on PISA test results? Check out this infographic…
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Edifier Setting Bar High For Affordable Bookshelf Speaker Quality
Here in Canada, you may not have heard of Edifier but take note- their state-of-the art manufacturing facilities in China produce 8 million units every year for home, consumer electronics and PC multimedia applications. Edifier specializes in premium sound systems that showcase technological innovation and design elegance while keeping prices amazingly low. Normally if you are…
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Study Reveals Cost Of Cannabis And Industry Growth Worldwide
2018 Weed Index Study reveals the cost of marijuana and highlights the number of grow and head shops in 120 cities around the world: With a total of 156, Los Angeles, USA has the most headshops. Madrid, Spain has the largest amount of growshops, with a total of 68. Tokyo, Japan has the most expensive…
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New Fashion Via Global Electronic Commerce Platform AliExpress
Based in Hangzou, China, AliExpress is a global e-commerce platform made up of small business sellers offering a wide variety of consumer products worldwide. This growing platform already has (at the time of this writing) over 3 million likes on Facebook. An impressive number that speaks to the desirability of products on hand. What makes…
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Chinese Newspaper Baskets
Okay I admit it, newspapers are dead. But maybe in China they aren’t. Or are. Because in a local bargain shop I discovered a cache of wastebaskets in three different sizes made entirely out of newspapers: Chinese newspapers to be exact. And that started me thinking. It seems probable that in China, or somewhere near there, an active recycling…