Italy’s Female PM Meloni Uses State Power to Kick the CCP Out!
Italy has moved to reduce Chinese influence. On January 23, Camfin—the second-largest shareholder in the tire company Pirelli—announced it would not renew its shareholder...
Xi’s Nightmare: Was Zhang Youxia Assassinated… or Is the Army About to Storm Beijing?
China Insights delivers sharp, data-driven analysis of China’s politics, economy, and society. We connect the dots behind breaking headlines — from Beijing’s power shifts...
How hair-raising prices for memory chips could take China’s top makers to new heights
In the world’s biggest wholesale electronics marketplace in the bustling Huaqiangbei district of the southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen, memory is the new gold....
All of Singapore is K-pop’s stage in new tourism push
On a lively weekend afternoon beneath Marina Bay Sands, there is no stage, no spotlight and no audience in the conventional sense. Still, familiar...
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un set to signal stronger nuclear deterrence posture at congress
North Korea is set to use its coming Workers’ Party congress to signal an escalation towards carrying out large-scale nuclear retaliation in the event...
As the US dollar weakens, all that glitters is gold
This year started with a bang – from the United States’ intervention in Venezuela and the investigation opened against US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome...
Venezuela proposes to free hundreds of prisoners, turn ‘torture’ prison into sports hub
Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez on Friday announced a proposed “amnesty law” for hundreds of prisoners in the country, and said the infamous Helicoide...
‘Rampant like a pandemic’: why Hongkongers struggle to get peace from junk calls
Hongkonger Chan Shuk-wah feels exhausted by the constant ringing of her phone. On any given weekday, nearly all of the calls lighting up her...
Senate Minority Leader Schumer Holds News Conference
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, along with Sens. Patty Murray and Brian Schatz, hold a news conference at 6:30 pm. ET on Jan. 30...