On Dec. 2, a Hong Kong court sentenced pro-democracy leaders Joshua Wong,  Ivan Lam, and Agnes Chow Ting to 13 1/2 months, 7 months, and 10 months in prison respectively, for three counts of inciting, organizing, and participating in unauthorized assemblies. The three were former members of the Demosisto political party, which disbanded following the passage of the National Security Law by Communist China this June.  According to Stand News, the West Kowloon Magistrate's Court in...

Stuttgart-based auto giant Daimler announced on Nov. 20 plans to begin joint production of hundreds of thousands of next-generation combustion engines for use in hybrid auto technology with Chinese car manufacturer Geely Holdings. Daimler, one of the world’s largest and oldest vehicle manufacturers, holds the elite Mercedes-Benz as its sole passenger offering and also boasts itself as the largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles in the world with the Mercedes-Benz line of trucks and vans, as...

In 1985, Sun Dawu, who has become a Chinese entrepreneur, and his wife started their business with a thousand chickens and 50 pigs. Ten years later, they founded the Dawu Group, which grew to become one of the top 500 Chinese private enterprises. Today, it is the leading company in the agricultural sector in Hebei Province. Headquartered on 800 acres, it has more than 9,000 employees with fixed assets of US$204 million and an...

In the past, there was a man who wanted to build a house, and he invited a fengshui master to check the location. Just as they got near it, they saw birds flying out of some trees. The man said to the fengshui master: “Let’s do this another time. There must be children climbing up the trees to pick peaches, and they are scaring the birds out of the trees. If we go there...

Germany has decided to send a frigate to patrol the Indian Ocean so as to counter Chinese influence. In addition, German officers will also assist the Australian Navy in keeping China in check. German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer noted that stability of the Indo-Pacific is crucial to the world’s well-being. Team work "We believe that Germany needs to mark its position in the region… China is an important trading partner for Germany and we have...