Tag: The Epoch Times

“Right now the topic is: will there be war with China? How soon? Someday, there might be another set of questions. Can we win a war with China? If so, how?” says Michael Pillsbury, senior fellow for China strategy at The Heritage Foundation and a co-author of the new report: “Winning the New Cold War: A Plan for Countering China.” ...

Follow the money, and you will see Hollywood elites bought by foreign interests to influence American politics. Ex-Fugees rapper Pras Michel has been found guilty of colluding with the Chinese regime to influence American politicians. Michel faced 11 counts over conspiracy to help Malaysian businessman Jho Taek Low and the Chinese regime gain access to U.S. officials. Michel distributed up ...

Commentary “The Phantom of the Opera” closed on April 16 after 13,981 performances on Broadway. With 35 years on the Great White Way, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s wildly popular musical has held the record for the longest-running show on Broadway since 2006. However, this was by no means an original story when it debuted in London’s West End in 1986. It ...

A new survey found the majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and the problem is worse for millennials, with nearly three-quarters, or 73 percent, living paycheck to paycheck. Personal finance site PYMNTS and LendingClub, an online lender, released an April report, titled “New Reality Check: The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Report,” to learn how the rising cost of living is impacting consumers’ ...

Commentary Beijing reported that the country’s real gross domestic product (GDP) grew in this year’s first quarter by 4.5 percent over the first quarter of 2022. That is a vast improvement over the 2.9 percent growth reported for the fourth quarter of last year. Because Beijing rescinded its draconian zero-COVID policy last January, most forecasters expected an improvement, but this ...

Open source is “unleashed, so it can’t get taken down, because it’s been widely distributed” It is inevitable that an open source system will take over social media, said Bill Ottman, co-founder and CEO of the Minds social media network. Minds is a free, open source, crowdfunded, and encrypted social networking platform. Contrary to popular belief, open source media apps ...

A video advertisement released by TikTok featuring an Air National Guardsman has drawn concerns among two Republican lawmakers, who say it appears to be a “de facto” endorsement of the U.S. military of the Chinese-owned video app amid heightened security concerns. “Chinese intelligence and security services use TikTok to surveil, exploit, and manipulate the American people,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) ...

The U.S. Department of Interior’s (DOI) reauthorization of its five-year National Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program is months overdue and feared lost at sea—a sea that is of regulatory deceit, claim Congressional Republicans and some Democrats. The update to the 2017-22 federal offshore leasing program was required by statute in June 2022. But the DOI, citing pending litigation, ...

Pornhub has disabled access to its website in Utah in response to a new law requiring companies publishing adult content to verify users’ ages before allowing them to view the X-rated material on their platforms. The pornography website confirmed to Axios that it completely disabled its websites for individuals located in the state on May 1. Individuals in Utah attempting to access Pornhub’s site are ...

Commentary The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet reached its all-time high in May 2022. Since then, it was supposed to drop at a steady pace and shed $3 trillion by 2024. The normalization of monetary policy was built on the idea of a soft landing for the economy. However, the Fed may be killing the private sector to save the government. ...

Over the past several years, China’s powerful grip on rare earth elements has motivated action by Congress and multiple presidents. Millions in government funding went to an American rare earth and critical mineral refinery and a rare earth separation plant. Just last week, Reps. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Penn.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) reintroduced a bill that would create a tax credit ...

Akira Amari, a member of the House of Representatives of Japan, Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party, former Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy, and a champion of Japan’s economic security, shares his views on the G-7 summit and Japanese leadership at 9:00 a.m. ET on May 2 at a Hudson Institute and Sasakawa USA host discussion.

Microsoft announced the end of Windows 10, the world’s most popular operating system, and said the current version will be the last. In a “client roadmap update,” Microsoft said that the current version of Windows 10, 22H2, which was released in October 2022, is the final feature update. Security updates and support will still be provided for Windows 10 Home, Pro, ...

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is steeped in numerology as it seeks to convey legitimacy by merging traditional Chinese lucky numbers with crackpot communist policies imposed on the unsuspecting Chinese people. The communists seek to capitalize on the Chinese belief that lucky numbers are associated with good fortune, thus emphasizing certain numbers in promulgating policies. The CCP is particularly ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pursuing legislation to prevent the Pentagon from using artificial intelligence (AI) to launch nuclear weapons. The Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Act aims to safeguard the nuclear command and control process from future policy changes that might allow AI to make nuclear launch and targeting decisions. Reps. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Don Beyer ...

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy holds a news conference at 10:30 a.m. ET on May 1 at the end of a two-day visit to Jerusalem. ...

A report commissioned by Chinese social media giant TikTok supposed to dampen its security issues, has been criticised by cybersecurity firm Internet 2.0. Robert Potter, head of the firm, said the third-party report, compiled by Prof. Nigel Phair, missed vital details. “Certain data access points, such as clipboard access, advertisement ID, and biometric data, have been omitted in Prof. Phair’s work. ...