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A Chinese executive who was working with Game of Thrones showrunners to create a new sci-fi series has allegedly been poisoned by a co-worker. The Shanghai Police Bureau reports that Lin Qi, a 39-year-old executive involved in the adaptation of the beloved Three-Body Problem sci-fi trilogy, was admitted to the hospital in mid-December. After doctors determined […]
Less than a week after being hospitalized for coronavirus, Donald Trump told the nation he considers his diagnosis a “blessing from god.” The president made the comment during a nearly five minute-long video shared via Twitter on Wednesday, as the U.S.’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 211,000. Trump acknowledged his recent stay at Walter Reed Medical Center, claiming […]
On Monday, an officer for the New York Police Department was charged for allegedly spying on Tibetan New Yorkers on behalf of the Chinese government. A criminal complaint spells out the accusations against 33-year-old Baimadajie Angwang, with that complaint saying that Angwang served as an illegal agent who was at the “direction and control” of Chinese government officials […]
On Tuesday, it was announced that China will soon be easing restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic by allowing the nation’s movie theaters to sell 75 percent of available tickets per showing. At the moment, cinemas in China are only allowed to be filled to half capacity. This new bump will kick in on September 25, […]
The pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand are looking to leverage their fight against China by boycotting Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan. The controversy was sparked when the film’s lead actress Liu Yifei showed support for the Hong Kong police and condemned the region’s protesters via the Chinese social media site Weibo in August 2019. “I also support Hong Kong […]
While Wuhan, China emerged as ground zero of the coronavirus pandemic—and subsequently underwent the world’s first, and perhaps most severe lockdown—it appears the city is returning back to normal. This past weekend, the Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park was crowded with partygoers standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the water, while pools were packed with people floating in […]
A man walking his dog in China was knocked unconscious after a cat fell on him. Here’s the footage, which includes said clumsy cat running away right afterward: I honestly feel like we could end this right here, but I guess I should probably write a few more things. This particular video was posted on August 14, […]
Amid a pandemic that has wrecked the health and finances of thousands of Americans, and currently shows no signs of imminent improvement, Trump is putting time and energy into threatening TikTok. Indeed, as previously reported, Trump again spouted some shit about “banning” the popular app last week. He was also said to have expressed a lack of […]
UPDATED 7/31 at 11:30 p.m. ET: On Friday night, Donald Trump told press he planned to ban TikTok and could do so as early as Saturday using an executive order, according to multiple reports. “As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United States,” he said, according to a pool report. According to […]
Those unsolicited seed packages you may or may not have seen popping up on the timeline, and/or in your mailbox, have now resulted in warning messages being issued in all 50 states. CNN has compiled the warning messages from each state here, noting that officials in the U.S. are stating that the packages “appear” to originate from […]
