When the Wuhan coronavirus first made news in December, like most Americans I didn’t think much of it. The problem was half a world away. Few people were afflicted, and only a small fraction of them had died. We’ll probably hear the last of it when winter gives way to spring, I figured. It hasn’t…
In the spring of 2014, when awareness of Ebola was just beginning to dawn, a case of infection appeared in the town of Harbel, Liberia. The biggest employer in the area is Firestone. The company immediately set up a quarantine area of its hospital for the infected woman, who soon died. They distributed hazmat suits…
Haitao Guo, University of Pittsburgh; Guangxiang “George” Luo, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Shou-Jiang Gao, University of Pittsburgh Snakes – the Chinese krait and the Chinese cobra – may be the original source of the newly discovered coronavirus that has triggered an outbreak of a deadly infectious respiratory illness in China this winter. The…
Happy Sunday, Liberty Lovers! Fact: Communism sucks. The one-child policy was one of the crazy programs that Communist China implemented in an effort to control its population. I watched an incredibly disturbing and eye-opening documentary about the one-child policy called “One Child Nation.” It showed me just how powerful propaganda can be when a government…
You may have read about China’s practice of foot-binding. It’s an ancient custom dating back to the supposedly pleasing aesthetic sense of the 10th century. To improve their marriage prospects, women would bind their feet with bandages from an early age to stunt the growth of them. The tradition was damaging to the development of…
Jon, a libertarian activist also known as @still_too_savage_for_statists on Instagram, was in Hong Kong from November 3rd to November 18th. He raised the money to give out medical supplies in Hong Kong, helped the protesters medically, talked to the people of Hong Kong about politics, was in Poly University before the police took control of it,…
The People’s Republic of China this week officially became a producer of aircraft carriers. The Shandong entered service, introducing the first domestically produced aircraft carrier to the People’s Liberation Army Navy. It’s a stark reminder that this is a competitive world when it comes to pursuit of national interests. The U.S. has to keep up…
Shelby Talcott China suspended U.S. Navy visits to Hong Kong Monday after President Donald Trump signed legislation last week backing the pro-democracy protests that have been going on for months. The two bills Trump signed Nov. 27 come amid a continuation of public clashes in Hong Kong that began over an extradition bill. China previously warned it…
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Thursday, November 28th. America celebrated the ultimate example of communism failing, capitalism emerging, and mutual respect between vastly different cultures during Thanksgiving. On this day, Hong Kong celebrated thankfulness for American leadership in a Thanksgiving Day Assembly. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5SJbqShWwC/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet Thousands flooded Hong Kong’s Edinburgh Place for the Thanksgiving rally at approximately 7:00pm (their time).It was organized by the…
The activists at Truman State University’s Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) chapter held an event to support Hong Kong protesters yearning for liberty. It created some uncomfortable confrontations and the police were called. Naomi Mathew is the president of Truman State’s YAL chapter and a Missouri State Chair for YAL. Mathew explained that in October,…