The international Pan-Pacific coolie trade from GuangDong Province was comparable to that of the African Slave trade to which the coolie system had replaced as our mistreated and desperate ancestors, victims of the the coolie trade, were escaping starvation due to the destruction of their productive agricultural lands (in the western regions of the Pearl River Delta) caused by a Christian Holy War launched against them by Christian Hakkas.

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When was Christmas Island discovered? And when did it become an Australian territory? In this episode I'll go through the history and politics of Christmas Island from its discovery by Europeans, to how ownership has changed hands, the darker parts of its history with mistreatment of Chinese workers, to the present day, and also: the crabs. The millions and millions of crabs.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement dated Friday that Hong Kong authorities displayed their “disregard for international norms and human rights in Hong Kong."

“We strongly oppose any efforts to intimidate and silence individuals who choose to make the United States their home and will not waver in standing up for those who are targeted simply for exercising their human rights,” he said.

Police have arrested people on suspicion of providing funds for some of those who have fled abroad.

Both the U.S. and British governments have denounced the arrest warrants and bounties as flying in the face of human rights and democratic norms.

“This is further confirmation that the Hong Kong authorities’ systematic dismantling of human rights has officially gone global. The brazen tactic of placing ‘Wild West’-style bounties on activists’ heads seems to be emerging as a method of choice to silence dissent,” Sarah Brooks, Amnesty International’s deputy director for the region, said Thursday in an emailed statement.

One day, forced labor will be normal in Hong Kong.

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Car Industry Linked to Forced Labor in Xinjiang

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The licence plate pre-painted aluminum steel may be of either plate or coil kind, with a maximum width of 1800mm and duration up to 9500mm (sheet). PE and PVDF paints of numerous colors are to be had. You can send a pattern coloration or name a RAL shade. We've got regular coating layers and thicknesses for painted aluminium sheet steel for licence plates, however custom designed coating standards are applicable, too.

The Cantonese.sheik discussion forum became political when the censors like Cyrus Chiu were deleting posts as if he was a member of the CCP. Censorship is an accepted practice by Asians born in the East but not acceptable by Asians born in the West and many of the forumites at the time before this forum went dead are from the West have no tolerance for censorship and they were frightened away from this forum because of censorship as if we are in Communist China. Cyrus started censoring people's freedom of speech and his censorship along with Adam's censorship is why participants on this forum disappeared and once the forum went dead it then went political to test the bounds of censorship which goes against western values.

I would like to remind the audience that, this forum did not go political until after it went dead because posts were being deleted. Cyrus did not contribute much to Cantonese culture because he is actually Teochew, but he contributed tremendously to Cantonese vocabulary. Most Christian Cantonese speakers don't have much Cantonese culture to offer the world however to blame the death of this forum because it went political is a farce. Preserving Cantonese culture is a political act given the current state of affairs happening in China with cultural genocide and to not be political about that is being complicit and I must say Christian missionaries have long been erasing Cantonese culture way before the CCP by over a hundred years and no one has called them out on that.

Once upon a time CantoDict was the only online game in town. I believe Cyrus Chiu was one of the decision makers making a bad decision not to license CantoDict to the emerging online dictionary competition which made CantoDict no longer the only online game in town. Who is the blame for that? The politics posted to this forum or greed as defined by the Bible???

As much as I respect Cyrus Chiu and I think he is one of the torch bearers for preserving Cantonese language (but not Cantonese culture), I am calling out and putting into perspective his blame and complicity on the decline of CantoDict on his Reddit post:

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CantoDict has been on the decline since 2018 when its Cantonese Discussion forum became far too political in its contents. Several long-time members left CantoDict to set up a new CantoPlus project in May that year ( www.cantoneseplus.com ) in order to carry on with the updating job of CantoDict. Up to this moment, CantoPlus has done a great done in its updating work if any user would care to check one against the other.

(Note: I must declare that I am one of the editors of CantoPlus. Any feedback can be posted to [www.reddit.com] )

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Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, falls on Dec. 21 this year. In Chinese culture, it marks the beginning of deep winter.

Too bad China can't export deflation to America. Instead they are exporting inflation with

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Spurred by a domestic property debacle and a currency sell-off, Shanghai high-net-worth individuals hunt for overseas homes

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This is also a recipe for enormous capital outflows. Foreign investors, who once had boundless enthusiasm for China, are rushing for the exits. So are numerous wealthy Chinese individuals. According to the Institute of International Finance, a think-tank, there have been cross-border outflows from the country’s stocks and bonds for five consecutive quarters, the longest streak on record. Firms are getting itchy feet, too. In the third quarter of this year the net flow of foreign direct investment in China turned negative for the first time since the data began to be collected a quarter of a century ago.

How ironic that Chinatown restaurants not serving Chinese food were also the catalyst of Chinatown gentrification that pushed legacy Chinese mom and pop restaurants to close. I have nothing but crocodile tears for them as they took away the livelihood of many mom and pop Chinese restaurants (who operated on very low margins) by accelerating the hollowing out of a once thriving Chinese-American community..

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Chinatown Restaurants and Bars Fear “Black Hole” of Capitals and Wizards Departure

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Capital One Arena killed Chinatown as it hollowed out the community where Chinatown now only exists in name. The best Public Policy would be to welcome back Chinese-Americans to rebuild Chinatown so that it could be a win-win solution. Capital One Arena should be turned into public housing with a community center that would attract Chinese-Americans back. Chinese-Americans are famous for converting something out of nothing.

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Capital One Arena Forever Changed Chinatown. Can It Reverse Downtown’s Post-Pandemic Slump?

I think what needs to be included in educating the public on the devastating negative impact the arena would have on the community would be to identify which local politicians are endorsing the new arena project and to use that information to prevent their reelection into office and to launch an investigative inquiry to determine if corrupt dirty money is involved.

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With the City of Philadelphia readying the release of an impact study, the No Arena Coalition is launching its own effort to educate the public with a video and social media presentation on the faults of the impact studies in favor of 76 Place.