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Chamath Palihapitiya, a billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist and part-owner of the Golden State Warriors, attempted to backtrack from recent comments he made that “nobody cares,” including himself, about the ongoing Uyghur genocide in China.

New Power in Africa China’s Trade in Africa Carries a Price Tag By LYDIA POLGREEN and HOWARD W. FRENCH KABWE, Zambia — The courtyard in front of the Zambia China Mulungushi Textiles factory is so quiet, even at midday, that the fluttering of the ragged Chinese and Zambian flags is the only sound hanging in the air. The factory used to roar. From the day it opened more than 20 years ago, the vast compound had shuddered to the whir of rollers and the clatter of mechanical weaving machines spooling out millions of yards of brightly colored African cloth. Today,...

Taiwan ruling party to stage mass anti-China rally 1 hour, 52 minutes ago Supporters of Taiwan's independence-leaning ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) are planning to take to the streets to protest rival China's military threats to the island. "We are calling for solidarity and cooperation for the March 18 rally to protest against China and let our voice be heard by the world," said DPP chairman Yu Shyi-kun. "If we don't speak out, we can't protect our democratic way of living and our rights to free choice," he said. The DPP is expecting a turnout of 100,000 for the rally...

/begin my translation 40,000 Chinese Hackers  to Attack Japan via S. Korean Servers...on Aug. 15  Chinese hackers reportedly plan a massive hacking attack against various Japanese Internet sites on Aug. 15,  using S. Korean servers as 'intermediaries' for their offensive. S. Korean servers, which Chinese hackers will use to elude the tracking of their own IP addresses, include not only servers in S. Korean universities, but also in some government institutions, which would surely raise a major concern. Wen-hui-bao in Hong Kong reported on July 2, "Zhong-guo Hong-ke-lian-meng(Zhong-hong-meng,) one of the five largest hacking organization in the world, plans to launch...

Plum tree planted by China's Jiang in Sendai cut down Wednesday, May 11, 2005 at 05:37 JST SENDAI — A plum tree planted in 1998 by then Chinese President Jiang Zemin in a park in Sendai, capital of Miyagi Prefecture, has been cut down, the Sendai city government said Tuesday. Police said they have begun investigating the incident, suspecting it is related to the recent series of anti-Japan rallies in China. (Kyodo News)