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Joe Rogan worries podcast guest following demands to ‘calm down’
1 month ago

Joe Rogan worries podcast guest following demands to ‘calm down’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On the 27 November episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, he spoke to television host …

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Cathay Pacific apologises for inflight Family Guy episode with Tiananmen Square scene
1 month ago

Cathay Pacific apologises for inflight Family Guy episode with Tiananmen Square scene

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cathay Pacific has apologised for airing an episode of the American series Family Guy that features …

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Who is Mike Johnston? Denver mayor dares Donald Trump over mass deportations, expresses willingness to go to jail
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Who is Mike Johnston? Denver mayor dares Donald Trump over mass deportations, expresses willingness to go to jail

Hindustan Times  

Mike Johnston, the Democrat mayor of Denver, has stated that he will urge citizens to oppose the mass deportations of migrants that President-elect Donald Trump has planned in Colorado. Calling it a “Tiananmen Square moment,” the mayor of Denver has pledged to use local police and 50,000 citizens “stationed at the county line” to protect migrants residing in his sanctuary …

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At Tiananmen Square, tight security with metal detectors reflects a changing China
1 month, 3 weeks ago

At Tiananmen Square, tight security with metal detectors reflects a changing China

NPR  

At Tiananmen Square, tight security with metal detectors reflects a changing China toggle caption Andrea Verdelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images BEIJING — It was my second attempt in as many days to visit Tiananmen Square, and it wasn't looking good. A protest tradition took root in Tiananmen Square more than 100 years ago when students marched through the square in 1919 …

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Tim Walz had secret fling with daughter of top Chinese official while working as a teacher in China
2 months, 1 week ago

Tim Walz had secret fling with daughter of top Chinese official while working as a teacher in China

Daily Mail  

Tim Walz seduced the daughter of a prominent Communist official during his 1989 teaching stint in China, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. Alleged fling: Tim Walz with students during his teaching year in China, 1989; taken by a mutual friend and supplied to Jenna Wang who claims she had a secret relationship with Walz Their romance blossomed behind closed doors as …

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Tim Walz calls himself a 'knucklehead' again as 60 Minutes hosts ask if he can be 'trusted to tell the truth'
3 months ago

Tim Walz calls himself a 'knucklehead' again as 60 Minutes hosts ask if he can be 'trusted to tell the truth'

Daily Mail  

Vice presidential hopeful, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, again called himself a 'knucklehead' as he was quizzed by 60 Minutes about untruthful statements he's made in the past. Walz first used the folksy put-down on last week's debate stage when he was asked about a claim he made about being in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre. Tim Walz, again …

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Tourism records new highs during holiday
3 months ago

Tourism records new highs during holiday

China Daily  

By CHENG SI | China Daily | Updated: 2024-10-08 23:46 People have fun at a folk arts and food compound in Nanyue district of Hengyang in Central China's Hunan province on Oct 1. Tourist attractions in China were packed with visitors during the weeklong National Day holiday, while affordable international flights and accommodations ensured that overseas destinations also benefited from …

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China has changed a lot in the past 75 years — Tiananmen Square reflects that change
3 months, 1 week ago

China has changed a lot in the past 75 years — Tiananmen Square reflects that change

NPR  

China has changed a lot in the past 75 years — Tiananmen Square reflects that change This week China is celebrating 75 years of the People's Republic. China has changed a lot over the years, and Tiananmen Square has reflected that change. JOHN RUWITCH, BYLINE: Going on to Tiananmen Square used to be pretty easy. RUWITCH: In the past, he …

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Tim Walz under fire for supporting Minnesota institute tied to infamous Wuhan lab and Chinese military
3 months, 1 week ago

Tim Walz under fire for supporting Minnesota institute tied to infamous Wuhan lab and Chinese military

Daily Mail  

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz is coming under fire for supporting a U.S. research institute with connections to China. The University of Minnesota's Hormel Institute has published research and worked with scientists from China's infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology, the same lab the FBI concluded was likely the birthplace of COVID. She hunted down dozens of deadly COVID-like viruses …

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‘I’m a knucklehead at times’: Walz forced to admit ‘discrepancies’ over Tiananmen Square anecdote
3 months, 1 week ago

‘I’m a knucklehead at times’: Walz forced to admit ‘discrepancies’ over Tiananmen Square anecdote

The Independent  

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Who won the VP debate? Walz ‘fumbled bigly’ in ‘good old-fashioned’ spar with Vance
3 months, 1 week ago

Who won the VP debate? Walz ‘fumbled bigly’ in ‘good old-fashioned’ spar with Vance

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. CNN commentator David Urban, former senior advisor to …

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Kamala Harris' running mate Tim Walz faces backlash over controversial Tiananmen Square massacre remarks
3 months, 1 week ago

Kamala Harris' running mate Tim Walz faces backlash over controversial Tiananmen Square massacre remarks

Live Mint  

Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz faces scrutiny over conflicting claims about his presence in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, adding to a pattern of inconsistencies in his personal history Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Kamala Harris' running mate, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, is facing scrutiny after multiple reports revealed inconsistencies in his statements about being in Hong …

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Tim Walz admits he is a 'knucklehead' at times and insists he 'misspoke' when he said he was in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square protests
3 months, 1 week ago

Tim Walz admits he is a 'knucklehead' at times and insists he 'misspoke' when he said he was in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square protests

Daily Mail  

Tim Walz tried to explain during the vice presidential debate why he falsely claimed he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests in June 1989. Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz tries to explain his claim that he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests 'I grew up in small rural Nebraska, town …

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Tim Walz's China 'lies' about being at Tiananmen Square exposed by CNN hours before VP debate
3 months, 1 week ago

Tim Walz's China 'lies' about being at Tiananmen Square exposed by CNN hours before VP debate

Daily Mail  

Tim Walz faces more questions about his relationship with the truth after a new report shows he falsely claimed he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests. Its a topic that is expected to come up during the highly-anticipated first - and only - vice presidential debate that kicks off at 9 p.m. 'I was in Hong …

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Walz misleadingly claims to have been in Hong Kong during period tied to Tiananmen Square massacre
3 months, 1 week ago

Walz misleadingly claims to have been in Hong Kong during period tied to Tiananmen Square massacre

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Tim Walz misleadingly claimed he was …

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Tim Walz was off 2 months about where he was 35 years ago: CNN investigation
3 months, 1 week ago

Tim Walz was off 2 months about where he was 35 years ago: CNN investigation

Raw Story  

Tim Walz may not have been in China during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests as he has previously claimed, according to an investigative report from the CNN team that linked Lt. Gov. "An issue of the Alliance Times-Herald dated May 16, 1989, features a photo of Walz touring a Nebraska National Guard storeroom," CNN reported. "A separate newspaper article about …

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Walz misleadingly claimed to have been in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing
3 months, 1 week ago

Walz misleadingly claimed to have been in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing

LA Times  

Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz misleadingly claimed he was in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, part of a broader pattern of inaccuracies that Republicans hope to exploit. Walz has also claimed that he has traveled to China more than 30 times, but his campaign said that the actual number was “closer to …

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Before Brazil and Elon Musk: X’s history of run-ins with left and right
4 months ago

Before Brazil and Elon Musk: X’s history of run-ins with left and right

Al Jazeera  

How X’s run-ins with foreign governments have shifted across the political spectrum under Musk’s leadership. All five judges on Brazil’s Supreme Court panel voted last week to uphold a ban on Elon Musk’s social media platform X in the country, rendering the mobile app inaccessible to almost 212 million users in Brazil. In January 2023, after a mob of ex-President …

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T.D. Lee changed science in China and my life. This is what I owe to him
4 months ago

T.D. Lee changed science in China and my life. This is what I owe to him

NPR  

Lee changed science in China and my life. Lee and Yang’s work overturned long-held assumptions about a basic tenet of the universe and countered racial discrimination against Chinese scientists in the West. In 1956, Lee and his colleague Chen Ning Yang, a fellow Chinese graduate of the University of Chicago, proposed novel methods to examine “parity violation,” where the universe’s …

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US charges former democracy activist with spying for China
4 months, 2 weeks ago

US charges former democracy activist with spying for China

Al Jazeera  

The New York resident fled China after being imprisoned for participating in activities that led to Tiananmen protests. United States prosecutors have charged a New York resident who took part in the Chinese pro-democracy movement that resulted in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown with spying for China. Yuanjun had provided the MSS, the country’s principal intelligence agency, with information on …

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Republicans promote baseless conspiracy theory that Tim Walz is being ‘groomed’ by China
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Republicans promote baseless conspiracy theory that Tim Walz is being ‘groomed’ by China

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Republicans and right-wing media are escalating a baseless conspiracy theory …

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GOP senator Ron Johnson slams ‘radical leftist’ Tim Walz for ‘getting married on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square’
4 months, 3 weeks ago

GOP senator Ron Johnson slams ‘radical leftist’ Tim Walz for ‘getting married on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square’

The Independent  

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'Is He From The CIA?': Kamala Harris’s Running Mate Tim Walz’s Background Raises Eyebrows In China
5 months ago

'Is He From The CIA?': Kamala Harris’s Running Mate Tim Walz’s Background Raises Eyebrows In China

News 18  

The choice of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as Kamala Harris’s running mate for the 2024 US Presidential election has sparked significant interest and scepticism in China, particularly regarding his 1989 visit to the country. One user remarked, “He came to China at a time of turmoil, clearly with a special mission,” while another questioned, “Is he from the CIA?” A …

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Hong Kong and Tiananmen: Erasing Memory in the Name of National Security
5 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong and Tiananmen: Erasing Memory in the Name of National Security

The Diplomat  

On June 3, in the busy shopping district of Causeway Bay, performance artist Sanmu Chan wrote the Chinese characters for “8964”（八九六四）with his finger in the air. The Article 23 legislation complements the 2020 National Security Law, which Beijing imposed on Hong Kong and which has been used to arrest hundreds of persons. A significant aspect of these rounds of legislation …

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