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President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign is legendary. The Chinese Communist Party has long been associated with corruption. In fact, corruption has become a culture in the Chinese government. Naturally, Xi’s crackdown on corruption has been met with huge resistance that he was accused of using it as a tool to eliminate his political rivals. […]
... written on Jul 17 2017United Kingdom is supposed to be United States’ best friend, and vice versa. Even when the U.S. went astray on a 2003 Iraq invasion, the U.K. obediently followed. Tony Blair didn’t persuade Bush not to go to war but instead supported the invasion even when the former British prime minister knew it was wrong. The […]
... written on Jul 17 2017In certain countries, women would go to night club to let their hair loose, especially on Friday night after a stressful week. In Iran, however, women could only let their hair loose in cars. But even doing that could land the hot and beautiful Iranian chicks in trouble. Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, women are […]
... written on Jul 15 2017Ever wonder why Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways could offer unbelievable low price tickets every now and then? That’s because those three Middle Eastern airlines have been receiving more than US$50 billion in subsidies over the past decade from their respective kingdom – U.A.E. (United Arab Emirates) and Qatar. The U.S. and […]
... written on Jul 13 2017Pepsi wasn’t the only food and beverage corporation that knows how to make smartphone, sort of. Marketing has reached a new level where conventional advertising on mainstream news media and alternative social media isn’t sufficient to catch eyeballs. Special edition products have to be introduced – in limited quantities – so that it would become […]
... written on Jul 13 2017Saudi Arabia sent Kuwait to present a 13-point list of demand to Qatar in order to end the diplomatic crisis last month. Saudi also gave Qatar 10 days to comply with the demands, all of which were insanely ridiculous. Qatar gave his big brother a middle finger instead, as it would be as good as […]
... written on Jul 12 2017Get ready to be greeted by armed U.S. immigration officers – at UK airports – before boarding your transatlantic flight to the United States. Under a new radical plan being discussed, British holidaymakers visiting the U.S. would be cleared by U.S. immigration stationed in their country, before boarding an aircraft. Officials between both countries […]
... written on Jul 10 2017DAP, Democratic Action Party, is the most powerful and influential opposition party in Malaysia. During the previous 13th nationwide election in 2013, the party attracted at least 90% of ethnic-Chinese votes. In the next 14th election, which will have to happen on or before 24 August 2018, DAP is expected to garner less than 90% […]
... written on Jul 09 2017South Australia will be home to the world’s largest lithium ion battery, thanks to a historic agreement between Tesla and the State Government. The good news didn’t stop here. The 30,000 lucky Australian homes will get the battery – for free – if “Ironman” Elon Musk fails to deliver the battery within 100 days. The […]
... written on Jul 08 2017Depending on your time zone, you might have gotten the official notification from your immediate superior of your layoff, if you’re under Microsoft payroll and not currently selling Azure – the Microsoft’s cloud computing product. And if you’re outside of United States, your chance of getting retrenched is at 75%, as compared to only 25% […]
... written on Jul 07 2017
