An online petition is asking Trader Joe’s grocery chain to change the packaging and branding of some of its products amid claims encouraging racist stereotypes. Protesters have struggled with branding of chain food products from different parts of the world changing the name in ‘Trader Joe’s’ to a popular or …
Read More »Western China Town Urumqi Enters ‘War Mode’ After Reporting 16 Cases of Coronavirus
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region in the far west of China, went into “war mode” and launched an emergency response plan after the city reported 16 new cases of coronavirus on Friday . FILE PHOTO: People wear protective face masks while walking in a shopping …
Read More »Beijing makes it official: seeking democracy is treason
Just weeks after China imposed its new Hong Kong crackdown law, the citizens there boldly showed Beijing what they think of it, appearing last weekend at an unofficial “opposition primary” among the candidates. pro-democratic. The communists’ response: threaten prison for all who voted. That’s more than 600,000 people who turned …
Read More »TikTok hoped to operate as an American company, says White House adviser
FILE PHOTO: American flags are seen near a TikTok logo in this illustrated image taken on July 16, 2020. REUTERS / Florence Lo / Illustration WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top White House adviser said Thursday that he expects TikTok to separate from its Chinese owner and operate as a U.S. …
Read More »Trump is running attack ads against TikTok now
Step aside, Huawei. Beat it, Twitter. The Trump administration has anointed a new tech sack man: the TikTok viral dance app. Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram pages feature four ads warning that “TikTok is spying on you.” and saying that Americans deserve privacy. The ads link to a poll asking …
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