Jiang Xueqin is a Chinese-Canadian high-school teacher. He has a popular YouTube channel called Predictive History. He is best known for three predictions he made in May 2024, when Joe Biden was still in office. Most of his fans are outside China. His lectures and interviews have been translated and uploaded on Chinese social media sites.

Cathay Pacific Airways raised fuel surcharges by 34 per cent across all flights starting in April. Premium petrol prices at petrol stations rose from HK$17.57 to HK$20.17 per litre within four weeks. Hong Kong's economy is service-driven and exports to the Middle East account for a relatively low proportion of total trade.

Taichung mayor Lu Shiow-yen wants a budget between NT$800 billion and NT$1 trillion for Taiwan's defence. The KMT caucus proposes NT$380 billion plus N, but senior figures have signalled support for a higher range closer to the government's proposal. Cheng Li-wun is set to go to mainland China with a delegation from April 7 to 12. She could meet with Communist Party leader Xi Jinping.

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Yang Zhilin, founder of Beijing-based Moonshot AI, was a guest speaker at the GTC in San Jose last month. He delivered an almost identical presentation less than two weeks later at China’s state-backed Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing.

Shen Qijia has been in trouble with the authorities for 26 years. He ran a shopping mall in Shenzhen. He was arrested on fraud charges in 2000 and held for 118 days, but was later released. The government later paid him 10,000 yuan, roughly $1,400, in state compensation. Shen filed more than 300 petitions with various levels of government seeking to recover his property, but none succeeded.

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Michael Ma, Canadian Member of Parliament for Markham–Unionville, questioned Margaret McQuigge-Johnston during a hearing of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology on March 26th. He asked her if she saw forced labor in China's electric vehicle industry. She testified that some components used in Chinese electric vehicles come from aluminum produced through forced labor. Ma dismissed her testimony as hearsay. Chinese state media celebrated Ma's performance as a propaganda victory.