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We're excited to announce that our freelancer Selena Liang has been awarded an Earth Journalism Network Story Grant to Support Solutions-Focused Climate and Environmental Coverage in Asia Pacific! Based in Hong Kong, she will look into why the city is lagging behind its peers when it comes to community solar adoption:

earthjournalism.net/what-we-do

#TrueUSD, one of the many stablecoins connected to Chinese crypto scammer & Donald Trump business partner #JustinSun, received a half billion dollar bailout from... Justin Sun when it couldn't get its capital out of First Digital, another chinese #moneylaundering company that runs a stablecoin #FDUSD that is used for most trading on #Binance.

> "In September 2024, #TrueCoin and #TrustToken (the #stablecoin's owners before #Techteryx) settled with the #SEC over allegations they falsely marketed TrueUSD as fully dollar-backed while secretly investing reserves in risky offshore funds."

protos.com/justin-sun-bailed-o

Chinese Australian artist Badiucao has appeared on billboards in Hong Kong saying the words "You must take part in revolution." The words are the title of his graphic novel and also a quote by Mao Zedong

Badiucao used a pseudonym to display the videos as part of Hong Kong's Art Week. In 2018 he was forced to cancel an exhibition of his work in Hong Kong due to pressure from Chinese authorities

hongkongfp.com/2025/04/01/chin

badiucao
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP · Chinese political artist Badiucao sneaks message onto Mong Kok billboards for Hong Kong’s Art WeekBy Hong Kong Free Press
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> Vanke is among several major Chinese property firms mired in a debt crisis in recent years that has left developers in severe financial distress.

> Troubled property developers #Kaisa and #CountryGarden -- both fending off winding up petitions in #HongKong courts -- also reported losses separately.

> Kaisa said on Monday that its losses for the year grew 48.4 percent to $4.03 billion in 2024. today.rtl.lu/news/business-and #SouthEastAsia #Malaysia #Thailand #realestate #China #economy

today.rtl.luChina property giant Vanke reports annual loss of $6.8 bn

China property giant Vanke reports annual loss of $6.8 bn

> #HongKong-listed #Vanke is part-owned by the government of #Shenzhen and was #China's fourth-largest #realestate firm by sales last year, according to research firm CRIC.

> Vanke has seen [..] the resignation of its CEO [..] the company said was "due to health reasons".

> That month, Chinese outlet the Economic Reporter cited sources as saying Zhu had been "taken away by public security authorities" today.rtl.lu/news/business-and #economy

today.rtl.luChina property giant Vanke reports annual loss of $6.8 bn
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hatred for war, the most famous being “Guernica” (1937). During WWII, Picasso stayed in Nazi-occupied Paris, and when France was liberated, he joined the French Communist Party. He actively participated in international peace congresses, including the Paris Peace Congress in 1949, creating drawings of doves to promote the events.

Did you know the dove being a symbol for #peace is a Picasso invention? I didn’t until today. 🕊️

Pablo Picasso, “Massacre in Korea” (1951), oil on plywood, new exhibition “Picasso for Asia” at M+ #Museum, which I finally visited for the first time today. The piece was inspired by reports of American atrocities in the Korean War like the No Gun Ri Massacre, when U.S. soldiers massacred Korean refugees. It is a powerful, anti-war #painting.

Shaken by the bombing of the town of Guernica in Spain, Picasso created several works to express his