January 2025
February 2025
CCP Meeting Emphasizes Party Leadership and 2025 Reform Goals
The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) top leaders convened on Thursday to review the performance of leading Party member groups within key state institutions, emphasizing the Party's overall leadership as China's greatest political advantage and calling for effective implementation of CCP decisions an...
CCP Meeting Emphasizes Party Leadership and 2025 Reform Goals
The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) top leaders convened on Thursday to review the performance of leading Party member groups within key state institutions, emphasizing the Party's overall leadership as China's greatest political advantage and calling for effective implementation of CCP decisions an...
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56% Bias Score
China Mobilizes for Record-Breaking Spring Festival Travel Rush
China is preparing for a massive Spring Festival travel rush from January 14 to February 22, expecting 9 billion interregional trips, with 7.2 billion by private car, prompting large investments in charging infrastructure and emergency response plans to ensure safe and efficient travel amidst potent...
China Mobilizes for Record-Breaking Spring Festival Travel Rush
China is preparing for a massive Spring Festival travel rush from January 14 to February 22, expecting 9 billion interregional trips, with 7.2 billion by private car, prompting large investments in charging infrastructure and emergency response plans to ensure safe and efficient travel amidst potent...
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24% Bias Score
Bloks Group IPO Makes Founder Billionaire Despite Unprofitability
Bloks Group, a Chinese toy company making Lego-like blocks and Ultraman figurines, saw its Hong Kong IPO 6,000 times oversubscribed, raising $215 million and making its founder Zhu Weisong a billionaire, but the company remains unprofitable.
Bloks Group IPO Makes Founder Billionaire Despite Unprofitability
Bloks Group, a Chinese toy company making Lego-like blocks and Ultraman figurines, saw its Hong Kong IPO 6,000 times oversubscribed, raising $215 million and making its founder Zhu Weisong a billionaire, but the company remains unprofitable.
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56% Bias Score
ASX Stock Surge: Sparc, Argent Biopharma Lead Market Gains
Sparc's share price soared to an 11-month high after announcing stage-two of its hydrogen JV, while Argent Biopharma jumped 64 percent following a successful US\$4.5 million capital raise; Australian Mines rose 60 percent on increased scandium resources; and Dimerix climbed 44 percent after a deal w...
ASX Stock Surge: Sparc, Argent Biopharma Lead Market Gains
Sparc's share price soared to an 11-month high after announcing stage-two of its hydrogen JV, while Argent Biopharma jumped 64 percent following a successful US\$4.5 million capital raise; Australian Mines rose 60 percent on increased scandium resources; and Dimerix climbed 44 percent after a deal w...
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44% Bias Score
Victoria to Slash Rooftop Solar Feed-in Tariff by 99 Percent
Victoria plans to slash minimum payments for rooftop solar energy exports to the grid by 99 percent to 0.04¢ per kilowatt-hour due to a surplus of daytime solar energy caused by a 76 percent increase in rooftop solar systems since 2019; despite this, households still save up to \$900 annually.
Victoria to Slash Rooftop Solar Feed-in Tariff by 99 Percent
Victoria plans to slash minimum payments for rooftop solar energy exports to the grid by 99 percent to 0.04¢ per kilowatt-hour due to a surplus of daytime solar energy caused by a 76 percent increase in rooftop solar systems since 2019; despite this, households still save up to \$900 annually.
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40% Bias Score
Endangered Skywalker Gibbons Threatened by Cardamom Cultivation in China
Fewer than 200 critically endangered Skywalker hoolock gibbons, the first ape species named by Chinese scientists, inhabit China, primarily in Yunnan province, where their habitat is threatened by Chinese black cardamom cultivation, which accounts for 78 percent of global production.
Endangered Skywalker Gibbons Threatened by Cardamom Cultivation in China
Fewer than 200 critically endangered Skywalker hoolock gibbons, the first ape species named by Chinese scientists, inhabit China, primarily in Yunnan province, where their habitat is threatened by Chinese black cardamom cultivation, which accounts for 78 percent of global production.
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36% Bias Score
CCP Leadership Meeting Emphasizes Centralized Control, Sets Priorities for 2025
The Chinese Communist Party's top leadership met on Thursday, reviewing work reports from key state institutions and emphasizing the Party's centralized leadership as vital for China's successes, with 2025 highlighted as a crucial year for reforms.
CCP Leadership Meeting Emphasizes Centralized Control, Sets Priorities for 2025
The Chinese Communist Party's top leadership met on Thursday, reviewing work reports from key state institutions and emphasizing the Party's centralized leadership as vital for China's successes, with 2025 highlighted as a crucial year for reforms.
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60% Bias Score
Chinese Actor Rescued After Human Trafficking in Thailand
Chinese actor Wang Xing was rescued in Myanmar after being trafficked through Thailand on January 3, prompting an investigation and reassurance from Thai authorities regarding tourism safety, despite several similar reported cases.
Chinese Actor Rescued After Human Trafficking in Thailand
Chinese actor Wang Xing was rescued in Myanmar after being trafficked through Thailand on January 3, prompting an investigation and reassurance from Thai authorities regarding tourism safety, despite several similar reported cases.
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52% Bias Score
China Unveils 2025 Policy to Boost Domestic Demand Through Trade-Ins and Subsidies
China's government announced a policy to boost domestic demand in 2025 by subsidizing digital product purchases and promoting equipment/consumer goods trade-ins, aiming to address slow retail sales growth (3.5 percent year-on-year in 2024) and low investment.
China Unveils 2025 Policy to Boost Domestic Demand Through Trade-Ins and Subsidies
China's government announced a policy to boost domestic demand in 2025 by subsidizing digital product purchases and promoting equipment/consumer goods trade-ins, aiming to address slow retail sales growth (3.5 percent year-on-year in 2024) and low investment.
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36% Bias Score
Secrecy Surrounding Macquarie Park Apartment Block Defects Undermines Housing Policies
An 885-unit apartment complex in Macquarie Park, NSW, Australia, has been found to have serious concrete slab faults requiring rectification, but the agreement between the developer and the Building Commission NSW is shrouded in secrecy, impacting public trust and housing affordability.
Secrecy Surrounding Macquarie Park Apartment Block Defects Undermines Housing Policies
An 885-unit apartment complex in Macquarie Park, NSW, Australia, has been found to have serious concrete slab faults requiring rectification, but the agreement between the developer and the Building Commission NSW is shrouded in secrecy, impacting public trust and housing affordability.
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44% Bias Score
Queensland Premier Rules Out Bailout for Star Entertainment, Prioritizes Job Protection
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli vowed to protect jobs at Star Entertainment Group's Brisbane casino if the company enters administration, but ruled out financial aid, prioritizing workers over the company itself, after the company revealed a $79 million cash reserve at the end of 2024 and burned...
Queensland Premier Rules Out Bailout for Star Entertainment, Prioritizes Job Protection
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli vowed to protect jobs at Star Entertainment Group's Brisbane casino if the company enters administration, but ruled out financial aid, prioritizing workers over the company itself, after the company revealed a $79 million cash reserve at the end of 2024 and burned...
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48% Bias Score
Winter Storm Cora Blankets Southern U.S., Disrupts Travel and Daily Life
Winter Storm Cora brought heavy snow and ice to the southern U.S., causing school closures, flight cancellations, and prompting emergency shelter for over 1,200 unhoused people in Dallas; the storm is expected to continue through the weekend.
Winter Storm Cora Blankets Southern U.S., Disrupts Travel and Daily Life
Winter Storm Cora brought heavy snow and ice to the southern U.S., causing school closures, flight cancellations, and prompting emergency shelter for over 1,200 unhoused people in Dallas; the storm is expected to continue through the weekend.
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28% Bias Score