The Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (CSRP), in collaboration with the Suicide Prevention Services, released the latest suicide data for Hong Kong on Sept. 8. It reveals that Hong Kong’s suicide rate in 2022 was 14.5 per 100,000, a 1.9 percent increase from the previous year. Notably, the suicide rate among young people surged from 6.2 in 2014 to 12.2 in 2022, reaching a historical high. CSRP calls on stakeholders from all sectors to contribute to improving the mental health of Hong Kong’s youth. According to CSRP, based on data provided by the Coroner’s Court, the estimated suicide rate in Hong Kong for 2022 is 14.5, showing an upward trend and a 17.9 percent increase from the previous year. Among those aged 15 to 24, the youth suicide rate has risen sharply from 6.2 in 2014 to 12.2 in 2022, reaching an all-time high. The risk of suicide is most pronounced among individuals with lower education levels and the unemployed, with the suicide risk among the unemployed being 15.5 times higher than that among the employed. Individuals with lower education levels also have a 4.37 times higher suicide risk than those with higher education. Additionally, low-wage and low-skilled workers face higher suicide risks. The survey also found that the most common method of suicide in Hong Kong is jumping from heights....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/survey-hong-kongs-youth-suicide-rate-hits-historical-high-in-the-past-year-5489604
China has been completing its airfield construction along the coastline facing Taiwan to gain “superior air power” against the self-ruling island, Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense said. The ministry released its annual defense report (pdf) on Sept. 12, the first report since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Taiwan’s Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said the report would allow people to understand national security threats. “We will tell the world with our readiness and combat preparedness that we will not sit and wait for our fate to be decided,” Mr. Chiu stated. In the report, the ministry said that Beijing was building airfields and stationing new fighters and drones along the coastline of its eastern and southern theatre commands to “put pressure” on Taiwan’s air defense.... 
Peers made a fresh attempt on Monday to make sure suppliers involved in forced organ harvesting will be barred from getting a public contract by re-attaching a clause to the Procurement Bill. The Lords voted by 156 to 151 in support of an amendment proposed by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath. The amendment will allow a decision maker to exclude suppliers found to be involved in forced organ harvesting or in the dealings of any devices, equipment, or services related to forced organ harvesting. The amendment also includes a definition of forced organ harvesting as “killing a person without their consent so that their organs may be removed and transplanted into another person.”...
Universities in communist China have reported losing quite a few academics and ideological leaders over the past three months. From June to August this year, at least 20 cadres in universities, all members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), died of illness. More than 10 were the highest-level cadres of their university, such as university president, deputy president, Party head, or deputy Party head. These 20 people include renowned scholars Teng Teng, former deputy Party head of Tsinghua University and former president of the University of Science and Technology of China, as well as Wang Yingluo, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering....