On banners, in the streets, and through cyberspace: people in China are speaking out. For a regime constantly flaunting its “over 90% approval rate,” what does dissent really look like in China—from angry flood victims smashing the walls of state buildings, to a seven-year high in Chinese factory strikes? Faith versus police: a standoff between residents and officers in a Chinese Muslim town. What does the apparent unrest signify for China’s future? Topics in this episode: ‘Wage Hunting’: Unpaid Workers Protest Across China Real Estate Crisis Sparks Protest Across China China’s Iconic Protest: the Blank Paper Movement Rewind: Residents Protest Health Insurance Curbs, Launch China’s ‘White Hair Revolution’ Chinese Banking Scandal Victims Held Rally With Banners Taiwan an ‘Independent Country’: UK Parliament Doc Senate Not Following UK’s Taiwan Statement: Schumer Asean Summit: China’s Sea Standoff with Philippines ‘China’s Economy Is in Big Trouble’: Miles Yu on How to Ensure a U.S. Victory ...Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/wage-hunting-unpaid-workers-protest-across-china-5488667
Chinese battery maker Gotion High-tech has chosen Illinois as the site for its new state-of-the-art $2 billion electric vehicle (EV) lithium battery manufacturing plant, the state’s governor said on Friday. The factory will be built on a sprawling 150-acre site in Manteno and is expected to begin production next year. It will focus on lithium-ion battery cells, battery packs, and energy storage systems integration. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker referred to Gotion’s new gigafactory as “the most significant new manufacturing investment in Illinois in decades,” which he said will help to create 2,600 new jobs. “Today, we take another leap forward, announcing the largest electric vehicle battery production investment in Illinois to date,” Mr. Pritzker said in a statement on Sept. 8.... 
When Japan began discharging treated nuclear waste into the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 24, the Chinese regime suspended the import of Japanese aquatic products. As this occurred, Chinese internet censors began blocking objective discussions of the health risks of the discharge. China’s state media also used the incident to launch a propaganda war against Japan, further fanning anti-Japanese sentiment among the Chinese population. Not long after Aug. 24, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) anti-Japanese propaganda appeared to cool down, with political commentators saying its propaganda efforts backfired and the regime is now attempting to redirect the tide of public opinion. Towards the end of August, the CCP’s state media published several articles where it changed its tone, saying that almost all the ingredients used in Japanese restaurants in China are produced locally....
HONG KONG—The heaviest rain since records began 140 years ago drenched Asian financial hub Hong Kong on Friday, killing two people and injuring more than 140, state media reported, as unusually wet weather caused by typhoons brought more disruption to southern China. As of 8:15 pm (1215 GMT) on Friday, 144 residents aged between eight and 94 years old were injured amid the heavy rainfall, the Hong Kong government said in a statement. Videos showed water cascading down steep hillsides in the former British colony, flooding waist-deep in narrow streets, and inundating malls, metro stations and tunnels. The extreme weather also brought chaos to the nearby Chinese city of Shenzhen, a tech hub of more than 17.7 million people, with business and transport links across the economically important Pearl River Delta severely hit....