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
NEW YORK—Wall Street leaders have expressed a general willingness to pull back investment from China, according to House China Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.). On the first day of his two-day stopover in New York, Mr. Gallagher, along with seven other members of his committee, hosted top Wall Street figures at a tabletop exercise to game out the implications of an economic competition with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over Taiwan. Even with the executives who are more dovish on China, Mr. Gallagher said he was surprised to see a “general recognition that we need restrictions on US capital flowing to China in certain areas.”...
Beijing’s spies reportedly come in all shapes and sizes. That’s based on a new report saying a suspected agent for the Chinese regime had been operating in the UK Parliament until getting arrested by British police over the weekend. Here’s the twist: he’s not ethnically Chinese. The British prime minister is striking a tone of defiance. What security risks does the discovery highlight, for both the UK and the United States? Topics in this episode: UK Parliament Researcher Arrested as Alleged China Spy China Views UK as Rival, Not Friend: Expert Ex-Harvard Professor Sentenced Over China Ties Gallagher: China Economy ‘Crisis’ Could Up Taiwan Risks Is China Still Capable of Attacking Taiwan? Chinese Accounts Target Americans with AI: Microsoft China’s Missing Defense Minister Sparks Questions Kim Jong Un in Russia Amid U.S. Warnings What to Expect from Putin, Kim Jong Un Meeting Flood Sinks Chinese Military Aircraft, Tanks: Report ...
A China analyst who co-wrote a report exposing China’s secret police stations worldwide says Canada has taken limited action to protect affected communities targeted by Beijing, a year after the report was published. “Canada has taken very few steps in establishing a system for affected communities to safely and easily reach out to law enforcement,” said Peter Dahlin, director of Safeguard Defenders and co-author of its 2022 report. Spain-based NGO Safeguard Defenders published the report “110 Overseas: Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild” last September. This report detailed cases where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) employed coercive tactics to compel the return of Chinese diaspora, including political dissidents, back to the country....