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Feb 26, 2024 | 
mercatornet.com | William Huang |Gabriël Moens |Augusto Zimmermann |Kurt Mahlburg
In recent months, stories about China’s human rights abuses and persecution of ethnic and religious minorities, like the Uyghurs, Hui Muslims and house church Christians, have slowly faded from view. It was impossible to lure readers away from the wars in Ukraine and in Gaza. However, as the Year of the Dragon rolls around, there is speculation about whether China will have a mini baby boom -- the Year of the Dragon is the most auspicious in the Chinese zodiac.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
mercatornet.com | William Huang |Michael Cook |Kurt Mahlburg |Melanie Notkin
“Run” (润) has been one of the hottest words in the Chinese language since 2021. A clever wordplay on both the Chinese pronunciation and English meaning of the word, “run” refers to the recent trend of emigrating from an increasingly restrictive and authoritarian China for greener pastures overseas. This emigration wave, which began shortly after Xi Jinping amended the Constitution in 2018 to abolish term limits, took off during Covid and has only accelerated since.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
mercatornet.com | William Huang |Michael Cook |Kurt Mahlburg |Melanie Notkin
Demographers and demography enthusiasts have always had a deep fascination with communities such as the Amish for one simple reason — they are the prime example of an exclusive and conservative religious sect or community with a high fertility rate unthinkable in most modern societies.
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Jul 18, 2023 | 
theepochtimes.com | Jennifer Yang |Lily Sun |William Huang
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Several dozen Falun Gong practitioners from the Greater Philadelphia area held a rally in Philadelphia’s Chinatown on July 15 to call for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 24-year persecution of Falun Gong, a meditation practice in the Buddhist tradition that is centered on the tenets of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. People from different backgrounds came to speak up against the persecution, including those who had been tortured in China.
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May 28, 2023 | 
mercatornet.com | William Huang
South Korea is famous as the land of K-Pop idols and ultra-low fertility. Some demographers believe that Koreans will become extinct in a few centuries. But are there any exceptions to low birth rates within South Korea? And what about the South’s eccentric brethren in North Korea? Public servant privilege? In 2022, preliminary statistics have South Korea’s fertility at 0.78.
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May 11, 2023 | 
theepochtimes.com | William Huang
President Joe Biden predicted on Tuesday that the U.S.-Mexico border will be “chaotic for a while” as pandemic-related restrictions end and his new border policies come into effect. The Trump-era Title 42 border policy will be lifted on Thursday as a set of new policies are set in place to clamp down on illegal border crossings.
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May 4, 2023 | 
mercatornet.com | William Huang
East Asia is in demographic collapse and the media have been covering it left, right and centre. South Korea’s record breaking, lowest-in-the-world fertility rate keeps approaching zero. China is being overtaken by India for the first time in millennia in terms of population. It is safe to say that the world has finally realised the depth and scale of East Asia’a population crisis.
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May 2, 2023 | 
theepochtimes.com | Lily Sun |William Huang
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Pennsylvania’s largest city is gearing up to elect a new mayor. A group of candidates spoke recently at an open house event aiming to provide solutions to rising crime and poverty in the city. Eleven Democrats and one Republican are vying to become the 100th mayor of Philadelphia. Some of the candidates gathered at the Community College of Philadelphia on April 29, before the May 16 primary election.
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Apr 15, 2023 | 
news.cgtn.com | William Huang
Editor's note: William Huang is a managing partner of EY China South. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN. China has a population of more than 1.4 billion with over 400 million people in the middle-income group. It is the largest market with the greatest consumption potential in the world. No other economy can compare to this.
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Mar 31, 2023 | 
theepochtimes.com | Lily Sun |William Huang
CEDARS, Pa.—So Much to Give Inclusive Café is a unique full-service restaurant with a welcoming environment for people with disabilities who are among their staff. The cafe in Cedars, eastern Pennsylvania, officially opened on Jan. 21. Kathy Opperman, founder of Pillars of Light and Love, which is the owner of the café, said they had a “soft” opening for friends and families of their employees last November. “We have over 60 employees, and they are very eager to work,” Opperman told The Epoch Times.
