Steven Crowder breaks down how the NBA and Big Tech’s support of China is not only hypocritical, it’s a little evil. More from Louder with Crowder.
Esports gamer Chung Ng Wai, who goes by Blitzchung, wears a gas mask and goggles and ends an interview saying “Liberate Hong Kong: Revolution of our times.” Hearthstone tournament sponsor Blizzard Entertainment bans him for a year and strips him of $10,000 in 2019 winnings. Is this just a case of an American company enforcing its legal contract and protecting its reputation? Or did parent company Activision Blizzard cave to minor investor Tencent Holdings Ltd., a massive Chinese conglomerate? Will global corporations ever stand up to the communist Chinese government and allow free speech? Can China stand against a world of (virtual) warriors who #BoycottBlizzard ? More from Bill Whittle and Scott Ott.
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One thing you can say for the corporations: They are bending over for China. More from Computing Forever.
Notice how none of the Hollywood movies anymore have Chinese villains? That’s because China owns most of the Hollywood studios these days. And, of course, to poke fun of the Chinese would be racist. Just ask the yahoos in the NBA. More from Mark Dice.
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The big story trending is that Blizzard, the company behind Hearthstone, has suspended a player and rescinded prize money over his support for the ongoing Hong Kong protests.
This comes in the wake of the South Park episode mocking American companies for caving to the censorship demands of China. The news sparked outrage that Americans would have to live under the censorship of China due to market pressure with Marco Rubio issuing a statement stating just that. China uses market influence to exert cultural pressure onto other countries.
Meanwhile protesters in Hong Kong are being seriously injured as they demand free speech and sovereign rights, opposing the will of Communist China.
As Trump’s trade war escalates and companies are forced to choose sides, could all of this be the tipping point toward full-scale conflict between the US and China? More from Tim Pool.
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The Chinese, of course, didn’t take too kindly to South Park. The television comedy got banned by the Communists and completely erased from the Chinese version of the Internet! More from The Quartering.
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Dick Morris believes the real objective of President Donald Trump in renegotiating trade tariffs with China is to strike at that nation’s theft and piracy of Hi-Tech goods. Robotics, high-speed computers and military ware are the actual goods Trump wants to protect. If China backs off from stealing these goods and engaging in cyber-espionage, we’ll likely see the trade tariff battle ease. If not, buckle up your seat belts!
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President Trump’s tariffs aren’t the only obstacle for China. Mass protests are now taking place in Hong Kong to challenge efforts by China to weaken the Hong Kong judiciary. Dr. Steve Turley reports.
Now that former CIA employee and NSA contractor Edward Snowden has disclosed he’s the source responsible for leaking details of the NSA’s top-secret surveillance campaign, speculation has turned to whether the US will obtain his extradition from Hong Kong or whether the former crown colony might grant him asylum. Snowden has been holed up in a Hong Kong hotel, but also has said he might eventually want to resettle to Iceland because of its strong positions upholding Internet freedom.
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Today’s Trillion Dollar Movie, Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow, helped transform an upstart 24-year-old actor into the world’s most recognized martial arts star. The performer: Jackie Chan. While the film Drunken Master was Chan’s first huge breakout hit, Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow — shot immediately before Drunken Master in 1978 — gave Chan his first genuine opportunity to define his acting style and create the screen persona that his legions of fans would come to cherish.
Here, he begins to experiment with all of the signature elements of his style — the slapstick gags, the self-effacing humor, the exuberant fight scenes choreographed with pinpoint precision. The stuntwork is
perhaps more rudimentary than in Chan’s most eye-dropping features, but this role still puts him through his paces, involving plenty of agility and physical stretching as a performer.
He plays a naive, bullied janitor, Chien Fu, who serves as a sort of a human punching bag at a local martial arts academy. His life is miserable until he’s accepted as a protege by Pai, a crafty old master trained in the Snake Fist fighting style. Pai’s motives aren’t entirely altruistic. He’s one of the last of his breed, as a rival school, the Eagle Claw, has waged a protracted war against the Snake Fist fighters and nearly wiped out the entire society. Pai sees Chien Fu as perhaps the last hope to defend the Snake Fist clan and prevent its extinction.
Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow not only established Chan as a rising star, but also burnished the reputation of first-time director Yuen Woo-Ping. On the basis of his work here and in Drunken Master, Woo-Ping enjoyed a long career as one of Hong Kong’s most successful action filmmakers, sought out by Hollywood to stage the fight scenes in The Matrix as well as Kill Bill. Enjoy, and do return again next Friday for another Trillion $ Movie.
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The Hong Kong metro wants to wipe out an unsanitary practice: Some of its patrons, supposedly mostly Chinese tourists, are defecating in public places at train and subway stations. As part of its campaign, the metro has posted signs advising travelers to seek out toilet facilities and otherwise not to poop on the premises. H/T Apple DailyEnglish
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A 36-year-old IT specialist in Hong Kong was arrested at the Kowloon Tong Station after police observed him taking upskirt shots of women using a miniature camera embedded inside his Croc shoes. He even installed a battery so he could film for longer. H/T Apple Daily English
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Allyson Chang Yen goes wild in the 1967 Hong Kong romantic comedy They All Fall in Love, an unsung release from the Shaw Brothers studio. Allyson never achieved leading lady status, which is a shame, because this scene suggests she had the magnetism and glittery presence to handle stardom.
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