Wen Chen's View

(By Amber Wang and Wen Chen, Feb. 28, 2023 ) As of right now, Canada and 32 states in the US have banned government employees from using TikTok on government-issued devices. And there’s a good reason for that. While it is one of the most popular social media apps on the market today, TikTok presents serious security issues that are further exacerbated by its widespread usage.(2)   In a 2022 report, cybersecurity research group Internet 2.0 revealed TikTok’s excessive data collection regimen and the dangers it poses to users. In addition to typical user permissions requested by other social media apps, TikTok retrieves all installed applications on the phone, which could theoretically provide it with realistic “device maps” for every user. (4) Other highly intrusive functions performed include GPS location checking at least once per hour, asking for persistent access to the calendar and contacts, and collecting a plethora of device details such as clipboard content and all accounts on

  China leads 4 out of the 15 agencies of the United Nations and holds important positions in other agencies . (1) China is the center of an alliance of totalitarian regimes with financial and technological support Support nuclear technology in North Korea China provides nuclear material to North Korea. (2) China has been training North Korean nuclear scientists. (3) Sold U.S. technology to Iran. ZTE paid a $ 1.2 billion fine for exporting U.S. technology to Iran (4) Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou lied to HNBC about its tie with Iran (5) China allowed drone technology from the U.S. to Iran, then used by Russia during the Ukraine War. (6) Expand military influence via Belt & Road Initiative (7) Infrastructure development and investments in 147 countries by March 2022. (8) China often worked with corrupted government administrations to sign contracts involving inflated project costs. (9)  https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/15/the-belt-and-road-initiative-is-a-corruption-bonanza/ (10) Long-

  What is your favorite Chinese cuisine? I bet half of the readers would say, "Dumpling!" My boss ordered dumplings for every party. My western colleagues asked me to buy frozen dumplings for them from Chinese grocery stores. After my parents-in-laws moved to live with us, my husband begged them to make authentic Shandong dumplings (from scratch) no less than twice a week. Dumplings, wrapped in dozens of ways with various stuffings, can be fried, steamed, boiled. They have been comforting and healthy food ever since a Chinese medicine doctor, Zhang Zhongjin (張仲景), invented them 2000 years ago.  Zhang Zhongjin was the most exemplary Chinese physician in treating contagious diseases. During his childhood, he lost half of his family members from plagues. He devoted the rest of his life researching preventions and treatments of infectious diseases. He diligently explored medical literature published before his time for ancient remedies. At the same time, he actively outreached to

  Lina is a good friend of my mother-in-law. They used to meditate together every Sunday morning until the pandemic stopped their regular get-togethers. Like many grannies, their favorite topics are cooking and family. Lina likes to visit us, and she brings food to our house on every visit. When chatting with my mother-in-law, Lina does 90% of the talk. She is always happy. I did not know much about her life before immigrating to the U.S. until this July. I gave her a ride to the Chinese consulate to protest the Chinese government's 22-year persecution towards Falun Gong, the Chinese meditation Lina has been practicing. "You were in China at that time, " I was curious, "were you persecuted?" Then, the 75-year-old grandma recalled how Chinese authorities arrested her in 2000 for doing the Falun Gong meditation in a community garden. "They detained me for two weeks, but it was only the beginning of the nightmare." she said. The police began to harass her