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As the Chinese government grapples with the ripple effects of a plummeting property market, wealthy Chinese citizens are accelerating moves to safeguard their wealth by investing abroad, Nikkei reports.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's economic policies are helping to lift property values in Japan, especially in the Niseko area of Hokkaido, left, and in Osaka's Dotonbori entertainment district. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Ken Kobayashi, Yusuke Hinata, and Yo Inoue)

Notably, older Chinese, weathered by the harsh realities of the Cultural Revolution, are leveraging technology and international markets to insulate their assets from domestic economic shocks. Their destination? Japan's burgeoning real estate sector.

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Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

The founder of a Black Lives Matter (BLM) organization is voicing his support of Jan. 6 prisoners and not shying away from endorsing former President Donald Trump as “the best candidate we have.”

Mark Fisher, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Rhode Island. (Courtesy of Mark Fisher)

Mark Fisher—who stepped down from his leadership position at BLM Rhode Island, which he co-founded, and is now founder and executive (more…)

President Biden's overwhelmingly pro-Israel response to this month's major escalation of violence between Palestinians and Israel has the approval of many Americans, but it could well cost him 15 electoral votes in the crucial swing state of Michigan — and by extension, his presidency. 

Muslim Democratic Party leaders in the state tell NBC News that their demographic, which may have put Biden over the top in 2020, may well abandon him in 2024.

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