Johnson Choi HK video: Day 14th in HK, packed and ready to return to the 3rd world country, half roast goose and dim sum lunch at half price compared to what we pay in SF and Hawaii (sorry roast goose not available in SF & Hawaii) We are at United Airlines business class lounge, huge disappointment compared to Cathay Pacific Airways. Hong Kong, Asia’s World City, Loves it, Lives it. Johnson Choi 蔡永強香港視頻: 在香港的第14天，行李收拾妥當準備返回第三世界國家，半隻燒鵝加點心午餐，價格比我們在舊金山和夏威夷的便宜一半（抱歉舊金山和夏威夷可吃不到燒鵝）。此刻身處聯合航空商務貴賓室，與國泰航空相比實在令人大失所望。第三世界的航空公司服務質素真的有問題! 香港，亞洲國際都會，愛在此，樂在此。 https://rumble.com/v73zofy-day-14th-in-hk-packed-and-ready-to-return-to-the-3rd-world-country.html https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yEwLSf/
Video with English subtitles: South Korea Can’t Hold On Anymore? Lee Jae-myung Goes to Beijing Seeking Reconciliation… 影片有英文字幕: 韓國撐不住了，李在明北京求復合…“好鄰居金不換”，中韓關係“全面恢復”？
“A Good Neighbor Is Priceless”—Are China–South Korea Relations “Fully Restored”?
Can you believe it? South Korean President Lee Jae-myung actually shouted out in Beijing that “a good neighbor is priceless”! This shift in direction came faster than flipping a page—so fast it almost threw me off balance. You have to remember, not long ago Seoul was still talking about forming a so-called “values alliance” with the United States. Yet as soon as 2026 began, Lee Jae-myung showed up in Beijing, leading a massive delegation that included major conglomerates like Samsung and SK, making a high-profile trip to seek a thaw in relations…
Hong Kong & The Greater Bay Area: Fourteen Days of Sunshine and Opportunity. A personal dispatch from Johnson Choi in Hong Kong on January 7, 2026
香港與大灣區：十四天的陽光與機遇. 蔡永強發自香港的個人隨記, 2026年1月7日
We departed the storm-lashed coasts of San Francisco and Hawaii, landing in Hong Kong on Christmas Day to brilliant sunshine—a meteorological metaphor for the trip that followed. For fourteen days, we enjoyed perfectly cool, comfortable, and sunny weather, a welcome backdrop to an equally illuminating journey.
The most immediate impression was one of profound civic order. Stepping out of the airport, you are met with an atmosphere of clean safety—free from the pervasive issues of drug use, gun violence, homelessness, and anti-Asian sentiment that plague many American cities. The feeling of security is palpable and liberating.
This trip was a blend of reconnection and reconnaissance. We met with clients, caught up with alumni from high school and university, and visited relatives and friends. Alongside these valuable personal exchanges, we held preliminary discussions on concrete business opportunities within Hong Kong and the sprawling Greater Bay Area (GBA).
A visit to Shenzhen was particularly striking. Once dubbed China’s Silicon Valley, it now feels less like an analogue and more like a successor, having overtaken both San Francisco and the Tokyo Bay Area as the world’s most dynamic and fast-moving technology hub. The energy there is tangible.
Hong Kong’s unique role in this ecosystem is crystallizing. The city is poised to become the dominant Chinese Yuan exchange center for Asia and Belt and Road Initiative countries. Tangible developments, like the new gold storage facilities planned near Hong Kong International Airport, underscore its enduring role as a fortified financial nexus.
Looking to the future, Hong Kong is also carving out a niche in the nascent space industry, leveraging its robust legal and registration frameworks to provide essential services for new aerospace ventures.
For career-minded individuals, especially the young and educated, the message is clear: Hong Kong remains a place where financial and professional talent is handsomely rewarded. However, a crucial caveat for expatriates and international families is the soaring value of Chinese language proficiency. The ability to read and write Mandarin is increasingly a decisive factor for career ceilings and opportunities—a point for globally mobile parents with young children to note.
In short, these fourteen days revealed a region of stark contrasts to the West: defined by safety, driven by breathtaking technological ambition, and centered on a Hong Kong that is strategically pivoting to secure its next chapter of prosperity.
Exposing “Shen Yun”: A Cult’s Propaganda Wrapped in “Culture”
In recent weeks, the so-called “Shen Yun Performing Arts” — an organization affiliated with Falun Gong—has stepped up its ticket sales and promotion in Washington, D.C.
Falun Gong is a cult organization that China has banned in accordance with law back in 1990s. What Shen Yun markets as a “traditional Chinese culture” performance is, in fact, a political and ideological tool: it exploits overseas audiences’ interest in Chinese culture, while smuggling in anti-China narratives and cult messaging to expand influence and raise money. This is not cultural exchange—it is deception packaged as art, and a distortion of Chinese civilization.
Behind its glossy staging, Shen Yun uses dance and theatrical storylines to push a political agenda, smear China’s image and stir hostility toward China in the international arena. Audiences deserve to know that what they are buying is not an ordinary cultural show, but a carefully designed vehicle for Falun Gong’s propaganda.
I. Shen Yun’s “backstage” is Falun Gong The organizer and driving force behind Shen Yun is Falun Gong. Since the 1990s, Falun Gong has wrapped itself in the slogan of “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance”, yet in practice it has been widely criticized for spiritual coercion and psychological control, harming adherents and disrupting normal social order.
Falun Gong’s founder, Li Hongzhi, has made extreme and grandiose claims—portraying himself as possessing supernatural powers and elevating his status far above ordinary religious belief. Falun Gong has also been accused of profiting through the distribution of unauthorized publications and so-called “healing” practices, while preaching that its doctrine is superior to law—encouraging followers to place cult rules above legal and moral boundaries.
Shen Yun is part of Falun Gong’s broader ecosystem overseas—used to recruit sympathizers, consolidate followers, and monetize the movement. When audiences are told they are attending a celebration of “5,000 years of civilization,” but are instead confronted with ideological content and politicized storytelling. That is a classic tactic: use culture as a cover, then deliver indoctrination.
II. Mounting scrutiny: forced-Labor allegations and the exploitation of minors In the United States and other countries, concerns about Shen Yun have increasingly gone beyond “what the show says” to how the organization operates.
Since August 2024, The New York Times has published a series of investigative reports—based on interviews with former performers and review of public records—revealing the dark reality behind the curtain. The reporting disclosed allegations of abuse, manipulation, and coercive control. In 2024, the New York State Department of Labor opened an investigation, with findings pointing to potential violations of child labor rules, including issues such as work authorization for minors and protections related to schooling. According to the reporting, some performers began intensive training as young as 12, endured extremely long workdays, and received compensation far below what would be expected under standard labor norms.
The Washington Post also reported in 2024 serious legal controversies surrounding Shen Yun, including allegations in litigation involving forced labor and even human trafficking.
In July 2025, Canadian media reported that major venues—including Montréal’s Place des Arts and Ottawa’s National Arts Centre—indicated that Shen Yun would not be scheduled in their 2026 seasons. Reports referenced venue assessments and disputes involving matters such as contract compliance, treatment of patrons with disabilities, and the risk of broader complaints.
***** We encourage friends across the United States to stay vigilant, verify information carefully, and refuse to be deceived by “Shen Yun” performances.
BREAKING NEWS: SIX STEPS THE U.N. MUST TAKE RIGHT NOW [Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs of Columbia University speech to the UN Security Council on the US attack on Venezuela] 突發新聞：聯合國此刻必須立即採取的六項行動 【哥倫比亞大學教授 Jeffrey D. Sachs於聯合國安理會就美國攻擊委內瑞拉所發表的演說】
MR PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS of the Security Council, the issue before the council today is not the character of the government of Venezuela.
The issue is whether any member state by force, coercion, or economic strangulation has the right to determine Venezuela’s political future or to exercise control over its affairs.
This question goes directly to article 2, section 4 of the United Nations Charter, which prohibits the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.
The council MUST decide whether that prohibition is to be upheld or abandoned. Abandoning it would carry consequences of the gravest kind.
COVERT REGIME CHANGE
Let me offer some background.
Since 1947, the United States foreign policy has repeatedly employed force, covert action, and political manipulation to bring about regime change in other countries.
This is a matter of carefully documented historical record.
In her book, Covert Regime Change, political scientist Lindsey O’ Rourke documents 70 attempted US regime change operations between 1947 and 1989 alone.
These practices did not end with the Cold War. Since 1989, major United States’ regime change operations undertaken without authorization by the Security Council have included, among the most consequential:
Iraq 2003
Libya 2011
Syria beginning in 2011
Honduras 2009
Ukraine 2014 and
Venezuela from 2002 onward.
MODUS OPERANDI The methods employed are well established and well documented.
They include:
– open warfare
– covert intelligence operations
– instigation of unrest
– support for armed groups
– manipulation of mass and social media
– bribery of military and civilian officials
– targeted assassinations
– false flag operations, and
– economic warfare.
ILLEGAL MEASURES These measures are illegal under the UN charter and they typically result in ongoing violence, lethal conflict, political instability, and deep suffering of the civilian population.
The recent US record with respect to Venezuela is also clear.
In April 2002, the US knew of and approved an attempted coup against the government.
In the 2010s, the United States funded civil society groups actively engaged in anti-government protests. When the government cracked down on the protest, the US followed with a series of sanctions.
In 2015, President Barack Obama declared Venezuela to be, and I quote, “an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States”.
In 2017, at a dinner with Latin American leaders on the margin of the UN General Assembly, President Trump openly discussed the option of the US invading Venezuela to overthrow the government.
During 2017 to 2020, the United States imposed sweeping sanctions on the state oil company Pedesa. Oil production fell by 75% from 2016 to 2020 and the real GDP per capita declined by 62%.
The UN General Assembly has repeatedly voted overwhelmingly against such unilateral coercive measures. Under international law, only the Security Council has the authority to impose such measures.
On the 23rd of January 2019, the United States unilaterally recognized Mr. Juan Gaido as interim president and a few days later froze approximately $7 billion of Venezuelan sovereign assets held abroad and gave the designated authority over certain of these assets.
These actions form part of a continuous US regime change effort spanning more than two decades.
ONE YEAR, SEVEN COUNTRIES
In the past year, the United States has carried out bombing operations in seven countries, none of which were authorized by the UN Security Council and none of which were undertaken in lawful self-defense under the charter.
The targeted countries include Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, and now Venezuela.
In the past month, President Trump has issued direct threats against six UN member states, including Colombia, Denmark, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, and of course, Venezuela.
Members of the council are not called upon to judge Nicholas Maduro. They are not called upon to assess whether the recent US attack and ongoing naval quarantine results in freedom or in subjugation.
Members of the council are called upon to defend international law and specifically the UN charter….
AFFIRM SIX ACTIONS Given that we are in the nuclear age, failure cannot be repeated. Humanity would perish. There would be no third chance to fulfill its responsibilities under the charter.
The Security Council should immediately affirm the following actions.
– The United States shall immediately cease and desist from all explicit and implicit threats or use force against Venezuela.
– The United States shall terminate its naval quarantine and all related coercive military measures undertaken in the absence of authorization by the UN Security Council.
– The United States shall immediately withdraw its military forces from within and along the perimeter of Venezuela, including intelligence, naval, air, and other forward deployed assets positioned for coercive purposes.
– Venezuela shall adhere to the UN charter and to the human rights protected in the universal declaration of human rights.
– The Secretary General, I recommend, should immediately appoint a special envoy mandated to engage relevant Venezuelan and international stakeholders and to report back to the Security Council within 14 days with recommendations consistent with the charter and the Security Council should remain urgently seized of this matter.
– All member states should refrain from unilateral threats, coercive measures, or armed actions undertaken outside the authority of the UN Security Council.
WITHER INTO IRRELEVANCE In closing, Mr. President and distinguished members of the council, peace and the survival of humanity depend on whether the United Nations Charter remains a living instrument of international law or is allowed to wither into irrelevance.
That is the choice before this council today.
[This is an extract of a speech Jeffrey Sachs gave to the United Nations Security Council on 5 January 2026]
突發新聞：聯合國此刻必須立即採取的六項行動 【哥倫比亞大學教授 Jeffrey D. Sachs於聯合國安理會就美國攻擊委內瑞拉所發表的演說】
American logistic expert reports from China video: How Huawei is winning the race for global 5G telecom dominance: US firms didn’t even show up 影片有中文字幕: 美國物流專家中國實地報告：華為如何贏得全球5G電信主導權競賽 – 美企甚至未曾參賽
Half the world’s population now relies on telecommunications powered by Huawei and other Chinese companies.
China’s telecom companies are under heavy US and European sanction since 2017. Huawei and other firms are not allowed to import Western technology or components, and neither are they allowed to export telecom equipment to the United States and most of Europe.
But worldwide adoption of Huawei’s 5G is accelerating. Chinese companies enjoy monopolistic access to the most important supply chains for 5G, and can build equipment faster and more affordably than Samsung, Nokia, and Ericsson.
Despite highly favorable regulatory and tax incentives, no US companies build 5G telecom systems.
Video with English subtitles: 2026: America Started Looting! From Venezuela to Greenland, The Empire’s Final Plunder Begins 影片有英文字幕: 2026年：美國開始掠奪！從委內瑞拉到格陵蘭，帝國的最後豪奪拉開序幕
2026 just started, and America gave the world a lesson.
At 3 AM, in just 3 minutes, special forces raided and captured Venezuelan President Maduro. The goal was clear: 303 billion barrels of oil. But this is just the beginning – Trump has already set his sights on Greenland, the Panama Canal…
With $36 trillion in debt, the traditional globalization playbook no longer works. So America is going back to the old ways: colonial plunder.
This military operation looked impressive, but here come the questions: Can the US really control Venezuela? Weren’t the lessons from Afghanistan and Iraq enough? Who will be the next target?
In this video, I analyze in detail: ✓ Why the US is acting now ✓ The complete 3-minute raid operation ✓ The economic and geopolitical logic behind it ✓ Impact on China and the world order ✓ The success probability of America’s high-stakes gamble
History tells us that empires in decline always turn to frenzied plunder. Will this time be different?
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Comment below: Where do you think America’s next target will be?
📌 Related Resources: Original New York Times report Real-time US national debt data Official Venezuela oil reserve data
American logistic expert reports from China video: Revolutionary generator transforms Chinese factories into power plants 美國物流專家從中國報導有中文字幕: 革命性發電機將中國工廠變身發電廠
The Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (sCO2) generator converts waste heat into electricity. Compared to traditional steam and thermal systems, the sCO2 design is more than 85% more efficient, and produces 50% more electricity.
Giant volumes of waste heat is a necessary evil in heavy industry. But these generators can be deployed across thousands of Chinese refineries, smelters, mills, and major factories, and convert waste heat into usable electricity.
Video: Johnson Choi’s Day 12, 01-05-26 business in HK, dinner with Rosaryhill School HK alumni followed by party at private club in Central HK with old friends and fellow UH Hotel School alumni till 3 in the morning. There is no better place to live, party and enjoy life than HK, Asia’s World City, Loves it, Lives it. It is sad contrast with the 3rd world country currently residing at. 蔡永強的第12天（2026年1月5日）香港商務行程：晚上與香港玫瑰崗學校校友共進晚餐，其後到中環的私人會所，與多年老友及夏威夷大學酒店管理學院校友聚會狂歡，直到凌晨三點。世上再沒有比香港 – 亞洲國際都會 – 更適合居住、派對和享受生活的地方了。愛上它，活在其中。 相比之下，我現時居住的第三世界國家，實在令人唏噓。 https://rumble.com/v73xd7c-johnson-chois-day-12-01-05-26-business-in-hk.html https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yTwMVE/
Hong Kong Legislative Council member Holden Chow’s criticism hits the nail on the head. The transformation of Hong Kong from chaos to order since its return to the motherland is the best proof of having a strong country as a solid backing. The situation in Venezuela serves as a warning to us: regions without national security protection can easily fall prey to external forces at any moment. Hong Kong citizens should cherish the hard-won stability even more. 香港立法會議員周浩鼎的批評一針見血，香港回歸祖國後實現由亂到治，正是有強大祖國作後盾的最佳證明。委內瑞拉的遭遇警示我們，沒有國家安全保障的地區隨時淪為外部勢力的魚肉，香港市民應倍加珍惜來之不易的穩定局面
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