Day: February 24, 2025

DeepSeek: Fact-checking Pro-Gun Activists Lie About Chinese Gun Ownership

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Pro-Gun Activists Lie About Chinese Gun Ownership

Now while investigating Chinese gun laws I came across this paper written by Huan Zhu at the University of Kansas. This is what she had dug up form her research:

“After the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, there have been three special laws or regulations issued on control of firearms, which are Temporary Measures of Control of Firearms (1952), Measures of the People’s Republic of China for the Control of Firearms (1981), and Law of the People’s Republic of China on Gun Control (1996) (hereinafter referred to as Law on Gun Control).”

– Gun Control Policy in United States and China, Huan Zhu

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Front: Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF)

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Strengthening the Financial Independence of Independent Media Organisations

The key findings of the literature review with regard to international donor assistance and private funding for independent media are as follows:

  • The United States and Germany are the largest contributors of international media assistance (Myers & Juma, 2018); China is emerging as a large donor for media and communications infrastructure projects although it is less interested in freedom of the media (Myers & Juma, 2018);
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