50 Lawmakers Demand Answers from AG Garland Over CCP-Linked Marijuana Farms

“In some cases, the grow operators were also engaged in human trafficking, forced labor, drug trafficking, and violent crime,” the lawmakers wrote. “These farms are most commonly in states with legal marijuana programs where illicit growers try to disguise their operations in communities where law-abiding Americans live and work.”

Hong Kong Feels the Impact as Foreign Investors Vacate China

He said that some companies have halved the index weight to reduce risk exposure, while others have removed China from emerging market indices. The change brought about by CalSTRS is not an increase or decrease but a change in index weight.

Simmering Tensions: China Sanctions 5 US Defense Firms Over Arms Sales to Taiwan

The situation also underscores the delicate balance of power in the Taiwan Strait — a 160-kilometer-wide (about 90 miles) waterway that separates Taiwan from mainland China. But the timing of Beijing’s sanctions — coming just days before Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary elections slated for Jan. 13 — is seen as a strategic move to influence the island’s political landscape.