This magnificent young woman stood before the world and spoke about the allowance of harm.

I thank "Time" (click here) for realizing who the "Person of the Year" was in heralding the message that Earth cannot speak itself. 

It is a wonderful tribute to her and her plea. She is a champion for her generation.

She has sacrificed. She left her homeland and left her studies behind to bring words and presence to the urgency of their generation's need.

Her understanding of her generation's reality is profound. We all should be honoring her cry. 

If the US Senate trial takes place and allows interference by the president, then the first place to investigate the Kochs is China.

July 12, 2019
By Evelyn Cheng

State Department Warning (click here)

A Koch Industries executive (click here) was prevented from leaving the immediate vicinity of his hotel in southern China in early June, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing three sources.

In the days that followed, the unnamed Chinese-American executive was interrogated about topics including U.S.-China trade tensions, and was not allowed to leave the country until the State Department intervened, the Times report said.

The detention plays into growing fears among American businesspeople about harassment from Chinese authorities. In October, a banker with Switzerland-based UBS was prevented from leaving China in order to meet with Chinese officials.

After Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer at Chinese tech giant Huawei, was arrested in Canada in December at the request of the U.S. government, China arrested former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and entrepreneur Michael Spavor....