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India’s One-China policy is flawed. It must be reworked | Analysis
It can’t validate its claim over Arunachal Pradesh without recognising the historical independence of Tibet ANALYSIS Updated: Oct 23, 2019 19:01 IST Tenzin Tsundue Whenever the president of China visits India, the Indian police locates me, no matter where I am and throws me into the nearest central jail. This time, read more →
Sakharov Prize: Jailed Uighur academic Ilham Tohti wins award
An academic jailed for separatism in China has been awarded the European Parliament’s top human rights prize. Ilham Tohti, who is from the Uighur minority, has been a fierce critic of China’s treatment of the Uighur people. He was jailed for life in 2014. More than a million Uighurs and read more →
Could we have won the war?
Claude Arpi, The Pioneer Had the Nehru Government paid heed to Wing Commander Nath’s learnings about Chinese military build-up on the Tibetan plateau, there would have been no scar on India’s psyche Wing Commander Jag Mohan (Jaggi) Nath of the … Continued The post Could we have won the war? read more →
India’s One-China policy is flawed. It must be reworked | Analysis
Tenzin Tsundue, Hindustan Times Whenever the president of China visits India, the Indian police locates me, no matter where I am and throws me into the nearest central jail. This time, when the Narendra Modi-Xi Jinping Chennai Connect was happening, … Continued The post India’s One-China policy is flawed. It read more →
Outfoxed and Outgunned: How China Routed the U.S. in a U.N. Agency
Foreign Policy, BY COLUM LYNCH, ROBBIE GRAMER, 23 October 2019 Read original news here. In mid-January, Kevin Moley, the senior State Department official responsible for overseeing U.S. relations with the United Nations and other international organizations, issued a stern command to a gathering of … Continued The post Outfoxed and Outgunned: How China Routed read more →
China Sharpens Hacking to Hound Its Minorities, Far and Wide
By Nicole Perlroth, Kate Conger and Paul Mozur, The New York Times, 22 October 2019, Read the original article here. SAN FRANCISCO — China’s state-sponsored hackers have drastically changed how they operate over the last three years, substituting selectivity for what had been a … Continued The post China Sharpens Hacking to Hound Its read more →
US senator Rick Scott says 2022 Winter Olympics should not be held in China
The Guardian, 22 October 2019, Read the original article here. Republican senator says 2022 Games should be moved Former Florida governor doubles down on letter to IOC Scott blasts Fifa for awarding Club World Cup to China US senator Rick … Continued The post US senator Rick Scott says 2022 read more →
Chinese loans pose ‘clear risks’ to stability of Pacific nations, Australian think tank warns
Agence France-Presse, 21 October 2019 Read original news here. China’s financial largesse in the Pacific carries “clear risks” for stability if left unchecked, a Sydney think tank has warned, while saying allegations of “debt-trap” diplomacy are so far overblown. In … Continued The post Chinese loans pose ‘clear risks’ to read more →
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party wins Canada’s general election
CNN, 22 October 2019 Read original news here. (CNN)Election results show Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party will return to power, but as a minority government after Monday’s general election, according to CBC News and CTV News. The victory ensures that Trudeau … Continued The post Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party wins Canada’s read more →
Tim Cook to serve as chairman at Chinese business school amid Hong Kong outcry
By Colin Lecher, The Verge, 21 October 2019 Read original news here Apple CEO Tim Cook has been appointed chairman of the advisory board for Tsinghua University’s economics school in Beijing, according to local news reports and a Chinese-language meeting summary noted by Apple Insider. … Continued The post Tim Cook to serve as chairman read more →
China’s Surveillance State Has Tens of Millions of New Targets
By Emile Dirks and Sarah Cook, Foreign Policy, 21 October 2019, Read the original article here. So-called key individuals, from drug addicts to religious believers, are singled out in police databases. One evening in the summer of 2017, local police in … Continued The post China’s Surveillance State Has Tens of read more →
Restrictions on Tibetan Buddhist community increased in Nepal: US
PTI, Business Standard, 22 October 2019, Read the original article here. Nepal’s government has increased restrictions on the Tibetan Buddhist community amidst growing Chinese influence in the country, a top US official said. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South … Continued The post Restrictions on Tibetan Buddhist community increased read more →
China’s growing clout at the UN
By E.D Mathew, The Hindu, 21 October 2019, Read the original article here. Beijing is actively seeking to use the UN platform to legitimise and spread its ideology In June, the Indian government quietly withdrew the candidate it had nominated … Continued The post China’s growing clout at the UN read more →
China has destroyed large areas of one of Tibet’s biggest Buddhist sites, satellite images reveal
By Holmes Chan, Hong Kong Free Press, 20 October 2019, Read the original article here. Chinese authorities levelled almost half of Yarchen Gar – one of the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist sites – in August, according to recently published satellite images. … Continued The post China has destroyed large areas of read more →
NBA China Woes Refuse To Die, As Tibet Protesters Demonstrate At Brooklyn Nets Game
By Bruce Haring, Deadline, 18 October 2019, Read the original article here. Tibetan rights activists protested tonight alongside Hong Kong democracy activists at the Brooklyn Nets vs Toronto Raptors game at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn. The protesters said their aim was … Continued The post NBA China Woes Refuse To Die, read more →