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China Clamps Down on Online News Reporting
The New York Times, 25 July 2016 HONG KONG — China has ordered several of the country’s most popular internet portals to halt much of their original news reporting, in a move that could confine an even larger share of the journalism in the country to Communist-controlled mouthpieces ahead of read more →
Beijing calls for calm as India deploys 100 tanks to the Indo-China border
International Business Times China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has expressed hopes for the situation to remain peaceful. The Beijing government has urged peace after India deployed 100 tanks to its border with China in Ladakh. Citing the India-China border as being having always been “stable”, China said that India should continue read more →
Livers, kidneys and even corneas removed from 11,000 live political prisoners
By JULIAN ROBINSON FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 08:54 GMT, 8 April 2015 | UPDATED: 10:40 GMT, 8 April 2015 Livers, kidneys and even corneas removed from 11,000 live political prisoners WITHOUT anaesthetic every year in China, claims documentary • Eight year investigation claims thousands had organs removed in China • Banned read more →
Larung Gar: China ‘destroys buildings’ at Tibetan Buddhist academy
BBC News, July 22,2016 From the sectionChina Campaign groups say China has started demolishing buildings at Larung Gar, one of the largest centres of Buddhist learning in Tibet. The London-based Free Tibet group says demolitions at the site began on Wednesday and a number of people living there have been read more →
KP Oli resigns as Nepal’s Prime Minister, says ‘I am being punished for doing good work’
24 July 2016, Times of India KATHMANDU: KP Oli resigned+ as Nepal’s Prime Minister on Sunday ahead of a no-confidence vote, plunging the country into a fresh political turmoil after last year’s crippling Madhesi protests+ against the new Constitution. He accused Nepali Congress and Maoists+ of hatching a conspiracy against read more →
Can China’s loss be India’s gain?
17 July 2016, Asia & The Pacific Policy Society South China Sea ruling opens the door for greater role for India in the region For many in India, the South China Sea ruling presents an opportunity for India to underscore its credentials as a responsible global power It was widely anticipated. read more →
Forced management reshuffle shuts China’s most liberal monthly journal
The Tibet Express / By Lobsang Tenchoe DHARAMSALA, July 19: One of the most liberal monthly journals of China was compelled to stop its publication following an abrupt forced reshuffle of its management. To suppress voices that disagree with the ruling Communist Party, President Xi Jinping’s latest drive of extensive read more →
Chinese company steps up exploitation of Mount Kailash groundwater
Tuesday, 19 July 2016 10:26 Steve Shaw, Tibet Post International London — New evidence has revealed that a Chinese company is making large profits through bottled mineral water originating from underground water extracted from Mount Kailash, one of Tibet’s highest mountains and a site sacred to four religions. Since 2014 read more →
China: Disregard the South China Sea ruling. The Philippines: No
Emily Rauhala, 19 July 2016 BEIJING: Not a week after the Permanent Court of Arbitration issued a sweeping rebuke of China’s maritime claims, irking Beijing and boosting Manila, the foreign ministers of China and the Philippines met on the sidelines of a Europe-Asia summit. You can guess what they talked read more →
The Obama Doctrine
The Atlantic The U.S. president talks through his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world. Friday, August 30, 2013, the day the feckless Barack Obama brought to a premature end America’s reign as the world’s sole indispensable superpower—or, alternatively, the day the sagacious Barack Obama peered into the Middle read more →
China should respect South China Sea ruling, says Philippines
BBC News, 14 July 2016 The Philippines has said China should respect an international tribunal’s rejection of its claims in the South China Sea. In a statement, it said Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay would raise the issue at a major two-day Asia-Europe summit starting on Friday, attended by China’s read more →
No religion teaches violence, killings, says Dalai Lama
Tribune News Service, 14 July 2016 Rewalsar, July 13: Concerned over the mass killing of innocent people by militant groups in the name of religion in different parts of world, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama today said that no religion teaches violence and killing of innocent people. Dalai Lama arrived read more →
Masters of Strategy and the Containment of China
Francis P. Sempa, 7 July 2016 The U.S. Naval War College held its annual Current Strategy Forum on June 14 and 15, on its picturesque campus in Newport, Rhode Island. This Forum brought together policymakers, expert analysts, War College students, and interested civilians to discuss varying aspects of U.S. strategy. read more →
US claims China bribes UN news outlet for positive stories
By Lobsang Tenchoe DHARAMSALA, July 8: United States has raised suspicion over China’s alleged involvement in bribing a news outlet focused on United Nations to push positive stories about China. Chinese officials were involved in developing South-South News, a New York-based English language media outfit focused on the U.N. and read more →
War Is Coming
Sudoscript, 4 July 2016 Something dark is swelling up in the world. A fear, a dangerous fear, boiling over into anger and hate. The kind of fear we’ve seen before. The kind that leads down a road we know too well. The signs are happening everywhere, all at once. People read more →