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China jails 32 in Xinjiang on terror charges
BBC China has stepped up military drills and security in Xinjiang as part of its campaign against terrorism. Courts in China’s Xinjiang region have jailed 32 people on charges of spreading extremist content online and organising terror groups, media report. Three of them were jailed for life while the others read more →
U.S. Probes Tibetan House Arrest During Kerry China Visit
(Bloomberg news) By David Tweed The U.S. is investigating why a Tibetan activist was prevented from attending a private dinner on women’s issues at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing during Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit. “We are concerned that Tsering Woeser was placed under house arrest and prevented from read more →
Tibetan activist gets home arrest as Kerry arrives
In this June 23, 2014 photo released by Tsering Woeser, well-known Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser poses for a photo in Inner Mongolia in northern China. She said Wednesday, July 9, 2014 that she and her husband have been placed under house arrest in Beijing as China plays host to U.S. read more →
Beijing is threatening the future of its golden goose
[The Financial Times] By Jonathan Fenby If troops go to deal with Hong Kong protests it could get out of control, says Jonathan Fenby At the end of the last century, as Indonesia held its democratic presidential election following the fall of the Suharto dictatorship, a colleague at Hong Kong’s read more →
Brace for more tensions in Asia: Chinese analyst
by John Garnaut, Sydney Morning Herald A leading Chinese analyst says political leaders in Beijing are committed to a strategy that will cause territorial disputes to get worse. His comments are significant because Chinese officials have repeatedly absolved themselves from responsibility for dangerous territorial disputes that have flared with Japan, read more →
Taiwan and China: Say cheese
[The Economist] The first island visit from a Chinese minister since 1949 Chen Chu’s cap fits Mr Zhang SINCE the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949, no ministerial-level Communist official has set foot in Taiwan. That changed on June 25th when Zhang Zhijun, head of China’s Taiwan Affairs read more →
Establishing Quid Pro Quo on the India-China Border
By Abanti Bhattacharya The Diplomat, June 14, 2014 Establishing Indian sovereignty in Arunachal Pradesh could solidify Chinese claims in Tibet. Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s June 8 visit to New Delhi has brought up the stapled visa issue again, but with a new twist. The Chinese now argue that the stapled read more →
India agrees deal with China for flood data on Brahmaputra
[PTI] New Delhi: India will pay China over Rs 82 lakh annually for crucial flood data of the Brahmaputra to improve flood forecasting even as the two sides agreed to allow their water experts to conduct study tours on both sides of the river which originates in Tibet. The agreement was read more →
Celebrate the Panscheel Agreement? It was one of India’s worst political disasters
[Daily Mail] By Dr Sanat Kaul The Vice-President Hamid Ansari paid a visit to Beijing to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Panchsheel Agreement with China. It may be recalled this Agreement trumped by Nehru has been the source and beginning of the greatest disaster of Indian Foreign Policy results read more →
Hong Kong marches for democracy as government says ‘doing its utmost’
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters gather to march in the streets to demand universal suffrage in Hong Kong July 1, 2014. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu [Reuters] HONG KONG: Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters marched in Hong Kong on Tuesday, with many calling for the city’s leader to be sacked, in what could read more →
Hong Kong’s politics: No paper tiger
[The Economist] PEOPLE in Hong Kong have responded with alarm, and some defiance, to a white paper issued by China’s leaders about the city’s political future. In rallies outside Beijing’s representative office in Hong Kong on June 11th, politicians and protesters burned copies of the report and accused officials of read more →
China-Taiwan relations: Big brother comes wooing
Does this hat make me look charming? [The Economist] For more than six decades after the Chinese civil war, the mainland did not allow its minister-level officials openly to set foot in Taiwan. This changed on June 25th when Zhang Zhijun, director of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, visited the island read more →
The Illusion of Chinese Power
[The National Interest] By David Shambaugh CONVENTIONAL WISDOM has it that the China juggernaut is unstoppable and that the world must adjust to the reality of the Asian giant as a—perhaps the—major global power. A mini-industry of “China rise” prognosticators has emerged over the past decade, all painting a picture of read more →
China to let Indian experts monitor Brahmaputra in Tibet
[The Hindu] China has for the first time formally agreed to allow Indian hydrological experts to conduct study tours in Tibet to monitor the flows on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra, according to a new agreement signed here on Monday during the visit of Vice-President Hamid Ansari. In a read more →
Hong Kong democracy ‘referendum’ voting ends
[BBC] Votes are being counted in Hong Kong after an unofficial referendum on universal suffrage in the Chinese territory. The 10-day poll was held by protest group Occupy Central, which says almost 800,000 voted online or in person. A Hong Kong government spokesman has said the vote has no legal read more →