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China’s expansionism enters dangerous phase
Brahma Chellaney | The Hill | 25 August 2020 | Read the original article here China’s expansionist drive, from the East and South China seas to the Himalayas and the southern Pacific, is making the Indo-Pacific region more volatile and … Continued The post China’s expansionism enters dangerous phase appeared read more →
Tibetan Crowds at Lhasa Festival Smaller This Year, With Officials Citing ‘COVID’ Fears
RFA | 20 August 2020 | Read the original news here A major religious festival is being held this week in Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa under heavy security, with fewer numbers of Tibetans allowed to attend this year because of … Continued The post Tibetan Crowds at Lhasa Festival Smaller read more →
China Buys Turkey’s Silence on Uyghur Oppression
By Aykan Erdemir and Philip Kowalski | The Diplomat |August 21, 2020 | Read the news here A child from the Uyghur community living in Turkey participates in a protest in Istanbul on November 6, 2018, against oppression by the Chinese … Continued The post China Buys Turkey’s Silence on Uyghur read more →
Anxiety grows as China’s Three Gorges dam hits highest level
Lily Kuo in Beijing | The Guardian | Thu 20 Aug 2020 | Read the news here Extreme floods have hit China’s Three Gorges dam, which recorded the largest inflow of water in its history, prompting officials to assure the public it … Continued The post Anxiety grows as China’s Three Gorges read more →
The Chinese Trojan Horse That Distorted Tibetan History
For years, Tibetans have hoped that CCP’s Trojan Horse would stop its treachery, only to realise nothing’s changed. NAWANG PHUNTSOG for The Quint. 23 August 2020. Read original news here. On a recent 8 July press briefing at the US … Continued The post The Chinese Trojan Horse That Distorted read more →
Unlock 3.0: Inter-state movement of goods, people can’t be restricted, Centre tells states
Press Trust of India | August 22, 202 | Read the news here New Delhi: The Centre has asked all states to ensure that there should be no restrictions on inter-state and intra-state movement of persons and goods during the ongoing unlocking … Continued The post Unlock 3.0: Inter-state movement of goods, read more →
China Alone
BRAHMA CHELLANEY | Project Syndicate | August 21, 2020 | As long as the costs of expansionism remain manageable, Chinese President Xi Jinping will stay the course, seeking to exploit electoral politics and polarization in major democracies. The Indo-Pacific’s major democratic powers … Continued The post China Alone appeared first on Central read more →
The Coming Russian-Chinese Clash
The Kremlin, so ready to identify slights from Washington, has been willing to accept junior partner status in its relationship with Beijing. But how long will that last? by John Herbst | Nationa Interest | 21 August 2020 | Read the … Continued The post The Coming Russian-Chinese Clash appeared first read more →
China is Desperate to Stop Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Movement
Government Blames Foreign Groups Kenneth Roth for Human Rights Watch. 21 August 2020. Read original news here. kenroth Click to expand ImageHong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, center, who founded newspaper Apple Daily, is arrested by police officers at his … Continued The post China is Desperate to Stop Hong read more →
How China is Violating Human Rights Treaties and its own Constitution in Xinjiang
by Giavanna O’Connell, Just Security. August 19, 2020. Read original news here. The global community is finally starting to describe China’s “Strike Hard” campaign against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang accurately, normalizing usage of terms including “genocide” and “concentration … Continued The post How China is Violating Human Rights read more →
What happened in Tibet could happen to you: Lobsang Sangay for Inside Policy
Macdonald-Laurier Institute | 20 August 2020 | Read the original post here The Chinese government ought to respect human rights and liberal values of the Tibetan people and the Uyghurs, Hong Kong, and the people in Taiwan, writes Lobsang Sangay. This article … Continued The post What happened in Tibet could happen read more →
Tibetan Woman Jailed in Protest Over Panchen Lama is Released in Failing Health
A Tibetan woman jailed for 15 months for spreading word of a relative’s public call for the release of Tibet’s Panchen Lama has been freed crippled and in failing health after serving her full term in prison, Tibetan sources said. … Continued The post Tibetan Woman Jailed in Protest Over read more →
China’s Xi Jinping facing widespread opposition in his own party, insider claims
The Guardian | Lily Kuo in Beijing | 18 August 2020 | Read the news here A former professor at China’s elite Central Party School has issued an unprecedented rebuke of the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, accusing him of “killing a country” and … Continued The post China’s Xi Jinping facing widespread opposition read more →
How fake award for a tycoon left Oxford University open to Chinese influence
Emma Graham-Harrison | The Guardian | 16 Aug 2020 | Read the news here An Oxford academic handed out a “meaningless” university qualification to a Hong Kong businessman with ties to the Chinese authorities at a high-profile ceremony in Shanghai last year, in … Continued The post How fake award for a tycoon read more →
Cambodia’s biggest lake is running dry, taking forests and fish with it
BY STEFAN LOVGREN | National Geographic | PUBLISHED AUGUST 17, 2020 | Read the original article here HUN SOTHARITH RECALLS when he moved to Cambodia’s Tonle Sap to become a fisherman. It was the early 1990s, and the lake’s freshwater swamp forest where … Continued The post Cambodia’s biggest lake is running dry, read more →