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United States announces ‘highest level’ visit in decades to Taiwan
AFP, Taipei | 5 August 2020 | Read the original news here The United States on Wednesday announced its “highest level” visit in decades to Taiwan, a move sure to infuriate China at a time when relations between Washington and Beijing … Continued The post United States announces ‘highest level’ visit read more →
US imposes sanctions on Chinese ‘state-within-a-state’ linked to Xinjiang abuses
AFP in Washington. Published on 31 Jul 2020. Read original news here. Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps assets frozen Pompeo: China’s treatment of minorities is ‘stain of the century’ The United States has imposed sanctions on a major economic and paramilitary organization with vast … Continued The post US imposes sanctions on Chinese ‘state-within-a-state’ read more →
China, trade and human rights
THE EDITORIAL BOARD, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 4, 2020. Read original news here. The Hong Kong government has now postponed its legislative elections for one year. The excuse was a spike in the coronavirus, but that was a transparent excuse. Opposition … Continued The post China, trade and human rights appeared read more →
Beyond TikTok: Who else might President Trump ban?
Chris Baraniuk & Leo KelionTechnology reporters | BBC | 3 August 2020 | Read the original news here TikTok’s time in the US may be running out, with President Trump and other senior officials talking of an imminent ban. But … Continued The post Beyond TikTok: Who else might President read more →
Chinese Authorities Relocate Over Fifty Tibetans
FreeTibet.org | 13 July 2020 | Read the original news here Authorities forcefully moved around 59 Tibetans to new homes on 24 June, Tibet Watch has said. Chinese authorities forcefully relocated around 59 Tibetans from 13 different households in eastern … Continued The post Chinese Authorities Relocate Over Fifty Tibetans read more →
The Chinese Town That Became the Self-Immolation Capital of the World
source: The New York Times By Anne Fadiman July 28, 2020 EAT THE BUDDHA Life and Death in a Tibetan Town By Barbara Demick Tibetans encountered Chinese Communists for the first time during the Long March of the mid-1930s, when Mao’s Red Army evaded the Nationalist forces by heading west read more →
Why has the pandemic spared the Buddhist parts of South-East Asia?
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam have had only tiny outbreaks Asia | The Foreign Policy | Jul 9th 2020 edition | Read the original article here One of the bigger riddles of the global pandemic lies in South-East Asia. Despite being close … Continued The post Why has the pandemic spared the read more →
India-China ties: A blast from the past
Ajay Vishwas Dandekar for DailyO. Read the original article here. The recent Chinese move has come at the time when the US and China are locked in a confrontational relationship, and when the world, including China, is battling a pandemic. … Continued The post India-China ties: A blast from the read more →
Colonialism Made the Modern World. Let’s Remake It.
This is what real “decolonization” should look like. By Adom Getachew | New York Times | July 27, 2020 | Read the original news here Dr. Getachew is the author of “Worldmaking After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination.” “Decolonize this … Continued The post Colonialism Made the Modern World. Let’s read more →
Ten Tibetans sentenced for protesting against a slaughter company built by the Chinese government
FreeTibet.org | 31 July 2020 | Read the original news here The protestors also demanded compensation for confiscated land. On 29 June, ten Tibetans were sentenced to between 8 to 13 years in prison and fined after a 14-hour court … Continued The post Ten Tibetans sentenced for protesting against read more →
Americans Fault China for Its Role in the Spread of COVID-19
Unfavorable views of China reach new historic high, and a majority supports taking a tougher stand on human rights BY LAURA SILVER, KAT DEVLIN AND CHRISTINE HUANG | Pew Research Centre | Global Attitude and Trends | Read the research article here Americans’ views … Continued The post Americans Fault China for Its Role read more →
Hong Kong police arrest four under new security law in move slammed by rights group
Reporting by Joyce Zhou, Carol Mang, Yanni Chow and Jessie Pang; Writing by Anne Marie Roantree; Editing by Lincoln Feast and Michael Perry for Reuters. Read original news here. HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police have arrested four people … Continued The post Hong Kong police arrest four under read more →
What is China doing in Tibet’s last village along Himachal border?
Villagers in Charang village in Kinnaur district of Himachal have observed development and road construction along Chinese border in Tibet in Khimkulla Pass areas of Tango and Yamrang, which are near Charang and Chhitkul areas on the Indian side. Col … Continued The post What is China doing in Tibet’s read more →
Water wars: Mekong River another front in U.S.-China rivalry
Kay Johnson, Panu Wongcha-um | Reuters | 24 July 2020 | Read the original news here BANGKOK (Reuters) – The Mekong River has become a new front in U.S.-China rivalry, environmentalists and officials say, with Beijing overtaking Washington in both spending and … Continued The post Water wars: Mekong River another front read more →
World Hepatitis Day 2020
WHO | 28 July 2020 | Read the post here 325 million people are living with viral hepatitis B and C 900,000 deaths per year caused by hepatitis B virus infection 10 % of people living with hepatitis B and … Continued The post World Hepatitis Day 2020 appeared first read more →