Seven branches of China’s ruling party have India link
December 18, 2020At least one CPC member was hired by the Indian consulate in Shanghai using the services of a Chinese state-owned recruitment agency, according to data shared by a source with an international consortium of journalists including The Indian Express. Written … Continued The post Seven branches of China’s ruling party read more →
China worst offender in record-breaking year for jailing of journalists
December 17, 2020Helen Davidson for The Guardian. Read the article here. China is the world’s leading jailer of journalists for the second year in a row, according to an annual survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which also found that 2020 … Continued The post China worst offender in record-breaking year read more →
China is scaling up its weather modification programme – here’s why we should be worried
December 17, 2020Arwa Mahdawi for The guardian. Read the article here. Beijing is aiming to control rain and snow across half of the country. But it is the reason it wants to do this that is really frightening. Remember when Donald Trump … Continued The post China is scaling up its weather read more →
China warns of interference over Bloomberg journalist arrest
December 16, 2020BBC News. December 14, 2020. Read original news here. China has said the arrest of a journalist working for the newswire Bloomberg is an “internal affair”, warning others not to interfere. Chinese citizen Haze Fan was detained last week, accused … Continued The post China warns of interference over Bloomberg read more →
Poverty Alleviation: China Forcing Tibetans Into Mass, Military-Style ‘Training’ Programs (Part I)
December 16, 2020RFA | 13 December 2020 | Read the original news here China declared in late November that it had officially met the target of eliminating extreme poverty by 2020, one of Communist Party chief Xi Jinping’s signature initiatives to reach … Continued The post Poverty Alleviation: China Forcing Tibetans Into read more →
China’s development work going on in Tibet, India ready for any eventuality, says CDS Rawat
December 16, 2020The Print. Read the original article here. General Rawat said there shouldn’t be much concern over it as India is also carrying out similar activities and stated that the forces have adequate reserves to counter any threat. Kolkata: Chief of Defence … Continued The post China’s development work going on in read more →
Major leak ‘exposes’ members and ‘lifts the lid’ on the Chinese Communist Party
December 15, 2020Sky News | 13 December 2020 | Read the original news here A major leak containing a register with the details of nearly two million CCP members has occurred – exposing members who are now working all over the world, … Continued The post Major leak ‘exposes’ members and ‘lifts read more →
China-Europe Trade Forum Canceled After China Sought to Bar Critics
December 13, 2020By Valentina Pop in Brussels and Sha Hua in Hong Kong | Wall Street Journal | 10 December 2020 | Read the original news here An annual China-Europe trade forum was quietly canceled last month after European organizers rejected Chinese … Continued The post China-Europe Trade Forum Canceled After China read more →
Tibetans celebrate Nobel Prize conferment on Dalai Lama
December 12, 2020IANS | The Sentinel | 10 December 2020 | Read the original news here DHARAMSALA: Thousands of Tibetans and supporters on Thursday virtually celebrated the 31st anniversary of the conferment of Nobel Peace Prize on the Dalai Lama, the globetrotting … Continued The post Tibetans celebrate Nobel Prize conferment on read more →
Factbox: When and which COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be available in Asia
December 12, 2020Reuters | 11 December 2020 | Read the original news here (Reuters) – Trial data from Pfizer Inc with partner BioNTech SE, Moderna Inc and AstraZeneca Plc has shown their experimental vaccines are effective in preventing novel coronavirus infection. While … Continued The post Factbox: When and which COVID-19 vaccines read more →