EXCLUSIVE: China’s ‘secretive, crash’ nuclear buildup revealed
November 17, 2020The Washington Times | 12 November 2020 | Read the originally news here China is rapidly building up its nuclear forces, including the expansion of plutonium and uranium plants as part of a secretive, crash program to add warheads to its … Continued The post EXCLUSIVE: China’s ‘secretive, crash’ nuclear buildup read more →
Taiwan is the future of the Asia-Pacific, not China
November 16, 2020Daniel Twining | November 15, 2020 | Nikkei Asia | Read the originally published news here Even before the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated trends toward authoritarianism and instability, it was clear that the Asia-Pacific region would face a crisis of democracy in … Continued The post Taiwan is the future of the read more →
We must choose our China policy: Commerce or conscience?
November 16, 2020By Bert-Jan Ruissen | MEP from the Netherlands and member of the ECR Group in the European Parliament | By Charlie Weimers | MEP from Sweden and a member of the ECR Group in the European Parliament | Read the originally published report … Continued The post We must choose our China policy: read more →
Surveillance, reeducation and the Office of Honesty: How China tames its people
November 15, 2020By Dina Temple-Raston | Washington Post | November 13, 2020 | Read the originally published news here Traditionally there have been two ways to define China watchers — either as “panda huggers” or “dragon slayers.” Panda huggers tended to be foreigners who … Continued The post Surveillance, reeducation and the Office of read more →
China under pressure to reveal Covid-19 vaccine data after Pfizer success
November 14, 2020American drugmaker Pfizer Inc. and German biotechnology firm BioNTech SE announced this week that its vaccine appears more than 90% effective in stopping Covid-19 infections. Posted by Kanishka Sarkar, Hindustan Times. Nov 13, 2020. Read original news here. Western politicians … Continued The post China under pressure to reveal Covid-19 read more →
Why the world looks down on China and the US
November 14, 2020By URBAN C. LEHNER | NOVEMBER 12, 2020 | Asia Times | Read the originally published news here It shouldn’t surprise anyone that people around the world have a low opinion of China these days. What might surprise some is that on … Continued The post Why the world looks down on read more →
China begins work on railway up to Arunachal border
November 14, 2020Ananth Krishnan | The Hindu | 12 November 2020 | Read the originally published news here China has begun work on a strategically significant railway line – its second major rail link to Tibet – that will link Sichuan province … Continued The post China begins work on railway up read more →
‘Buddha would be green’: Dalai Lama calls for urgent climate action
November 13, 2020Krishnan Guru-Murthy | 11 Nov 2020 | Read the originally published news here The Dalai Lama has appealed to world leaders to take urgent action against climate change, warning of ecological destruction affecting the lives of billions and ruining the planet, including his … Continued The post ‘Buddha would be green’: Dalai Lama read more →
China’s BRI and its High-Speed Railways to Nowhere
November 13, 2020James Guild for The Diplomat. Read the article here. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become something of a Rorschach test, taking on different meanings to different people, often colored by the vantage point from which one views it. … Continued The post China’s BRI and its High-Speed Railways read more →
Hong Kong opposition lawmakers all quit after four members ousted
November 13, 2020Outrage after Beijing imposes new law allowing disqualification of ‘unpatriotic’ legislators Lily Kuo and Helen Davidson in Taipei, The Guardian. 11 November 2020. Read original news here. Play Video 1:34 ‘We stand together’: entire Hong Kong opposition quits after members ousted from parliament – video … Continued The post Hong Kong opposition lawmakers all quit read more →