US designates special coordinator for Tibetan issues, to promote dialogue with China
October 16, 2020Geeta Mohan | India Today | 15 October 2020 | Read the originally published news here The United States has designated a special coordinator for Tibetan issues. US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo announced that Robert Destro, who holds the designation … Continued The post US designates special coordinator for Tibetan read more →
How China Is Suppressing Tibetan Buddhist Nuns, ‘Erasing’ Identity
October 15, 2020TASHI CHOEDON | The Quint | 13 Oct 2020 | Read the originally published article here With the increasing indoctrination and surveillance of Tibetan Buddhists, women practitioners / nuns have been suffering under the ‘sinicisation’ agenda of the Chinese State. The … Continued The post How China Is Suppressing Tibetan Buddhist read more →
Canada’s Trudeau hits China on human rights, ‘coercive diplomacy’
October 15, 2020Aljazeera News. October 14, 2020. Read original news here. Canadian prime minister took aim at Beijing’s record as he marked the 50th anniversary of Canada’s diplomatic ties with China. Ties between Canada and China deteriorated in December 2018 after Canadian … Continued The post Canada’s Trudeau hits China on human read more →
India and U.S. have been too cautious on China, says U.S. official
October 15, 2020Suhasini Haidar, The Hindu. OCTOBER 12, 2020. Read original news here. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun called for a fundamental alignment along shared security, geopolitical goals NEW DELHI: India and the United States have been “too cautious”, when it comes to … Continued The post India and U.S. have been too read more →
Human rights groups oppose China, Russia, Saudis on UN rights body
October 15, 2020Business Standard | October 13, 2020 | Read the originally published news here Human rights groups are urging the UN’s 193 member nations to oppose seats on the world organisation’s premiere rights body for China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Cuba and others because of their … Continued The post Human rights groups oppose China, Russia, read more →
China’s friends are few and unreliable
October 14, 2020Derek Grossman| October 11, 2020 | Nikkei Asia | Read the originally published news here Derek Grossman is a senior defense analyst at the nonprofit, nonpartisan Rand Corporation. He formerly served as an adviser at the Pentagon. Amid escalating competition, China … Continued The post China’s friends are few and unreliable read more →
China’s insistence that Taiwan isn’t a country starts backfiring
October 14, 2020Chris Horton for Indian Express. Read the original article here. The more China tells the world that Taiwan isn’t a country, the more Beijing’s adversaries are starting to treat it like one. Before celebrations for Taiwan’s National Day on Saturday, … Continued The post China’s insistence that Taiwan isn’t a read more →
Religious Persecution in China Must Be Called Out
October 13, 2020By OLIVIA ENOS & EMILIE KAO | October 11, 2020 | Read the originally published news here As the CCP continues its abuses of Uyghurs, Tibetans, and others, the U.S. must continue to lead in upholding religious freedom. On the matter of religion … Continued The post Religious Persecution in China Must Be read more →
Can we trust Chinese Covid-19 science?
October 13, 2020Laura Spinney for The Guardian. Read the original article here. It started badly, with gag orders, cover-ups and ignored offers of help from overseas, but then the Chinese government seized the narrative. It reined in the burgeoning epidemic of Covid-19 at home and … Continued The post Can we trust Chinese Covid-19 science? read more →
Indian media is free, MEA tells China after embassy objects to ‘National Day of Taiwan’ reportage
October 12, 2020Geeta Mohan | India Today | October 9, 2020 | Read the original post here A day after the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi objected to Indian media reporting on ‘National Day of Taiwan’, the Ministry of External Affairs reminded the … Continued The post Indian media is free, MEA tells read more →