Japan must curb Chinese aggression surrounding the Senkaku Islands
August 14, 2020Brahma Chellaney | Nikkei Asian Review | August 12, 2020 | Read the news here Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and author of nine books, including “Asian Juggernaut: The Rise of China, India and Japan.” Beijing’s stealth aggression against India along … Continued The post Japan must curb Chinese aggression surrounding read more →
Last decade was Earth’s hottest on record as climate crisis accelerates
August 14, 2020Oliver Milman | The Guardian | 12 August 2020 | Read the news here The past decade was the hottest ever recorded globally, with 2019 either the second or third warmest year on record, as the climate crisis accelerated temperatures upwards … Continued The post Last decade was Earth’s hottest on read more →
China increases military drills as tensions with US heat up
August 13, 2020Brad Lendon for CNN. Read the original article here. Hong Kong (CNN)China is stepping up military drills around East Asia as a war of words with the United States heats up over Washington’s military activities and the visit of a US … Continued The post China increases military drills as tensions read more →
‘The next Hong Kong’: Taiwan’s foreign minister sounds warning over China
August 13, 2020AFP | 11 August 2020 | Read the news here China is trying to turn Taiwan into another Hong Kong, the island’s foreign minister warned on Tuesday as he met with a senior US official making a historic diplomatic trip. A … Continued The post ‘The next Hong Kong’: Taiwan’s foreign read more →
The Economist Quietly Drops Advertisement Features Paid by Chinese State Media
August 13, 2020FreeTibet.org | 11 August 2020 | Read the original news here Free Tibet and the International Tibet Network celebrate a campaign win. The Economist newspaper appears to have quietly dropped regular advertisements features which were previously paid for by Chinese state media. This … Continued The post The Economist Quietly Drops Advertisement Features read more →
U.S. democracy and human rights leaders sanctioned by China vow not to be cowed into silence
August 12, 2020By Carol Morello for The Washington Post. August 11, 2020. Read original news here. The heads of five U.S. organizations that advocate for democracy and human rights learned Monday morning that one of the world’s most authoritarian governments had issued … Continued The post U.S. democracy and human rights leaders read more →
In Rural China, Villagers Say They’re Forced From Farm Homes To High-Rises
August 12, 2020NPR | 10 August 2020 | Read the news here A farmer from Shandong province along China’s east coast, Liu recalls how during Chinese Lunar New Year in January, he went out for a walk and came home to discover … Continued The post In Rural China, Villagers Say They’re read more →
After Boycott China call, Chinese exports to India crash 24.7% in 2020; trade drops by 18.6%
August 12, 2020India Today | 9 August 2020 | Read the news here Mainland China’s exports to India since January 2020 have fallen by 24.7 per cent year-on-year to $32.28 billion, customs data from the Chinese government has shown. This comes at … Continued The post After Boycott China call, Chinese exports read more →
China’s dams in Tibet may pose threat to India’s water supply | Satellite images explain
August 11, 2020Col Vinayak Bhat for India Today. Read the original article here. Over a period of 10 years, China has managed to construct three dams on the Brahmaputra river in parts of Tibet close to the Indian border. It plans to … Continued The post China’s dams in Tibet may pose read more →
China is Destroying Tibet’s Culture & Religion: It Will Backfire
August 11, 2020Tenzin Tsultrim for The Quint. Read the original article here. China’s increasingly repressive policies will only breed more subtle resistance in Tibet and among Tibetans abroad. Around 70 years ago, before Tibet was invaded by China, the People’s Liberation Army … Continued The post China is Destroying Tibet’s Culture & read more →