Upset at India’s big review of Confucius institutes tomorrow, China says ‘be fair’
August 6, 2020Shishir Gupta for Hindustan Times. Read the original article here. The Chinese statement on Confucius institutes’ review is a deliberate attempt to put the education ministry on a defensive, said a government official. Nearly 24 hours before India begins a … Continued The post Upset at India’s big review of read more →
United States announces ‘highest level’ visit in decades to Taiwan
August 6, 2020AFP, 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
August 5, 2020AFP 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
August 5, 2020THE 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?
August 5, 2020Chris 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
August 5, 2020FreeTibet.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
August 4, 2020source: 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?
August 4, 2020Cambodia, 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
August 4, 2020Ajay 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.
August 3, 2020This 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 →