Pompeo imposes visa restrictions on Huawei, other Chinese tech companies, citing human rights abuses
July 17, 2020Amanda Macias, CNBC News. July 15 2020. Read original news here. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, citing human rights abuses, said the U.S. will impose visa restrictions on Chinese technology firms, the latest move expected to strain relations between Washington … Continued The post Pompeo imposes visa restrictions on Huawei, read more →
Not just India, Tibet — China has 17 territorial disputes with its neighbours, on land & sea
July 17, 2020Pia Krishnakutty for The Print. Read the original article here. China has disputes with Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Singapore, Brunei, Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet. New Delhi: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the … Continued The post Not just India, Tibet — China read more →
Dozens of MPs, senators call for sanctions against China over human rights abuses
July 16, 2020In a letter, a multi-partisan group says Ottawa should use Magnitsky Act to target Chinese Communist officials John Paul Tasker, CBC News. July 14, 2020. Read original news here. Sixty-eight MPs and senators have added their names to a letter to the prime … Continued The post Dozens of MPs, senators call for read more →
China’s Incursions into India Are Really All about Tibet
July 16, 2020China’s expansionism along Tibet’s southern border with India thus has a much more limited aim than the acquisition of territory of the conquest of India. It is intended to widen the buffer zone that surrounds Tibet. by Salvatore Babones | 13 … Continued The post China’s Incursions into India Are Really read more →
US sends message to China, starts direct funding to exiled Tibet govt in India
July 15, 2020Anirban Bhaumik | New Delhi | Deccan Herald | JUL 14 2020 | Read original news here The United States has for the first time directly provided funds to the Tibetan Government-in-Exile based in India, a move likely to rile up China. The US … Continued The post US sends message to China, starts read more →
South China Sea: US says Beijing’s claims to disputed area ‘completely unlawful’
July 15, 2020Agence France-Presse | 14 Jul 2020 | Read the original news here Beijing rejects US secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s comments as ‘inciting confrontation’ Surveillance pictures from 2017 appear to show Chinese militarisation of parts of the South China Sea. Mike … Continued The post South China Sea: US says Beijing’s read more →
China’s Second Wave of Coronavirus Censorship Is Here
July 14, 2020Tracy Wen Liu for Foreign Policy. Read the original article here. After a brief period of praising whistleblowers, Beijing is targeting medical staff and COVID-19 victims again. My Weibo account was blocked on May 19. I had been using this … Continued The post China’s Second Wave of Coronavirus Censorship read more →
Dalai Lama: We Must Act as One to Preserve Our World
July 14, 2020BY DALAI LAMA | JULY 10, 2020 | Read the original post here This planet is our only home. Environmental experts say that over the next few decades, global warming will reach such a level that many water resources will go dry. So … Continued The post Dalai Lama: We Must Act as read more →
Don’t assume China has the military edge over India
July 14, 2020Analysis by Brad Lendon, CNN | June 18, 2020 | Read original news here Hong Kong(CNN)India and China went to war in 1962 over the same Himalayan region where at least 20 soldiers were killed Monday night in a bloody confrontation between the two … Continued The post Don’t assume China has the military read more →
The Dalai Lama Says the Responsibility to Fight Racial Injustice Lies With ‘the People’
July 11, 2020BY TIME STAFF | JULY 9, 2020 | Read the original article here Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says that each “individual” must ultimately take responsibility for fighting systemic racism in modern society. Speaking at Thursday’s TIME100 Talks about the mass protests that … Continued The post The Dalai Lama Says the Responsibility read more →