China has two paths to global domination
May 27, 2020And a lot is riding on whether Washington can figure out which strategy Beijing has chosen. BY HAL BRANDS AND JAKE SULLIVAN| Foreign Policy| MAY 22, 2020| Read the original post here Xi Jinping’s China is displaying a superpower’s ambition. Only a … Continued The post China has two paths to global read more →
The Next Pandemic Crisis Is Mental Health
May 27, 2020The psychological harm of lockdown hits people with existing conditions hardest. BY HARRIET WILLIAMSON| Foreign Policy|| |MAY 18, 2020| Read the original post here A health psychologist works at a temporary hospital in Madrid on April 25 to provide better support to … Continued The post The Next Pandemic Crisis Is Mental read more →
Let’s disengage from China … slowly and carefully
May 26, 2020Shaun Carney for Sidney Morning Herald. Read the original article here. Let’s hark back to a rosier time. It’s not that long ago but it seems a world away. Malcolm Turnbull’s prime ministership was in its early bloom. His upbeat … Continued The post Let’s disengage from China … slowly read more →
Patten-led group of 210 Parliamentarians from 23 countries decry ‘flagrant breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration’
May 26, 2020Hong Kong Watch| 24 May 2020| Read the original post here A cross-party international coalition of 210 parliamentarians and policymakers from 23 countries today issued a statement decrying Beijing’s ‘unilateral introduction of national security legislation in Hong Kong,’ and calling for … Continued The post Patten-led group of 210 Parliamentarians from read more →
China Is Its Own Worst Enemy
May 25, 2020BRAHMA CHELLANEY| Project Syndicate| 22 May 2020| Read the original post here Had Chinese President Xi Jinping’s communist regime been wise, it would have sought to repair the pandemic-inflicted damage to China’s image by showing empathy and compassion to other … Continued The post China Is Its Own Worst Enemy read more →
I Criticized My University’s Ties to the Chinese Government. Now I Face Expulsion.
May 23, 2020Australian institutions’ financial ties to China mean ditching values. BY DREW PAVLOU| |MAY 14, 2020| Read original news here Supporters of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters gather ahead of a march as part of the global anti-totalitarianism movement in Sydney on Sept. 29, … Continued The post I Criticized My University’s Ties to read more →
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen inaugurated for a second term
May 22, 2020Johnson Lai / AP, Time. May 21, 2020. Read original news here. (TAIPEI, Taiwan) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has been inaugurated for a second term amid increasing pressure from China on the self-governing island democracy it claims as its … Continued The post Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen inaugurated for read more →
China launches new Twitter accounts, 90,000 tweets in COVID-19 info war
May 22, 2020Anna Schecter, NBC News. May 21, 2020. Read original news here. China has pushed out 90,000 tweets since the start of April from 200 diplomatic and state media accounts in a COVID-19 information war offensive. China has launched a Twitter … Continued The post China launches new Twitter accounts, 90,000 read more →
Xi Jinping Uses Coronavirus Pandemic to Strengthen His Rule in China: Live Coverage
May 22, 2020The New York Times. Read the original article here. President Xi Jinping of China has seized on the pandemic as an opportunity in disguise — a chance to redeem the party after early mistakes let infections slip out of control, … Continued The post Xi Jinping Uses Coronavirus Pandemic to read more →
World should give recognition to Taiwan and Tibet
May 21, 2020Source: https://www.wionews.com Delhi May 20, 2020, 05.20 PM(IST) Written By: N S Venkataraman The Chinese government considers any country as it’s number one enemy, which recognizes Taiwan as a sovereign nation. Similarly, if any one country would demand that Tibet should be recognized as a sovereign country, China would protest very strongly. As read more →