Coronavirus chaos could strengthen China’s debt hold on struggling nations
April 14, 2020Beijing could either take control of other countries’ assets or forgive debt to boost its soft power, experts say, as economic fallout widens Helen Davidson. The Guardian. 13 April 2020. Read the original news here. As the coronavirus pandemic causes global … Continued The post Coronavirus chaos could strengthen China’s debt read more →
Wuhan Rent Protest Shows Unrest Brewing in China After Lockdown
April 12, 2020Bloomberg News| April 10, 2020| Read original news here Dozens of small shop owners protested outside one of Wuhan’s biggest shopping malls to demand a cut in rent, in one of the first signs of unrest since authorities lifted a … Continued The post Wuhan Rent Protest Shows Unrest Brewing read more →
Taiwan Is Exporting Its Coronavirus Successes to the World
April 11, 2020Despite being shut out of WHO, Taiwan has largely succeeded in containing the coronavirus. Even as it faces a second wave of infections, it is helping other countries—and bolstering its soft power in the process. BY NICK ASPINWALL| Foreign Policy|| APRIL 9, … Continued The post Taiwan Is Exporting Its Coronavirus Successes read more →
Europe’s ‘17+1’ countries dissatisfied with China relations, report says, as summit is postponed
April 11, 2020Trade deficit with China has grown and the 17 Central and Eastern European nations should demand more from Beijing, European scholars write Coronavirus has forced the delay of China’s summit with the bloc, multiple sources confirm Keegan Elmer| South China … Continued The post Europe’s ‘17+1’ countries dissatisfied with China read more →
USCIRF Outraged Over China Selection to UN Human Right Council Consultative Group
April 11, 2020The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). April 9, 2020. Read the original news here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 2020 USCIRF Outraged Over China Selection to UN Human Right Council Consultative Group Washington, DC – The United … Continued The post USCIRF Outraged Over China Selection to read more →
Classroom Instruction Switch From Tibetan to Chinese in Ngaba Sparks Worry, Anger
April 11, 2020Reported by Lobe Socktsang for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Richard Finney. Read the original article here. Instruction in Tibetan classrooms in Sichuan’s Ngaba prefecture will soon be given exclusively in Chinese, with the … Continued The post Classroom Instruction Switch From Tibetan to read more →
Time to put China on lockdown for its dishonesty amid coronavirus crisis
April 10, 2020China’s response was inept, dishonest and utterly inconsiderate of the world. We need to teach the Chinese government a lesson. Glenn Harlan Reynolds| Opinion columnist| USA Today| April 7 2020| Read original article here There are many lessons to be … Continued The post Time to put China on lockdown read more →
Zoom admits routing user data through China, says govt customers unaffected
April 10, 2020Zoom has a myriad of privacy issues, being reported every day. Shubham Verma, India Today. April 9, 2020. Read the original news here. Zoom has admitted that calls from North America were routed to China. Zoom CEO said this happened due … Continued The post Zoom admits routing user data through read more →
India Savors a Rare Upside to Coronavirus: Clean Air
April 10, 2020Delhi residents are stunned by how blue the sky really is as a strict lockdown cuts back drastically on air pollution. At Connaught Place, a shopping and restaurant hub in New Delhi on Tuesday. By Jeffrey Gettleman| New York Times| Photographs by Rebecca … Continued The post India Savors a Rare Upside to read more →
Chinese Campaign in Tibet Rewards Tibetans for Reporting on Each Other
April 9, 2020Kalden Lodoe and Lobsang Gelek for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Read the original article here. Chinese authorities in the Tibetan Autonomous Region recently announced a campaign aimed at stamping out rumors and misinformation, but Tibet analysts say that its true purpose … Continued The post Chinese Campaign in Tibet Rewards Tibetans read more →