Chinese Ambassador attempts to bully Sweden into ignoring Human Rights Abuses
January 24, 2020By Helen Raleigh, The Federalist. January 23, 2020. Read the article here. It appears China’s ambassador to Sweden, Gui Congyou, provoked the Swedes to anger. The Swedish Foreign Ministry summoned Gui last week for undiplomatic behaviors, including making threats to Swedish media over their coverage of … Continued The post Chinese Ambassador attempts to bully Sweden read more →
Residents of Tibet return home to escape Wuhan Virus
January 24, 2020Reported by Yangdon Demo for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Richard Finney. January 23, 2020. Read the original article here. Residents of Tibet now travelling in mainland China are returning home to escape the … Continued The post Residents of Tibet return home to read more →
China faces social media backlash with ‘new virus outbreak’
January 23, 2020Bloomberg News. January 22, 2020. Read the original article here. Hundreds of millions of Chinese web users have been furiously discussing the outbreak of a new deadly virus that’s killed nine people and infected hundreds. Posts on the infection spreading … Continued The post China faces social media backlash with read more →
Global Protests Call for Action on China Human Rights Abuses
January 23, 2020NTD News. January 22, 2020. Read the original article here. A widespread series of demonstrations took place on Jan. 18 and 19, supporting a Hong Kong rally where people protested human rights abuses by the Chinese communist regime. Rallies were … Continued The post Global Protests Call for Action on read more →
MU cuts ties with Confucius Institute following federal guideline changes
January 23, 2020BY GALEN BACHARIER, Missourian, 15 January 2020, Read original news here. MU is cutting ties with the Confucius Institute, the university announced Wednesday. The nearly nine-year partnership will come to an end in August, six months before its scheduled end … Continued The post MU cuts ties with Confucius Institute read more →
WHO to convene emergency meeting as China virus spreads
January 22, 2020Aljazeera News. January 21, 2020. Read the original article here. Agency will meet on Wednesday to decide whether to declare outbreak ‘public health emergency of international concern’. Passengers at Shanghai’s international airport wear masks amid concerns about a new coronavirus … Continued The post WHO to convene emergency meeting as read more →
Climate refugees can’t be returned home, says landmark UN human rights ruling
January 22, 2020Kate Lyons, The Guardian. January 21, 2020. Read the original article here. It is unlawful for governments to return people to countries where their lives might be threatened by the climate crisis, a landmark ruling by the United Nations human rights committee … Continued The post Climate refugees can’t be returned home, read more →
How I became a China sceptic
January 22, 2020GIDEON RACHMAN, Financial Times, 20 January 2020, Read original news here. I first visited China in the early 1990s and its transformation since then is still a source of astonishment. The country’s wealth, power and prestige have risen as fast … Continued The post How I became a China sceptic read more →
UN Chief Urged to Name and Shame Perpetrators of Human Rights Violations
January 21, 2020Erol Avdović, WebPublicaPress. January 20, 2020. Read the original article here. UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – Informed East River diplomats characterize the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as a “tough nut”. Perhaps because he feels he is ‘untouchable’ and believes he is … Continued The post UN Chief Urged to Name and read more →
Xi seeks to boost ‘Belt and Road’ with Myanmar visit
January 21, 2020Eleanor Albert, The Diplomat. January 20, 2020. Read the original article here. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Myanmar’s capital of Naypyidaw on Friday for a two-day state visit, his first international trip of 2020. He hailed the trip as … Continued The post Xi seeks to boost ‘Belt and read more →