Hong Kong march: Thousands join largest pro-democracy rally in months
December 11, 2019BBC, 8 December 2019 Read original news here. Huge numbers of protesters have marched through the streets of Hong Kong in the largest anti-government rally in months. For the first time since August, police allowed a rally by the Civil … Continued The post Hong Kong march: Thousands join largest read more →
China tells government offices to remove all foreign computer equipment
December 10, 2019Kate Lyons, The Guardian, 9 Dec 2019 Read original news here. Chinese president Xi Jinping has ordered that all foreign hardware be removed from government offices and agencies. Photograph: Pool/Getty Images China has ordered that all foreign computer equipment and software be … Continued The post China tells government offices to remove read more →
Toronto rally calls on feds to address human rights violations in China
December 9, 2019MORGANNE CAMPBELL, GLOBAL NEWS. December 9, 2019. Read original news here. Ahead of International Human Rights Day, hundreds gathered on the steps of Old City Hall to urge the federal government to address what is considered the systematic suppression of human rights in … Continued The post Toronto rally calls on feds to read more →
China’s Economic Growth Mostly Welcomed in Emerging Markets, but Neighbors Wary of Its Influence
December 7, 2019BY LAURA SILVER, KAT DEVLIN AND CHRISTINE HUANG, Pew Research Center, 5 December 2019 Read original article here. China has emerged as a global economic superpower in recent decades. It is not only the world’s second largest economy and the largest exporter by value, but it has … Continued The post China’s Economic Growth Mostly Welcomed in read more →
Tibetan Self-Immolator’s Family Are Held by Police For Questioning
December 6, 2019Reported by Dorjee Tso for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Richard Finney. Read the article here. Police in western China’s Sichuan province detained the family members of a young Tibetan who died in a … Continued The post Tibetan Self-Immolator’s Family Are Held by read more →
US Senator Slams IOC for Sidelining Human Rights Ahead of 2022 Beijing Olympics
December 6, 2019BY FRANK FANG, EPOCH TIMES, December 6, 2019. Read the original news here. More than 10 years after Beijing hosted the Olympics Games, China has continued to trample on human rights and press freedom. Now, with less than three years before China … Continued The post US Senator Slams IOC for Sidelining read more →
Why India-Japan ties matter more than ever | Opinion
December 6, 2019Brahma Chellaney, Hindustan Times, Dec 04, 2019 Read original news here. Whereas India-China and Japan-China ties are unlikely to become non-adversarial in the near future, the forthcoming summit between prime ministers Shinzo Abe and Narendra Modi will cement the Japan-India relationship … Continued The post Why India-Japan ties matter more than read more →
We Need An Education Of The Heart
December 5, 2019Editorial by The XIV Dalai Lama, Speaking Tree, Read original article here. When the president of the United States says “America first,” he is making his voters happy. I can understand that. But from a global perspective, this statement isn’t relevant. Everything … Continued The post We Need An Education Of The read more →
U.S. House approves Uighur bill, demands sanctions on senior Chinese officials
December 5, 2019Reuters, The Hindu. December 5, 2019. Read the original news here. The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would require the Trump administration to toughen its response to China’s crackdown on its Muslim minority, demanding … Continued The post U.S. House approves Uighur bill, demands read more →
Chen Quanguo: Official heading China’s Xinjiang crackdown
December 5, 2019AFP, The Times of India. Read the article here. BEIJING: The Chinese Communist Party official facing possible US sanctions for allegedly overseeing the mass detention of Muslims in the Xinjiang region is a soldier-turned politician known as a security enforcer. … Continued The post Chen Quanguo: Official heading China’s Xinjiang read more →