China slams House’s passage of bill backing sanctions on Beijing over mass detention of Muslims
December 5, 2019Gerry Shih, The Washington Post. Read the original news here. BEIJING — The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill late Tuesday that would impose sanctions on senior Chinese officials involved in the country’s mass detention of its Muslim … Continued The post China slams House’s passage of bill read more →
China protests as US House passes Uygur bill demanding sanctions over human rights abuses in Xinjiang camps
December 4, 2019Owen Churchill & Kristin Huang, South China Morning Post. Read the article here. China has threatened to respond after the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a strongly worded bill paving the way for sanctions against Chinese … Continued The post China protests as US House passes read more →
China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West
December 4, 2019By Sui-Lee Wee and Paul Mozur for the New York Times. Read the article here. Beijing’s pursuit of control over a Muslim ethnic group pushes the rules of science and raises questions about consent. TUMXUK, China — In a dusty city in … Continued The post China Uses DNA to Map Faces, read more →
US House passes Uygur law demanding sanctions on China over Xinjiang camps
December 4, 2019Owen Churchill and Kristin Huang, South China Morning Post, 4 December 2019. Read original news here. China has threatened to respond after the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a strongly worded bill paving the way for sanctions against … Continued The post US House passes Uygur law demanding read more →
Congress condemns China over brutal crackdown on the Muslim Minority
December 4, 2019Times. December 4, 2019. Read the article here. (WASHINGTON) — Congress overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday aimed at pressuring China over a brutal mass crackdown on ethnic Muslims in the far west of the country, legislation that follows a similar … Continued The post Congress condemns China over brutal crackdown read more →
Should India be bolder with China?
December 3, 2019Suyash Desai, The Hindu. Read the article here. India could strengthen its diplomatic leverages against China by issuing statements on Xinjiang, Tibet, the South China Sea, and Hong Kong. In my opinion, India’s response to China’s diplomatic offensive of recent … Continued The post Should India be bolder with China? read more →
Dalai Lama’s first children book to be published by Puffin
December 3, 2019Heloise Wood, The Bookseller. December 3, 2019. Read article here. Puffin will publish the Dalai Lama’s first children’s book, The Seed of Compassion, in March 2020. “For the first time ever, His Holiness addresses children directly, sharing important lessons from his … Continued The post Dalai Lama’s first children book to read more →
ICT calls on China to allow Tibetans to learn in their mother tongue at UN Forum on Minorities
December 3, 2019International Campaign for Tibet. December 3, 2019. Read article here. In a statement delivered last week at the 12th Forum on Minority Issues taking place in Geneva on the theme “Education, Language and the Human Rights of Minorities,” ICT highlighted … Continued The post ICT calls on China to allow read more →
China bans US military visits to Hong Kong over human rights act
December 3, 2019Tsukasa Hadano, Nikkei Asian Review. December 3, 2019. Read article here. BEIJING — China suspended visits by U.S. military vessels and aircraft to Hong Kong on Monday and hinted at further retaliatory steps against American legislation supporting anti-government protesters in the city. Beijing also … Continued The post China bans US military visits to read more →
China accuses UN rights chief of emboldening Hong Kong protesters
December 2, 2019Aljazeera News. Decemebr 2, 2019. Read article here. China has accused the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of emboldening “radical violence” in Hong Kong by suggesting the city’s leader conduct an investigation into reports of excessive use of force by police. … Continued The post China accuses UN rights chief of read more →