China due to introduce face scans for mobile users
December 2, 2019BBC News. December 2, 2019. Read article here. People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country’s hundreds of millions of … Continued The post China due to introduce face scans read more →
It’s been a horrible week for China’s president Xi Jinping and the Communist Party
December 2, 2019New Zealand Herald. Read the article here. It’s been a rough week for Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with a series of events putting a dent in his strongman image and that of the Chinese Government. In Australia, one of Beijing’s … Continued The post It’s been a horrible week for read more →
China Has Lost Taiwan, and It Knows It
December 1, 2019New York Times, 1 December 2019 Read original news here. “Not a chance,” the president’s tweet said, in Chinese characters. That was the message from Tsai Ing-wen, the leader of Taiwan, on Nov. 5, after the Chinese government announced a string of … Continued The post China Has Lost Taiwan, and It read more →
China Adopts Malicious “Cybersecurity” Rules
November 30, 2019by Gordon G. Chang, Gatestone Institute, November 30, 2019, Read original news here. After all these “cybersecurity” rules are in place, no foreign company may encrypt data so that it cannot be read by the Chinese central government and the Communist Party … Continued The post China Adopts Malicious “Cybersecurity” Rules appeared read more →
‘Only Dalai Lama will decide his reincarnation; no govt has any right to interfere in his selection’
November 29, 2019Varinder Bhatia,The Indian Express. November 29, 2019. Read article here. The president of the Central Tibetan Administration (Sikyong) Dr Lobsang Sangay of the Tibetan parliament in exile tells The Indian Express that reincarnation is a matter of faith and … Continued The post ‘Only Dalai Lama will decide his read more →
‘Tibetans will never accept a Dalai Lama chosen by China’
November 29, 2019National Herald. November 29, 2019. Read article here Senior Tibetan religious leaders have adopted a resolution urging the Dalai Lama to reincarnate according to Tibetan traditions and declared that Tibetans will never accept a spiritual leader appointed by China. The … Continued The post ‘Tibetans will never accept a Dalai read more →
Dalai Lama says reincarnation can wait, cites own health
November 29, 2019The Mainichi. November 29, 2019. Read article here. DHARAMSALA, India (Kyodo) — The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, indicated Friday that he is in no hurry to look for his successor because he is in excellent health. “I am … Continued The post Dalai Lama says reincarnation can wait, read more →
Simon Cheng: UK media watchdog receives ‘China forced confession’ complaint
November 29, 2019BBC News, November 29, 2019. Read the article here. Simon Cheng, a Hong Kong citizen who worked for the UK government for almost two years, was detained for 15 days on a trip to mainland China in August. Mr Cheng … Continued The post Simon Cheng: UK media watchdog receives read more →
Donald Trump signs Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law, brushing off China’s warnings
November 28, 2019Robert Delaney and Owen Churchill, South China Morning Post. Read the article here. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law legislation that could bring diplomatic action and economic sanctions against Hong Kong, brushing off multiple warnings by China … Continued The post Donald Trump signs Hong Kong Human read more →
High priests say only Dalai Lama can pick successor, not China
November 28, 2019Nikkei Asian Review, 28 November 2019 Read original news here. DHARAMSALA, India (Kyodo) — Orange-robed senior religious figures representing four schools of Tibetan Buddhism unanimously endorsed on Wednesday the Dalai Lama’s sole authority to choose his successor, guaranteeing legitimacy that … Continued The post High priests say only Dalai Lama read more →