Hong Kong faces more protests after clashes at university
November 13, 2019Hong Kong, 13 November 2019 Read original news here. Hong Kong is facing another day of anti-government action after a night of pitched battle at a top university. At the Chinese University of Hong Kong police fired tear gas and … Continued The post Hong Kong faces more protests after read more →
Uighur activists say China running hundreds more camps
November 13, 2019Fled by Al Jazeera. Read the article here. A group said it assessed images from Google Earth and found 182 suspected ‘concentration camps’. Uighur activists said they have documented nearly 500 camps and prisons run by China to detain the ethnic group, alleging … Continued The post Uighur activists say China running hundreds read more →
China’s Grand Plan To Take Over The World
November 13, 2019John Mauldin for Forbes. Read the article here. When the US and ultimately the rest of the Western world began to engage China, resulting in China finally being allowed into the World Trade Organization in the early 2000s, no one … Continued The post China’s Grand Plan To Take Over read more →
An ode to Tibet
November 12, 2019Nirtika Pandita, Asian Age. Read the article here. Artist Sudhir Katkar adds modern elements to traditional Tibetan Thangka art, which usually has a religious undertone. Spiritual, intricate, and alluring are among the words that define Thangka, a Tibetan Buddhist art … Continued The post An ode to Tibet appeared first read more →
China, Greece agree to push ahead with COSCO’s Piraeus Port investment
November 12, 2019Reuters, Read original article here. 12 November 2019 ATHENS (Reuters) – China and Greece agreed on Monday to push ahead with a 600 million euros investment by COSCO Shipping into Greece’s largest port, Piraeus, as part of efforts to boost … Continued The post China, Greece agree to push ahead read more →
How Xi Jinping’s brand of authoritarianism is stifling China
November 11, 2019By John Pomfret, The Washingon Post, November 7, 2019 Read original news here. China’s president, Xi Jinping, should be feeling pretty pleased with himself. Since assuming power as the chief of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, Xi has only grown … Continued The post How Xi Jinping’s brand of authoritarianism read more →
How Bad Is China’s Debt? A City Hospital Is Asking Nurses for Loans
November 11, 2019By Alexandra Stevenson and Cao Li, New York Times, Nov. 10, 2019 Read original news here. RUZHOU, China — When the call came for local doctors and nurses to step up for their troubled community, the emergency wasn’t medical. It was financial. Ruzhou, a city … Continued The post How Bad Is China’s Debt? A read more →
Tibetan Man Detained in March, No Word Given to Family
November 8, 2019Radio Free Asia, 7 November 2019, Read the original article here. A Tibetan man detained by Chinese authorities in March has vanished in custody, with no word on his present whereabouts or charges made against him given to his family, … Continued The post Tibetan Man Detained in March, No read more →
‘Crimes against humanity’: is China killing political prisoners for their organs?
November 8, 2019By Tim Elliott, 7 November 2019, The Sydney Morning Herald, Read the original article here. In China, it’s possible to pre-book an organ transplant, something that would be impossible under a voluntary donor system – raising suspicions of widespread organ harvesting. … Continued The post ‘Crimes against humanity’: is China killing read more →
China Is World’s Worst Abuser of Internet Freedom: Freedom House Report
November 7, 2019By Frank Fang, 5 November 2019, Epoch Times, Read the original article here. China was again ranked the worst among governments for increased exploitation of the internet for social control and political purposes, according to a report released by Freedom … Continued The post China Is World’s Worst Abuser of read more →