Outfoxed and Outgunned: How China Routed the U.S. in a U.N. Agency
October 24, 2019Foreign Policy, BY COLUM LYNCH, ROBBIE GRAMER, 23 October 2019 Read original news here. In mid-January, Kevin Moley, the senior State Department official responsible for overseeing U.S. relations with the United Nations and other international organizations, issued a stern command to a gathering of … Continued The post Outfoxed and Outgunned: How China Routed read more →
China Sharpens Hacking to Hound Its Minorities, Far and Wide
October 23, 2019By Nicole Perlroth, Kate Conger and Paul Mozur, The New York Times, 22 October 2019, Read the original article here. SAN FRANCISCO — China’s state-sponsored hackers have drastically changed how they operate over the last three years, substituting selectivity for what had been a … Continued The post China Sharpens Hacking to Hound Its read more →
US senator Rick Scott says 2022 Winter Olympics should not be held in China
October 23, 2019The Guardian, 22 October 2019, Read the original article here. Republican senator says 2022 Games should be moved Former Florida governor doubles down on letter to IOC Scott blasts Fifa for awarding Club World Cup to China US senator Rick … Continued The post US senator Rick Scott says 2022 read more →
Chinese loans pose ‘clear risks’ to stability of Pacific nations, Australian think tank warns
October 23, 2019Agence France-Presse, 21 October 2019 Read original news here. China’s financial largesse in the Pacific carries “clear risks” for stability if left unchecked, a Sydney think tank has warned, while saying allegations of “debt-trap” diplomacy are so far overblown. In … Continued The post Chinese loans pose ‘clear risks’ to read more →
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party wins Canada’s general election
October 23, 2019CNN, 22 October 2019 Read original news here. (CNN)Election results show Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party will return to power, but as a minority government after Monday’s general election, according to CBC News and CTV News. The victory ensures that Trudeau … Continued The post Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party wins Canada’s read more →
Tim Cook to serve as chairman at Chinese business school amid Hong Kong outcry
October 23, 2019By Colin Lecher, The Verge, 21 October 2019 Read original news here Apple CEO Tim Cook has been appointed chairman of the advisory board for Tsinghua University’s economics school in Beijing, according to local news reports and a Chinese-language meeting summary noted by Apple Insider. … Continued The post Tim Cook to serve as chairman read more →
China’s Surveillance State Has Tens of Millions of New Targets
October 22, 2019By Emile Dirks and Sarah Cook, Foreign Policy, 21 October 2019, Read the original article here. So-called key individuals, from drug addicts to religious believers, are singled out in police databases. One evening in the summer of 2017, local police in … Continued The post China’s Surveillance State Has Tens of read more →
Restrictions on Tibetan Buddhist community increased in Nepal: US
October 22, 2019PTI, Business Standard, 22 October 2019, Read the original article here. Nepal’s government has increased restrictions on the Tibetan Buddhist community amidst growing Chinese influence in the country, a top US official said. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South … Continued The post Restrictions on Tibetan Buddhist community increased read more →
China’s growing clout at the UN
October 22, 2019By E.D Mathew, The Hindu, 21 October 2019, Read the original article here. Beijing is actively seeking to use the UN platform to legitimise and spread its ideology In June, the Indian government quietly withdrew the candidate it had nominated … Continued The post China’s growing clout at the UN read more →
China has destroyed large areas of one of Tibet’s biggest Buddhist sites, satellite images reveal
October 21, 2019By Holmes Chan, Hong Kong Free Press, 20 October 2019, Read the original article here. Chinese authorities levelled almost half of Yarchen Gar – one of the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist sites – in August, according to recently published satellite images. … Continued The post China has destroyed large areas of read more →