Prague Mayor to meet Tibetan PM in Exile
March 2, 2019Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib has announced that he is scheduled to meet with the head of the Tibetan government in exile Lobsang Sangay, who will be in the Czech capital to attend the opening of the One World International Human … Continued
China’s Communist Party Runs This U.S. TV Station. How Independent Can It Be?
March 1, 2019By Paul Mozur, Feb. 28, 2019 Read original news here It broadcasts forced confessions to American audiences. It avoids subjects that displease Beijing. It cuts away when wind musses the hair of Xi Jinping, the Chinese president. China Global Television Network America, … Continued
The perils of Chinese ambiguity: how and why the US mistrusts and misunderstands China
March 1, 2019Billy Huang, South China Morning Post, Read original news here Reclusive Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has recently been taking the limelight and talking to the international media. In an interview with CBS that aired on February 19, he promised that … Continued
Trump is headed for a bad trade deal that China won’t honor
February 28, 2019By Josh Rogin, Columnist, The Washington Post, February 27 2019 Read original news here A stunning debate unfolded in the Oval Office between President Trump and his top trade negotiator last Friday in front of the cameras and a visiting Chinese trade delegation. The … Continued
China Warns Party Members To Stick To Marx, Not ‘Ghosts And Spirits’
February 28, 2019Reuters February 28, 2019 Read original news here BEIJING: China’s ruling Communist Party warned party members to stick to Marx and Lenin and not believe in “ghosts and spirits” or practice “liberalism”, in the latest effort to root out superstitious practices and … Continued
Farewell tech utopia: how governments are readying the web for war
February 26, 2019Sunday Morning Herald, Read original news here As Australia loses its internet innocence in a state of mild surprise and confusion, other countries already have moved far beyond the concept of a worldwide web. There are five key points. First, … Continued
China, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela in hot seat at U.N. rights forum
February 25, 2019Reuters, Stephanie Nebehay, FEBRUARY 22, 2019 Read original news here GENEVA (Reuters) – China is lobbying hard to thwart scrutiny of its mass detention camps for Muslim Uighurs in the Xinjiang region at the U.N. Human Rights Council’s main annual session … Continued
China suddenly takes BBC news off air after Muslim detention camps mentioned
February 25, 2019Source: www.independent.co.uk Over a million ethnic Uighurs are being held by the authorities for ‘re-education’ China censored a TV report about its detention of more than a million Uighur Muslims in “re-education camps” by suddenly cutting off the broadcast, according to a BBC reporter. Stephen McDonell filmed the moment the World read more →
Int’l Mother Language Day: Dear Xi Jinping, embrace cultural and linguistic diversity
February 25, 2019Source: www.hongkongfp.com 21 February 2019 09:00 International Tibet Network Dear Chairman Xi Jinping, We are writing to you on International Mother Language Day, a day to embrace and enjoy cultural and linguistic diversity and multilingualism. Every year since 2000, this day has been marked around the world with the aim of read more →
India builds up its northeast in the face of China’s claims on ‘South Tibet’
February 25, 2019source:www.aspistrategist.org.au 22 Feb 2019|Aakriti Bachhawat The Indian government is ploughing ahead with its plans to develop the country’s northeast, including the state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as its own territory. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for an important airport in a remote read more →