Chinese army now makes up less than half of PLA’s strength as military aims to transform itself into modern fighting force
January 22, 2019South China Morning Post, 21 January, 2019 Read original news here The Chinese military has significantly boosted its navy, air force and new strategic units and downsized its land-based army as part of a strategic shift designed to transform the People’s … Continued
China Wants to Dominate the Internet
January 22, 2019By Emily de La Bruyere and Nathan Picarsic, 22 January 2019 Read original news here For the past year, the U.S. and China have been engaged in a wide-ranging trade war. Nominally, the dispute concerns intellectual-property violations, forced technology transfers and other … Continued
China slowdown poised to worsen: top IMF economist
January 22, 2019KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asian Review, 22 January 2019 Read original news here DAVOS, Switzerland — At the very first sideline event of this year’s World Economic Forum, the International Monetary Fund’s newly appointed chief economist sent a warning shot across … Continued
First airlines, now Apple: China wants 66 more multinationals to state self-ruled Taiwan is part of its country
January 21, 2019By RALPH JENNINGS, LA Times, JAN 18, 2019 Read original news here Chinese authorities are pressuring 66 multinational companies, including American icons Apple and Nike, to refer to self-ruled Taiwan as part of China, a demand expected to drive a new wedge … Continued
Why China isn’t ready to invade Taiwan – yet
January 21, 2019By Josh K. Elliott National Online Journalist, International Global News, Read original news here President Xi Jinping wants to restore China to its former glory – and that means bringing Taiwan under the Communist Party’s control, one way or another. That was the gist of Xi’s direction-setting New … Continued
Authorities Use Welfare Payments Against Tibetan Buddhists
January 19, 2019Bitter Winter, 18 January 2019 Read original news here Poor Tibetans lose their land, then lose their subsistence allowances unless they stop the practice of Buddhism. Grid Administrators monitor. In May of 2018, authorities ordered impoverished Tibetans who live on … Continued
Human rights protesters are standing outside Google offices recruiting employees to help kill off its China search engine
January 19, 2019Business Insider, 18 January 2019 Read original news here Tibetan human rights groups protested outside Google offices around the world on Friday to demand the company scrap its China search engine plans. The groups fear a censored search engine would … Continued
Human Rights Watch: China at most repressive since Tian’anmen massacre
January 19, 2019By Ryan Drillsma, Taiwan News, 18 January 2019 Read original news here The research and advocacy organization published its 2019 World Report Jan. 17 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — On Jan. 17, international research and advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) published … Continued
Chinese Student Visas Should Be Part of Trade Negotiations
January 18, 2019By Hal Lambert, Real Clear Politics, January 17, 2019 Read original news here Chinese nationals have been attending American universities in burgeoning numbers over the last decade. There are more than 360,000 of these students now enrolled in U.S. colleges, up fivefold … Continued
Is India ready? China steps up military build-up in Tibet as America passes law of Reciprocal Access
January 18, 2019Despite the recent bonhomie exhibited at Wuhan meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in April last year, China is quietly stepping up of military deployments and capabilities in Tibet with the intention to fight … Continued