Chinese President Xi arrives in Portugal to boost trade ties
December 5, 2018News Asia, 05 Dec 2018 Read original news here LISBON: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Portugal on Tuesday (Dec 4) for a two-day visit to boost economic ties, despite concern in some EU capitals over China’s growing influence across the … Continued
COP24: UN climate change conference 2018 begins
December 4, 2018IndiaToday.in, New Delhi, December 3, 2018, Read original news here The annual UN climate change conference (COP24) opened in the Polish city of Katowice on December 3, with the goal of finalising the implementation guidelines for the Paris Climate Change … Continued
Can anything hold back China’s economy?
December 4, 2018By Lawrence H. Summers December 3 2018 Read original news here Lawrence H. Summers is a professor at and past president of Harvard University. He was treasury secretary from 1999 to 2001 and an economic adviser to President Barack Obama … Continued
A China Hawk Gains Prominence as Trump Confronts Xi on Trade
December 3, 2018By Alan Rappeport, New York Times, Nov. 30, 2018 Read original news here WASHINGTON — Michael Pillsbury had just finished a rib-eye salad at the Cosmos Club on Tuesday when he received a text message from the White House: “The president … Continued
Think Tank: China Exporting ‘Totalitarian Technology’ Tested on Uighur Muslims to Venezuela
December 1, 2018By Edwin Mora, 29 November 2018, Read original news here WASHINGTON, DC — Communist China is selling its “totalitarian technology” tested on the country’s Muslim Uighur minority to Venezuela and other regimes eager to persecute their citizens, according to a … Continued
The Party does not yet rule over everything
November 30, 2018China Monitor, Read original news here Assessing the state of online plurality in Xi Jinping’s “new era” Over the past years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has increased its control over Chinese society, especially over the internet. Publishing opinions diverging … Continued
Dalai Lama: Women with power can bring a compassionate revolution
November 30, 2018His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Opinion contributor, USA Today, Read original news here My mother first gave me the gift of a woman’s compassion. Now, the next generation of women must bring this compassion into positions of power. (Photo: Robin Utrecht) … Continued
The fate of democracy in China hinges on the freedom of Tibet
November 29, 2018By Carl Gershman, The Washington Post, November 28 2018 Carl Gershman is president of the National Endowment for Democracy. The death last month of Lodi Gyari, who as the Dalai Lama’s special envoy conducted nine rounds of negotiations with Beijing over Tibet’s status, … Continued
China Is Targeting Europe’s Most Vulnerable Countries for Belt and Road Debt Traps
November 29, 2018By Frances Martel, 29 November 2018 Read original news here Prior to landing in Madrid on Tuesday, Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping published a Spanish-language editorial proclaiming that Spain had been a key stop on the ancient Silk Road “more than … Continued
China’s Untested Military Could Be a Force—or a Flop
November 28, 2018BY TIMOTHY R. HEATH, Foreign Policy, NOVEMBER 27, 2018 Read original news here In February 1943, U.S. troops suffered a humiliating defeat in their first major battle with German forces during World War II. At Kasserine Pass, Tunisia, their inexperience was evident … Continued