Activists urge deep scrutiny of China at U.N. rights gathering this week
November 5, 2018Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters, 4 November 2018 Read original news here GENEVA (Reuters) – Activists called for U.N. member states to pressure China this week to account for alleged human rights violations, including the suspected mass detention of one million Muslim … Continued
Chinese minister Kezhi’s visit to India had definite Tibet focus
November 5, 2018JAYADEVA RANADE, Sunday Guardian Live, November 3, 2018, Read original news here Chinese leadership has been paying increased attention to Tibet. Zhao Kezhi’s briefing to Xi Jinping will be an important input in shaping policy on India Obviously high on the … Continued
China recruits Tibetan monks ‘to spread propaganda’
November 3, 2018ucanews.com reporter, China, November 2, 2018 Read original news here Human Rights Watch condemns ‘abhorrent new levels’ of government intrusion in religion Tibetan Buddhist monks take part in Monlam, otherwise known as the Great Prayer Festival of Losar, the Tibetan New Year, at the … Continued
China is Turning the Rainforest into Cheap Furniture for the U.S.
November 3, 2018Read original news here The second largest rainforest in the world — in Central Africa’s Congo Basin — is disappearing at an alarming rate, despite local laws against deforestation. A new study out of the University of California names China and the … Continued
China is exporting the Great Firewall as internet freedom declines around the world
November 2, 2018Analysis by James Griffiths, CNN, Updated 0634 GMT (1434 HKT) November 2, 2018 Hong Kong (CNN)Speaking before an elite audience in Washington in March 2000, then US President Bill Clinton summarized much of Western thinking on the internet when he hailed a new … Continued
American World War II Base Will Be Rebuilt as China Courts Pacific Allies
November 2, 2018By Rob Taylor, The Wall Street Journal, Updated Nov. 1, 2018, Read original news here CANBERRA, Australia—Australia will redevelop a South Pacific naval base, used by the U.S. as a World War II launchpad, at a time when China’s regional presence is … Continued
China Warns of Flood-like Situation in Brahmaputra in Arunachal
November 2, 2018India News Desk, Read the original news here New Delhi: China has alerted India of a possible flood-like situation in the Brahmaputra river in Arunachal Pradesh after a landslide blocked water upstream in Tibet, a senior Water Resources Ministry official said. … Continued
Tell China, Tibet is a ‘core issue’: Sangay to India
October 30, 2018Press Trust of India, October 29, 2018, Read original news here New Delhi, Oct 29 India should convey to China that Tibet is a “core issue” for it and seek “genuine autonomy” for Tibetans, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) President Lobsang Sangay … Continued
The Dalai Lama and China’s Quest for Buddhist Soft Power
October 30, 2018By Rinzin Dorjee, The Diplomat, October 29, 2018, Read original news here Religion, particularly Buddhism, is relevant more than ever in today’s China, whose government is expected to invest more than $1 trillion in its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). On … Continued
Belt and roadblocks: India’s stance vindicated as China’s grandiose BRI plans run into resistance
October 29, 2018Brahma Chellaney, Times of India, October 29, 2018, Read original news here Sierra Leone has become the latest country to scrap a Belt and Road (BRI) project, cancelling a $318 million airport deal with China. After smooth sailing, BRI is now … Continued