Xinjiang Explained
October 16, 2018This video by the relatively independent Chinese newspaper the South China Morning Post tells the story of what is happening in East Turkestan – renamed Xinjiang by China. The video is available here.
Who Controls the Tap? Addressing Water Security in Asia
October 15, 2018Council on Foreign Relations, 10 October 2018 Read original news here The following is a guest post from Sherri Goodman, senior fellow for the Environmental Change and Security Program and the Polar Initiative at the Wilson Center, and Zoe Dutton, intern at the … Continued
Lobsang Sangay: Tibet’s charming champion
October 15, 2018By Shobhaa De October 15, 2018 17:05 IST The Week, Read the original news here The biggest star of the just concluded Himalayan Echoes literature festival (third edition) in Nainital was the articulate, dynamic and dishy Lobsang Sangay, elected president of … Continued
United States or China as world leader? Asians overwhelmingly prefer the US, Pew study finds
October 14, 2018By Robert Delaney, US bureau chief, South China Morning Post, 13 October 2018 Read original news here When it comes to global leadership, Asia prefers the United States over China by a wide margin, according to data compiled by the Pew … Continued
Trump’s new China strategy faces its first big test
October 12, 2018The Trump administration has announced a new, bold and risky strategy to shift the U.S. relationship with China from engagement to competition and to confront Chinese economic aggression, military expansion, internal repression, and overseas political interference. Whether the administration has … Continued
China finally admits it is building a new archipelago of concentration camps. Will the world respond?
October 12, 2018WHEN REPORTS began filtering out of China last year about a massive indoctrination and internment drive against ethnic Muslim Uighurs in the western region of Xinjiang, the government in Beijing denied that anything was going on. Later, China acknowledged that … Continued
Can the Chinese Be Trusted to Lead Global Institutions?
October 12, 2018BETHANY ALLEN-EBRAHIMIAN, The Atlantic, 12 October 2018 Read orignal news here China has spent years trying to gain an equal footing in international institutions originally set up by the West. Those efforts have seen gradual success, as Chinese nationals have … Continued
China’s abuses in Muslim region ‘may constitute crimes against humanity’ says US congressman
October 12, 2018By Michael Mathes, Hong Kong Free Press, 11 October 2018, Read original news here China is undertaking unprecedented repression of its ethnic minorities including Muslim Uighurs, with authoritarian tactics potentially constituting “crimes against humanity” as human rights conditions deteriorate, a damning … Continued
Friends of Tibet Group established in Czech Parliament
October 11, 2018Czech Radio, 10 October 2018 Read original news here A “Friends of Tibet” group has just been established by fifty deputies and senators in the Czech Parliament. The news was announced on Tuesday at the Forum 2000 conference in Prague. … Continued
U. S. lawmakers urge FBI to probe claims of Chinese intimidation against immigrants
October 11, 2018U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday called for a stronger response to the Chinese government’s repression of Muslims in China’s far west and asked the FBI to investigate claims of intimidation against some immigrant communities in the United States. The remarks, coinciding … Continued