Chinese Nobel laureate’s widow ‘ready to die’ in house arrest
May 3, 2018Lily Kuo, The Guardian, 3 May 2018 04.20 BST Liu Xia, wife of the late human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, says she has nothing left to live for, in phone call with exiled friend Protesters display a portrait of Liu Xiaobo … Continued
China is pressuring international airlines to copy its political views
May 3, 2018Tara Francis Chan, Business Insider, 2 May 2018 China is pressuring airlines around the world to toe its political line. China has sent letters to Qantas, American Airlines, and reportedly United Airlines to warn them against referring to Taiwan as … Continued
‘Amazing China’ documentary more fiction than fact
May 2, 2018by Erika Kinetz and Elias Meseret | AP May 1 2018, The Washington Post SHANGHAI — A company that made shoes for Ivanka Trump and stands accused of serious labor violations plays an unexpected role in a blockbuster propaganda film … Continued
China, India and water across the border
May 1, 2018Joydeep Gupta, Tuesday May 1st, 2018 TheThird Pole.Net When India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China’s President Xi Jinping held an informal summit on April 27-28, involving a cruise on Wuhan lake in Hubei province, did they talk about water? … Continued
A Harsh Reality Of Bangladesh: Water Security, Salinity Intrusion, And Internal Migration – OpEd
May 1, 2018By Zulker Naeen*, 30 April 2018 Read original story here In recent years, development experts around the world are intensely concerned about water security. According to FAO, a third of the world’s population depends on groundwater and the UN has … Continued
We need to make strong contribution to global peace and development, PM Modi tells Xi Jinping
April 30, 2018Daily News & Analysis Web Team, Read original story here Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping today exchanged views on “solidifying” the India-China relationship as they began an unprecedented two-day informal summit here during which they will … Continued
China Guards Its Historical Heroes With New Law
April 30, 2018By Chun Han Wong, Updated April 27, 2018 6:00 a.m. ET As President Xi Jinping entrenches Communist Party rule, new law mandates ‘all of society’ honor its heroes and martyrs BEIJING—Eight decades after his grandfather was killed during the Chinese … Continued
Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen willing to meet Xi Jinping ‘for peace and stability’
April 29, 2018Agence France-Presse, 28 April 2018 Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday she would be willing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping “for peace and stability” in the wake of a landmark summit between the leaders of the two Koreas. … Continued
The United Nations of China: A vision of the world order
April 27, 2018European Council on Foreign Relations Read original story here China’s participation in the United Nations system is often viewed through a succession of single lenses: its use of the veto over the last few years (less often than Russia, but … Continued
Autocracy With Chinese Characteristics
April 27, 2018Beijing’s Behind-the-Scenes Reforms By Yuen Yuen Ang Sooner or later this economy will slow,” the New York Timescolumnist Thomas Friedman declared of China in 1998. He continued: “That’s when China will need a government that is legitimate. . . . … Continued