Foreigners banned from travelling to Tibet
September 26, 2017By Deutsche Welle. Read Original story here. Foreigner travel permits will not be issued in October, when the Communist Party will hold a high-level congress that only takes place once every five years. Foreigners as well as residents of Hong … Continued
China disrupts WhatsApp ahead of Communist Party meeting
September 26, 2017BBC – 26 September 2017 The messaging service WhatsApp has been disrupted in China as the government steps up security ahead of a Communist Party meeting next month. Users have faced problems with the app for more than a … Continued
Chen Quanguo: The Strongman Behind Beijing’s Securitization Strategy in Tibet and Xinjiang
September 25, 2017Publication: China Brief Volume: 17 Issue: 12 By Adrian Zenz, James Leibold – September 21, 2017 Age: 3 days Over the last year, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) Party Secretary Chen Quanguo (陈全国) has dramatically increased the police presence in … Continued
Why Are People Fighting for the Rahul Collection at Patna Museum?
September 24, 2017Throughout history, Bihar has been the epicentre of Buddhist teaching. The Rahul Collection commemorates this heritage. By Indian Cultural Forum, the Wire. Read original story here. The Rahul Collection, housed for the last 80 years in Patna Museum, has been in … Continued
Chinese influence is more than just ‘soft power’ and we need to call it out
September 23, 2017By Nick Mckenzie, Sydney Morning Herald – 23 September 2017 On a warm Sunday summer evening a few years ago, two officials from the Chinese consulate in Sydney travelled to Melbourne to send a message. They were interested in a … Continued
China’s security boss planning to use AI to stop crime before it even happens
September 23, 2017By Caroline Mortimer, The Independent – 22 September 2017 Meng Jianzhu says data analysis can predict patterns which could stop terror attacks of social unrest before they happen China’s top security officer has revealed plans to use artificial intelligence to predict crime, … Continued
Africa prefers India’s non-interfering development model over China
September 23, 2017By Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury – Economic Times – 23 September 2017 NEW DELHI: India‘s non-prescriptive and non-interfering development partnership model is fast finding favour in resource-rich Africa, where China‘s push, ostensibly for capacity building, is receiving bad press for being … Continued
Thousands of huge, aggressive dogs are roaming Tibet after their rich Chinese owners abandoned them
September 22, 2017The Quartz. Read original story here, Tibet is full of unwanted dogs. Areas of the Tibetan plateau have become flooded with giant, fluffy unwanted Tibetan mastiffs, once the most sought after dogs in China, after a collapse in the … Continued
Ai Weiwei attacks latest Chinese crackdown on free speech and sees little hope Communist Party Congress will bring changes
September 21, 2017South China Morning Post. Read original story here, Exiled dissident artist paints gloomy picture in speech at opening of Swiss exhibition and warns authorities still do not trust their own people Ai Weiwei denounced China’s crackdown on lawyers and free … Continued
Xi demands ‘strong hands’ to maintain stability ahead of Communist Party congress
September 20, 2017South China Morning Post – 20 September 2017 President Xi Jinping’s comments come as government prepares for five-yearly meeting in Beijing next month that will oversee changes in country’s leadership Stability is an absolute principle that needs to be dealt … Continued