Has China Really Made Great Progress on Human Rights?
September 18, 2017The Diplomat – 16 September 2017 To welcome the incoming 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Chinese authorities have compiled a book called “China’s New Achievements in Human Rights (2012-2017),” with the preface written by China’s … Continued
EWC to host “Tea, Trade & Tyranny: Tebet & China over Time”
September 17, 2017By Star Herald. Read Original Story here, TORRINGTON — University of Wyoming writer-in-residence Mark Jenkins, of Laramie, uses his experiences as a National Geographic contributor as a way to bring his global adventures to the Cowboy State. His latest offering … Continued
US should take up Tibetan Buddhism suppression with China: experts
September 17, 2017Indian Express – PTI – Published September 16, 2017 2:45 pm Tibetan leaders and eminent experts have urged the Trump administration to take up with China on a priority basis the issue of “suppression” of Tibetan Buddhism. The Chinese government implements … Continued
Dalai Lama calls on Aung San Suu Kyi for peaceful end to Rakhine crisis
September 16, 2017By AFP – 12 September 2017 NEW DEHLI — The Dalai Lama has urged State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to find a peaceful solution to the crisis in Rakhine State and expressed concerns about violence that has led … Continued
China’s new campaign to instil official historical narrative in Xinjiang
September 16, 2017South China Morning Post – PUBLISHED : Thursday, 14 September, 2017, 9:01pm Yu Zhengsheng, the party’s fourth-ranking official who is in charge of religion and ethnic minorities, presided at a high-level meeting in Beijing this week to address “several historical … Continued
China exploits the vulnerability of open democracy
September 15, 2017by Jamil Anderlini, Financial Times – September 13, 2017 Openness, diversity and tolerance are the greatest strengths of the world’s liberal democracies. But to autocratic regimes like China, these same attributes are vulnerabilities ripe for exploitation. As reported by the … Continued
Asia’s glaciers to shrink by a third by 2100, threatening water supply of millions
September 14, 2017Agence France-Presse – Published in The Guardian – 14 September 2017 Asia’s mountain glaciers will lose at least a third of their mass through global warming by the century’s end, with dire consequences for millions of people who rely on … Continued
After toiling in rural China, Chen Min’er, a protege of Xi Jinping, joins Party’s top tiers
September 14, 2017The Strait Times, 13 September 2017 Read original story here LIUPANSHUI (Guizhou) (NYTIMES) – Guizhou is one of China’s poorest provinces, yet its villages of rice paddies, buffaloes and mud-brick homes have long been a proving ground for rising stars … Continued
Rights groups ask China to stop detaining its critics
September 14, 2017GENEVA (Reuters) – Human rights activists called on China on Wednesday to stop detaining lawyers and critics, voicing concern for their health and fate in custody after the death of jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo attracted international attention in July. … Continued
China’s manipulation of UN human rights efforts must be stopped
September 13, 2017By Sophie Richardson -Published on foxnews.com China’s growing appetite for global power isn’t hard to spot: military muscle-flexing in the South China Sea, the trillion-dollar New Silk Road development initiative, even its proliferation of Confucius Institutes, academic outposts to spread … Continued