The absurd face of China’s censorship: Bookstore tears out Taiwan page from Webster’s
October 13, 2016Simon Denyer and Luna Lin, The Washington Post, 13 October 2016 Censorship, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once observed, “reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself.” This week, the Chinese government’s lack of confidence was on display as reports emerged that a state-run bookstore in Shanghai had opened read more →
Brics summit in Goa: After isolating Pakistan, India must call China’s bluff
October 13, 2016The Firstpost, 13 October 2016 Having isolated Pakistan in the international community reasonably effectively, India will come face to face with China, Pakistan’s mentor and accomplice, at the two-day Brics summit in Goa this weekend. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to at least politely confront Chinese President Xi Jinping read more →
The alphabet soup at Goa
October 13, 2016The Hindu, 13 October 2016 As Indian foreign policy looks westwards, the BRICS summit offers India an opportunity to calibrate its outreach to multiple powers. This weekend will see Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his foreign policy team undertake a complex and significant manoeuvre. This comes at a time when read more →
A Crack of Daylight Enters Chinese Court Proceedings
October 13, 2016China rape victim’s mother Tang Hui (L) sits in the Hunan Provincial People’s High Court in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province on July 15, 2013. The court awarded damages to the mother of a rape victim after she was sent to a labour camp for demanding her daughter’s attackers be read more →
The Cultural Revolution in Tibet: A Photographic Record
October 12, 2016The New York Times /Sinosphere /By LUO SILING OCT. 3, 2016 In 1999, the Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser came across Wang Lixiong’s book “Sky Burial: The Fate of Tibet.” On finishing it, she sent Mr. Wang photographs taken by her father, who was with the People’s Liberation Army when it entered read more →
China says tourism is Tibet’s best hope. But can its culture survive the onslaught?
October 12, 2016The Washington Post /By Simon Denyer October 6 LULANG FOLK VILLAGE, China — The original Tibetan village here was bulldozed five years ago. What has replaced it is Lulang Folk Village, a postcard-ready replica, a Disney-esque version of an age-old settlement in the high forest. Grand, ornate buildings in Tibetan read more →
‘Never imprison my mind’: Hong Kong lawmakers quote Gandhi, insult China
October 12, 2016James Griffiths, CNN, 12 October 2016 Hong Kong (CNN) — The first day of the new Hong Kong parliament descended into farce as several young lawmakers staged curse-laden protests at the swearing in of city’s Legislative Council. “I do solemnly swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance read more →
China-India ties are under stress, need recalibration: Former NSA Shivshankar Menon
October 12, 2016The Firstpost, 12 October 2016 Washington: Sino-India relationship, which is under stress, needs to be “recalibrated” as the 1988 arrangement is no longer an ‘effective tool’ with the changed situation, former national security advisor Shivshankar Menon has said ahead of President Xi Jinping’s visit to India. “India-China relationship is under read more →
A romantic opera in Tibet just happens to bolster China’s historical position there
October 12, 2016The Washington Post /By Simon Denyer October 11 at 2:34 AM It is an epic tale of love between a teenage princess and a noble emperor, of the first bonds of friendship between China and Tibet that sprung up more than 15 centuries ago. It is a tale of how read more →
China targets parents in new religion rules for Xinjiang
October 12, 2016Ben Blanchard, Reuters, 12 October 2016 BEIJING (Reuters) – Parents and guardians in China’s heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang who encourage or force their children into religious activities will be reported to the police, the government said on Wednesday while unveiling new education rules. Hundreds of people have died in read more →