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Hong Kong 2020 Commemoration of the Tiananmen Square Massacre In Pictures
Pressenza Hong Kong. June 9, 2020. Read original news here. Defying a government ban, thousands of people in Hong Kong attended the traditional commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre and suppression of the Chinese Students’ democratic movement. For the first … Continued The post Hong Kong 2020 Commemoration of the read more →
To counter China, look for options beyond LAC | Opinion
C Uday Bhaskar for Hindustan Times. Read the original article here India and China are currently engaged in an opaque military stand-off across the contested Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the eastern Ladakh region. The meeting between the two … Continued The post To counter China, look for options read more →
Nato chief urges nations to stand up to ‘bullying’ as China power rises
Financial Times| 8 June 2020| Read the original article here Jens Stoltenberg says threats posed by Beijing demand a ‘more global approach’ Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg: ‘The [Chinese are] coming closer to us in cyber space, we see them in … Continued The post Nato chief urges nations to stand read more →
MPs from eight countries form new global coalition to counter China
By Latika Bourke| Sunday Morning Herald| 5 June 2020| Read original news here London: What does the chair of the Australian Parliament’s intelligence committee have in common with a German Greens MP, a former Japanese defence minister and a former Liberal Canadian attorney-general? … Continued The post MPs from eight countries form new read more →
China’s two faces: After talks with India to resolve border dispute, PLA carries out large-scale manoeuvres
Pranav Kulkarni for the Times Now. Read the original article here The exercise, which concluded in a few hours, demonstrated China’s capability to quickly deploy troops and step-up border defences within a short span of time. Beijing: A day after talks … Continued The post China’s two faces: After talks with read more →
China political meetings focus on strengthening control in Tibet
International Campaign for Tibet| 4 June 2020| Read original report here This year’s two delayed and shortened political meetings of the Chinese government in Beijing saw a renewed focus on an “anti-separatism campaign” and “stability” and a call for “absolute … Continued The post China political meetings focus on strengthening read more →
Dr Lobsang Sangay: Chinese security law will greatly undermine freedom and democracy in Hong Kong
By Shri Ram Shaw| Asianet Newsable| 4 June 2020| Read the original news here In an exclusive interview with Asianet Newsable, Tibet’s self-declared government-in-exile President (Sikyong) Dr Lobsang Sangay said, “It is clear that in the guise of ‘security law’, … Continued The post Dr Lobsang Sangay: Chinese security law read more →
‘Ladakh belongs to India’: Tibet sides with India, exposes China’s expansionist tactics
Mudit Bhatnagar| International Business Times| 4 June 2020| Read original news here In a scathing attack on China, the Tibetan exile administration has said that the disputed territories of both Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh have always been a part of … Continued The post ‘Ladakh belongs to India’: Tibet sides read more →
Chinese Troops Have Come Into Eastern Ladakh in Sizeable Numbers, Says Rajnath Singh
The Wire| 3 June 2020| Read original news here New Delhi: A “sizeable number” of Chinese have moved into areas in eastern Ladakh which China claims as its territory and India has taken all necessary steps to deal with the situation, … Continued The post Chinese Troops Have Come Into Eastern read more →
PLA holds ‘infiltration drills’ in Tibet amid border stand-off
Ananth Krishnan, The Hindu. June 4, 2020. Read original news here. The Chinese military in Tibet has held night-time high-altitude ‘infiltration exercises behind enemy lines,’ says the Communist Party-run Global Times China’s official media reported on Wednesday that the Chinese … Continued The post PLA holds ‘infiltration drills’ in Tibet read more →
‘Unprecedented’ — India, China deploy Lt Gen-rank army officers to solve border row
Snehesh Alex Phillip for The Print. Read the original article here India’s 14 Corps Commander will meet the chief of China’s Southern Xinjiang Military District on 6 June after other rounds of talks failed to resolve the month-long border row. … Continued The post ‘Unprecedented’ — India, China deploy Lt read more →
Hong Kong marks Tiananmen massacre for what many fear will be the last time
By James Griffiths| CNN| Updated June 4, 2020| Read original news here Hong Kong (CNN)When protests broke out in Beijing and other cities across China in early 1989, many in Hong Kong were exhilarated. “It was a time of hope,” said Lee Cheuk-yan, a … Continued The post Hong Kong marks Tiananmen massacre for read more →
What’s in store for Hong Kong? Look at Tibet.
Here’s how Beijing’s promises of autonomy played out on the rooftop of the world Tourists take photos of the Potala Palace beneath a security camera in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, on Sept. 19, 2015. (Aritz … Continued The post What’s in store for Hong Kong? read more →
Line of Actual Control: Where it is located, and where India and China differ
Source: http://indianexpress.com/ India-China LAC explained: As tensions continue between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), a look at what the line means on the ground and the disagreements over it. Written by Sushant Singh | New Delhi | Updated: June 2, 2020 10:34:31 am As tensions read more →
Peaceful resolution of Tibet solution to India-China border dispute: Tibetan govt-in-exile
Geeta Mohan for India Today| 2 June 2020| Read original news here Amid escalating border tensions between India and China, the President of Tibetan administration in-exile, Dr Lobsang Sangay, said resolution of the issue of “Tibet” will automatically solve the … Continued The post Peaceful resolution of Tibet solution to read more →