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‘Prayer Is Not Enough.’ The Dalai Lama on Why We Need to Fight Coronavirus With Compassion
BY DALAI LAMA for Time Magazine| APRIL 14, 2020| Read the article here The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet’s government-in-exile based in Dharamsala, India Sometimes friends ask me to help with some problem in the world, using some “magical … Continued The post ‘Prayer Is Not Enough.’ The Dalai read more →
We Can Make the Post-Coronavirus World a Much Less Violent Place
We Can Make the Post-Coronavirus World a Much Less Violent Place The pandemic has decreased some kinds of crime and increased others. But the world is much safer than it used to be, and we know how to make it … Continued The post We Can Make the Post-Coronavirus World read more →
PM Modi’s address to the nation live updates | Lockdown extended till May 3
The Hindu. Read the original article here.here. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, the last day of the 21-day lockdown. He announced that the lockdown has been extended till May 3 and will be … Continued The post PM Modi’s address to the nation read more →
China Limited the Mekong’s Flow. Other Countries Suffered a Drought.
By Hannah Beech| New York Times| April 13, 2020| Read original article here BANGKOK — As China was stricken by the coronavirus in late February, its foreign minister addressed a concerned crowd in Laos, where farmers and fishers across the Mekong River region were … Continued The post China Limited the Mekong’s Flow. Other read more →
How China is losing the world’s trust following its cover-up of the coronavirus crisis
Chi Wang| South China Morning Post| 12 April 2020| Read original article here The lacklustre response of the Trump administration to the coronavirus pandemic and its failure to live up to the traditional US role during a global crisis has … Continued The post How China is losing the world’s read more →
China’s new coronavirus cases rise to near six-week high
Reuters. Read the original article here. BEIJING — China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks, driven by a rise in infected travelers arriving from overseas and underscoring challenges Beijing faces in preventing a … Continued The post China’s new coronavirus cases rise to read more →
Beijing tightens grip over coronavirus research, amid US-China row on virus origin
Nectar Gan, Caitlin Hu and Ivan Watson for CNN. Read the original article here. China has imposed restrictions on the publication of academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus, according to a central government directive and online notices published by two … Continued The post Beijing tightens grip over coronavirus research, read more →
Coronavirus chaos could strengthen China’s debt hold on struggling nations
Beijing could either take control of other countries’ assets or forgive debt to boost its soft power, experts say, as economic fallout widens Helen Davidson. The Guardian. 13 April 2020. Read the original news here. As the coronavirus pandemic causes global … Continued The post Coronavirus chaos could strengthen China’s debt read more →
Wuhan Rent Protest Shows Unrest Brewing in China After Lockdown
Bloomberg News| April 10, 2020| Read original news here Dozens of small shop owners protested outside one of Wuhan’s biggest shopping malls to demand a cut in rent, in one of the first signs of unrest since authorities lifted a … Continued The post Wuhan Rent Protest Shows Unrest Brewing read more →
Taiwan Is Exporting Its Coronavirus Successes to the World
Despite being shut out of WHO, Taiwan has largely succeeded in containing the coronavirus. Even as it faces a second wave of infections, it is helping other countries—and bolstering its soft power in the process. BY NICK ASPINWALL| Foreign Policy|| APRIL 9, … Continued The post Taiwan Is Exporting Its Coronavirus Successes read more →
Europe’s ‘17+1’ countries dissatisfied with China relations, report says, as summit is postponed
Trade deficit with China has grown and the 17 Central and Eastern European nations should demand more from Beijing, European scholars write Coronavirus has forced the delay of China’s summit with the bloc, multiple sources confirm Keegan Elmer| South China … Continued The post Europe’s ‘17+1’ countries dissatisfied with China read more →
USCIRF Outraged Over China Selection to UN Human Right Council Consultative Group
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). April 9, 2020. Read the original news here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 2020 USCIRF Outraged Over China Selection to UN Human Right Council Consultative Group Washington, DC – The United … Continued The post USCIRF Outraged Over China Selection to read more →
Classroom Instruction Switch From Tibetan to Chinese in Ngaba Sparks Worry, Anger
Reported by Lobe Socktsang for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Richard Finney. Read the original article here. Instruction in Tibetan classrooms in Sichuan’s Ngaba prefecture will soon be given exclusively in Chinese, with the … Continued The post Classroom Instruction Switch From Tibetan to read more →
Time to put China on lockdown for its dishonesty amid coronavirus crisis
China’s response was inept, dishonest and utterly inconsiderate of the world. We need to teach the Chinese government a lesson. Glenn Harlan Reynolds| Opinion columnist| USA Today| April 7 2020| Read original article here There are many lessons to be … Continued The post Time to put China on lockdown read more →
Zoom admits routing user data through China, says govt customers unaffected
Zoom has a myriad of privacy issues, being reported every day. Shubham Verma, India Today. April 9, 2020. Read the original news here. Zoom has admitted that calls from North America were routed to China. Zoom CEO said this happened due … Continued The post Zoom admits routing user data through read more →