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UN climate talks fall short thanks to US vacuum
By ZACK COLMAN AND KALINA OROSCHAKOFF, 15 December 2019. Read original news here. MADRID — U.N. climate negotiations ended in disarray on Sunday, exposing deep rifts among industrialized nations, fast-growing economies like China and India and the poorest countries. With a lack of … Continued The post UN climate talks fall short thanks read more →
China’s foreign minister says at symposium the US has successively angered and suppressed China
Reuters, CNBC. Read the original article here. Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Friday that the United States had seriously damaged the hard-won mutual trust between the countries by criticizing Beijing over issues such as Hong Kong and the treatment of Muslim Uighurs. … Continued The post China’s foreign minister says at symposium read more →
From Tibet to Xinjiang, Beijing’s man for restive regions Chen Quanguo is the prime target of US sanctions
Jun Mai for the South China Morning Post. Read the original article here. For Chen Quanguo, it was just a normal day at the office in China’s Xinjiang region on December 3. His agenda included chairing a study session on patriotism, … Continued The post From Tibet to Xinjiang, Beijing’s man read more →
Xinjiang’s New Slavery
Adrian Zenz, Foreign Policy. December 12, 2019. Read original news here. Employment: Yarkant County satellite factory [for] persons in detention or reeducation.” The spreadsheet, obtained from a cache of local government files, lists the employment status of nearly 2,000 Uighurs—but … Continued The post Xinjiang’s New Slavery appeared first on read more →
China reportedly sought World Bank funding for surveillance in region with Muslim detainment camps
Weizhen Tan for CNBC. Read the original article here. China tried to get World Bank loans to fund facial recognition technology for the purpose of using it in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, according to a report by news website Axios on Wednesday. … Continued The post China reportedly sought World Bank funding read more →
The role of AI in China’s crackdown on Uighurs
Yuan Yang, Financial Times. December 12, 2019. Read original news here. In the past month, a trove of leaked internal documents has revealed the Chinese government’s plans in the border region of Xinjiang, where about 1.8 million members of the … Continued The post The role of AI in China’s read more →
Mumbai celebrates 103 years of Tibetan medicine
The Times of India. December 12, 2019. Read the original news here. Recently, 103 years of the establishment of Men-Tsee-Khang, by The Great 13th Dalai Lama in Lhasa, Tibet and 58 years of re-establishment of Men-Tsee-Khang by His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama in Dharamshala was … Continued The post Mumbai celebrates 103 years of Tibetan read more →
Firms withdraw from China on worsening business conditions
By Kwak Yeon-soo, Korea Times, 11 December 2019 Read original news here. A growing number of companies from Korea and other countries are pulling their production out of China due to worsening business conditions sparked by the prolonged tension between … Continued The post Firms withdraw from China on worsening read more →
Swedish diplomat faces trial for trying to free China dissident
Agence France-Presse in Stockholm, 9 Dec 2019 Read original news here. Gui Minhai with his daughter, Angela Gui. Photograph: Angela Gui/Twitter Sweden’s former ambassador to Beijing is to go on trial for overstepping her duties by trying to negotiate the release … Continued The post Swedish diplomat faces trial for trying read more →
Hong Kong march: Thousands join largest pro-democracy rally in months
BBC, 8 December 2019 Read original news here. Huge numbers of protesters have marched through the streets of Hong Kong in the largest anti-government rally in months. For the first time since August, police allowed a rally by the Civil … Continued The post Hong Kong march: Thousands join largest read more →
China tells government offices to remove all foreign computer equipment
Kate Lyons, The Guardian, 9 Dec 2019 Read original news here. Chinese president Xi Jinping has ordered that all foreign hardware be removed from government offices and agencies. Photograph: Pool/Getty Images China has ordered that all foreign computer equipment and software be … Continued The post China tells government offices to remove read more →
Toronto rally calls on feds to address human rights violations in China
MORGANNE CAMPBELL, GLOBAL NEWS. December 9, 2019. Read original news here. Ahead of International Human Rights Day, hundreds gathered on the steps of Old City Hall to urge the federal government to address what is considered the systematic suppression of human rights in … Continued The post Toronto rally calls on feds to read more →
China’s Economic Growth Mostly Welcomed in Emerging Markets, but Neighbors Wary of Its Influence
BY LAURA SILVER, KAT DEVLIN AND CHRISTINE HUANG, Pew Research Center, 5 December 2019 Read original article here. China has emerged as a global economic superpower in recent decades. It is not only the world’s second largest economy and the largest exporter by value, but it has … Continued The post China’s Economic Growth Mostly Welcomed in read more →
Tibetan Self-Immolator’s Family Are Held by Police For Questioning
Reported by Dorjee Tso for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Richard Finney. Read the article here. Police in western China’s Sichuan province detained the family members of a young Tibetan who died in a … Continued The post Tibetan Self-Immolator’s Family Are Held by read more →
US Senator Slams IOC for Sidelining Human Rights Ahead of 2022 Beijing Olympics
BY FRANK FANG, EPOCH TIMES, December 6, 2019. Read the original news here. More than 10 years after Beijing hosted the Olympics Games, China has continued to trample on human rights and press freedom. Now, with less than three years before China … Continued The post US Senator Slams IOC for Sidelining read more →