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MU cuts ties with Confucius Institute following federal guideline changes
BY GALEN BACHARIER, Missourian, 15 January 2020, Read original news here. MU is cutting ties with the Confucius Institute, the university announced Wednesday. The nearly nine-year partnership will come to an end in August, six months before its scheduled end … Continued The post MU cuts ties with Confucius Institute read more →
WHO to convene emergency meeting as China virus spreads
Aljazeera News. January 21, 2020. Read the original article here. Agency will meet on Wednesday to decide whether to declare outbreak ‘public health emergency of international concern’. Passengers at Shanghai’s international airport wear masks amid concerns about a new coronavirus … Continued The post WHO to convene emergency meeting as read more →
Climate refugees can’t be returned home, says landmark UN human rights ruling
Kate Lyons, The Guardian. January 21, 2020. Read the original article here. It is unlawful for governments to return people to countries where their lives might be threatened by the climate crisis, a landmark ruling by the United Nations human rights committee … Continued The post Climate refugees can’t be returned home, read more →
How I became a China sceptic
GIDEON RACHMAN, Financial Times, 20 January 2020, Read original news here. I first visited China in the early 1990s and its transformation since then is still a source of astonishment. The country’s wealth, power and prestige have risen as fast … Continued The post How I became a China sceptic read more →
UN Chief Urged to Name and Shame Perpetrators of Human Rights Violations
Erol Avdović, WebPublicaPress. January 20, 2020. Read the original article here. UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – Informed East River diplomats characterize the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as a “tough nut”. Perhaps because he feels he is ‘untouchable’ and believes he is … Continued The post UN Chief Urged to Name and read more →
Xi seeks to boost ‘Belt and Road’ with Myanmar visit
Eleanor Albert, The Diplomat. January 20, 2020. Read the original article here. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Myanmar’s capital of Naypyidaw on Friday for a two-day state visit, his first international trip of 2020. He hailed the trip as … Continued The post Xi seeks to boost ‘Belt and read more →
Marco Rubio: Investing in China Is Not a Good Deal
By Marco Rubio, New York Times, 17 January 2020, Read original news here. Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) is a Republican senator from Florida. It’s no secret that Wall Street hated President Trump’s aggressive trade tactics toward China. But its executives are very happy … Continued The post Marco Rubio: Investing in China Is read more →
Jailed Tibetan activist appeals for second trial
Free Tibet. January 18, 2020. Read the original article here. Tibetan activist, A-Nya Sengdra and his lawyer prepare to fight seven-year prison sentence. Chinese human rights lawyer Lin Qilei has told Free Tibet that he has appealed for his Tibetan … Continued The post Jailed Tibetan activist appeals for second read more →
Mainland’s persecuted human rights lawyers draw hope from events in Hong Kong
By Francine Chan and Brian Dooley, Hong Kong Free Press. January 18, 2020. Read the original article here. Last month, about a dozen human rights lawyers and activists in mainland China sent Christmas messages of support to counterparts in Hong … Continued The post Mainland’s persecuted human rights lawyers draw read more →
US State department report on Tibet a month overdue, congressional sources say
Owen Churchill for the South China Morning Post. Read the article here. When the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act became law 13 months ago, it held the Trump administration to a stringent commitment: block any Chinese official who was involved … Continued The post US State department report on Tibet read more →
China’s new regulations rolled out to culturally oppress Tibet
Chris Chang for Taiwan News. Read the article here. TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A new law passed by China’s leaders in Tibet that systemizes ethnic unity in the region has drawn concerns about the future of Tibetan culture and identity. … Continued The post China’s new regulations rolled out to read more →
China must ‘face reality’ of Taiwan’s independence: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen
By Stacy Chen, ABC, 17 January 2020, Read original news here. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called for China to respect Taiwan’s sovereignty and its commitment to democracy, just days after she won reelection in a landslide victory. Tsai — who is the … Continued The post China must ‘face reality’ of Taiwan’s read more →
When Chinese hackers declared war on the rest of us
Many thought the internet would bring democracy to China. Instead it empowered rampant government oppression, and now the censors are turning their attention to the rest of the world. by James Griffiths, MIT Technology Review, 10 January 2029 Read original report … Continued The post When Chinese hackers declared war on read more →
China’s Global Threat to Human Rights
Human Rights Watch, Read the original report here. It doesn’t matter where I am, or what passport I hold. [Chinese authorities] will terrorize me anywhere, and I have no way to fight that. —Uyghur Muslim with European citizenship, Washington, September … Continued The post China’s Global Threat to Human Rights read more →
Tibet sees 27.7 percent fall in glacier ice coverage, research finds
Free Tibet. January 16, 2020. Read the original article here. China has lost around a fifth of its glacier ice coverage between 1970 and 2010, the national newspaper Guangming Daily and Chinese state news organisation The Global Times reported in December, citing … Continued The post Tibet sees 27.7 percent fall in read more →