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Congress condemns China over brutal crackdown on the Muslim Minority
Times. December 4, 2019. Read the article here. (WASHINGTON) — Congress overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday aimed at pressuring China over a brutal mass crackdown on ethnic Muslims in the far west of the country, legislation that follows a similar … Continued The post Congress condemns China over brutal crackdown read more →
Should India be bolder with China?
Suyash Desai, The Hindu. Read the article here. India could strengthen its diplomatic leverages against China by issuing statements on Xinjiang, Tibet, the South China Sea, and Hong Kong. In my opinion, India’s response to China’s diplomatic offensive of recent … Continued The post Should India be bolder with China? read more →
Dalai Lama’s first children book to be published by Puffin
Heloise Wood, The Bookseller. December 3, 2019. Read article here. Puffin will publish the Dalai Lama’s first children’s book, The Seed of Compassion, in March 2020. “For the first time ever, His Holiness addresses children directly, sharing important lessons from his … Continued The post Dalai Lama’s first children book to read more →
ICT calls on China to allow Tibetans to learn in their mother tongue at UN Forum on Minorities
International Campaign for Tibet. December 3, 2019. Read article here. In a statement delivered last week at the 12th Forum on Minority Issues taking place in Geneva on the theme “Education, Language and the Human Rights of Minorities,” ICT highlighted … Continued The post ICT calls on China to allow read more →
China bans US military visits to Hong Kong over human rights act
Tsukasa Hadano, Nikkei Asian Review. December 3, 2019. Read article here. BEIJING — China suspended visits by U.S. military vessels and aircraft to Hong Kong on Monday and hinted at further retaliatory steps against American legislation supporting anti-government protesters in the city. Beijing also … Continued The post China bans US military visits to read more →
China accuses UN rights chief of emboldening Hong Kong protesters
Aljazeera News. Decemebr 2, 2019. Read article here. China has accused the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of emboldening “radical violence” in Hong Kong by suggesting the city’s leader conduct an investigation into reports of excessive use of force by police. … Continued The post China accuses UN rights chief of read more →
China due to introduce face scans for mobile users
BBC News. December 2, 2019. Read article here. People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country’s hundreds of millions of … Continued The post China due to introduce face scans read more →
It’s been a horrible week for China’s president Xi Jinping and the Communist Party
New Zealand Herald. Read the article here. It’s been a rough week for Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with a series of events putting a dent in his strongman image and that of the Chinese Government. In Australia, one of Beijing’s … Continued The post It’s been a horrible week for read more →
China Has Lost Taiwan, and It Knows It
New York Times, 1 December 2019 Read original news here. “Not a chance,” the president’s tweet said, in Chinese characters. That was the message from Tsai Ing-wen, the leader of Taiwan, on Nov. 5, after the Chinese government announced a string of … Continued The post China Has Lost Taiwan, and It read more →
China Adopts Malicious “Cybersecurity” Rules
by Gordon G. Chang, Gatestone Institute, November 30, 2019, Read original news here. After all these “cybersecurity” rules are in place, no foreign company may encrypt data so that it cannot be read by the Chinese central government and the Communist Party … Continued The post China Adopts Malicious “Cybersecurity” Rules appeared read more →
‘Only Dalai Lama will decide his reincarnation; no govt has any right to interfere in his selection’
Varinder Bhatia,The Indian Express. November 29, 2019. Read article here. The president of the Central Tibetan Administration (Sikyong) Dr Lobsang Sangay of the Tibetan parliament in exile tells The Indian Express that reincarnation is a matter of faith and … Continued The post ‘Only Dalai Lama will decide his read more →
‘Tibetans will never accept a Dalai Lama chosen by China’
National Herald. November 29, 2019. Read article here Senior Tibetan religious leaders have adopted a resolution urging the Dalai Lama to reincarnate according to Tibetan traditions and declared that Tibetans will never accept a spiritual leader appointed by China. The … Continued The post ‘Tibetans will never accept a Dalai read more →
Dalai Lama says reincarnation can wait, cites own health
The Mainichi. November 29, 2019. Read article here. DHARAMSALA, India (Kyodo) — The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, indicated Friday that he is in no hurry to look for his successor because he is in excellent health. “I am … Continued The post Dalai Lama says reincarnation can wait, read more →
Simon Cheng: UK media watchdog receives ‘China forced confession’ complaint
BBC News, November 29, 2019. Read the article here. Simon Cheng, a Hong Kong citizen who worked for the UK government for almost two years, was detained for 15 days on a trip to mainland China in August. Mr Cheng … Continued The post Simon Cheng: UK media watchdog receives read more →
Donald Trump signs Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law, brushing off China’s warnings
Robert Delaney and Owen Churchill, South China Morning Post. Read the article here. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law legislation that could bring diplomatic action and economic sanctions against Hong Kong, brushing off multiple warnings by China … Continued The post Donald Trump signs Hong Kong Human read more →