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China’s yuan slumps to 11-year low, stocks fall as U.S. trade war escalates
Reuters, 26 August 2019 Read original article here. SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s yuan slumped to a fresh 11-year low against the dollar on Monday and stocks fell as the Sino-U.S. trade war sharply escalated, threatening to inflict more damage … Continued The post China’s yuan slumps to 11-year low, read more →
UN chief urges world to stamp out religious persecution
By Associated Press, Read the original article here. UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world on the first international day to remember the victims of religious persecution to “step up to stamp out anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim hatred, the … Continued The post UN chief urges world to stamp read more →
Their marriage of convenience: With Pakistan the springboard for China’s containment of India, J&K helps cement that axis
Brahma Chellaney, Times of India, 22 August 2019 Read original article here Like a typical school bully, China doesn’t have a lot of friends. Having joined with the US to impose international sanctions on its former vassal, North Korea, China … Continued The post Their marriage of convenience: With Pakistan read more →
NSW schools to scrap Confucius Classroom program after review Jordan Baker
By Jordan Baker, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 22, 2019, Read original article here. A Chinese government-funded language and culture program will be removed from NSW public schools and replaced with one run by the NSW Department of Education. The Confucius Classroom … Continued The post NSW schools to scrap Confucius Classroom read more →
China Seeks to Shape Hong Kong Narrative With Letter to Media
Bloomberg News, Read the original article here. Foreign Ministry sends 43-page letter to foreign media outlets Describes ‘violent activities’ in city amid ongoing unrest China is looking to reshape the global narrative over Hong Kong as months of street protests … Continued The post China Seeks to Shape Hong Kong read more →
‘Real and painful costs’ to any crackdown in Hong Kong, US Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell warns Beijing
By Kris Cheng, Read the original article here. A top US politician has warned Beijing that there would be “real and painful costs” to any crackdown in Hong Kong. Mitch McConnell, the US Senate majority leader, wrote a strongly-worded op-ed … Continued The post ‘Real and painful costs’ to any read more →
Op-Ed: Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Kong protests
Yaqiu Wang, Los Angeles Times. Read the article here. It’s hard for Americans to understand why so many Chinese students attending school in Western countries have turned out in recent days to express support for the Chinese government in … Continued The post Op-Ed: Why so many Chinese students read more →
China denies visas to German lawmakers over their human rights criticism
By Stuart Lau, Read the original article here. Germany’s parliament says human rights committee is denied entry, and another committee scraps a trip after MP is barred for speaking out on China’s rights record Barred MP says she has been … Continued The post China denies visas to German lawmakers read more →
New ‘social security’ cards in Tibet expand China’s control over Tibetans’ lives
By International Campaign for Tibet|August 21, 2019 Read original article here Chinese authorities in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) have apparently deepened their control over the Tibetan population with the rollout this summer of social security cards. According to Chinese state … Continued The post New ‘social security’ cards in Tibet read more →
Uighurs Can’t Escape Chinese Repression, Even in Europe
By Ellen Halliday, Read the original article here. BRUSSELS—In the comfortable living room of a family home near Antwerp, photographs from not so long ago recall the faces of the missing. A business man sits proudly behind the desk of … Continued The post Uighurs Can’t Escape Chinese Repression, Even read more →
Employee at UK’s consulate in Hong Kong detained in China
The Guardian, 21 August 2019 Read original article here An employee at the UK’s consulate in Hong Kong has been detained by mainland Chinese authorities on his way back to the city, his girlfriend has said. Simon Cheng, 28, was returning from … Continued The post Employee at UK’s consulate in Hong read more →
Twitter Shuts Down 200,000 Chinese Accounts for Spreading Disinformation About Hong Kong Protests
By Tami Abdollah, Read the original article here. WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter said it has suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believes were part of a Chinese government influence campaign targeting the protest movement in Hong Kong. The company … Continued The post Twitter Shuts Down 200,000 Chinese Accounts read more →
Facebook, Twitter accuse China of running disinformation campaign against Hong Kong protesters
Annie Palmer, CNBC, 19 August 2019 Read original article here. Twitter and Facebook have suspended numerous accounts that they say are tied to a Chinese disinformation campaign against pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. Twitter said Monday it suspended 936 accounts likely related to the activity. … Continued The post Facebook, Twitter accuse China of running read more →
China’s Belt and Road Plan is Destroying the World
By Sagatom Saha, Read the original article here. Most Chinese-financed, coal-fired power plants built overseas use low-efficiency, subcritical coal technology, which produces some of the highest emissions of any form of power generation. Thus, China is destroying the environment. hina … Continued The post China’s Belt and Road Plan is read more →
China must pick the least bad option to resolve Hong Kong crisis. A PLA crackdown is not it
By Minxin Pei, Read the original article here. Hongkongers would almost certainly treat Chinese government forces as invaders, and resistance would be fierce and casualties unavoidable An exodus of expats and elites would follow, and the Hong Kong economy – … Continued The post China must pick the least bad read more →