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Disappearance Of Australian Author Yang Hengjun Terrifying Sign Of China’s Repression of Writers
PEN America, January 23, 2019 Read original news here NEW YORK—The disappearance of Australian author Yang Hengjun during a trip to mainland China is a terrifying sign of the Chinese government’s willingness to disappear writers who criticize them, regardless of nationality, … Continued
Taiwan civic group commemorates Tibet’s 60 years of resistance
Focus Taiwan, 24 Jan 2019 Read original news here Taipei, Jan. 23 (CNA) The Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan (HRNTT) embarked on a cycling tour of Taipei on Wednesday as a prelude to a series of activities to … Continued
First Case of an Administrative Detention Linked to the Foreign NGO Law?
China File, 22 Jan 2019 Read original news here As reported by HK01, a Hong Kong-based news outlet focused on civil society and advocacy work, local public security authorities picked up Hong Kong resident Cheung Kam Hung on January 11 in … Continued
The Coming Fight for the Dalai Lama’s Soul
BY KRITHIKA VARAGUR, Foreign Poliicy, JANUARY 22, 2019, Read original news here China’s brutal crackdown on its Muslims has attracted a global outcry and shows no signs of slowing in 2019. This extends to other faiths: Chinese Christians, Taoists, and Buddhists are also facing a … Continued
Chinese army now makes up less than half of PLA’s strength as military aims to transform itself into modern fighting force
South China Morning Post, 21 January, 2019 Read original news here The Chinese military has significantly boosted its navy, air force and new strategic units and downsized its land-based army as part of a strategic shift designed to transform the People’s … Continued
China Wants to Dominate the Internet
By Emily de La Bruyere and Nathan Picarsic, 22 January 2019 Read original news here For the past year, the U.S. and China have been engaged in a wide-ranging trade war. Nominally, the dispute concerns intellectual-property violations, forced technology transfers and other … Continued
China slowdown poised to worsen: top IMF economist
KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asian Review, 22 January 2019 Read original news here DAVOS, Switzerland — At the very first sideline event of this year’s World Economic Forum, the International Monetary Fund’s newly appointed chief economist sent a warning shot across … Continued
First airlines, now Apple: China wants 66 more multinationals to state self-ruled Taiwan is part of its country
By RALPH JENNINGS, LA Times, JAN 18, 2019 Read original news here Chinese authorities are pressuring 66 multinational companies, including American icons Apple and Nike, to refer to self-ruled Taiwan as part of China, a demand expected to drive a new wedge … Continued
Why China isn’t ready to invade Taiwan – yet
By Josh K. Elliott National Online Journalist, International Global News, Read original news here President Xi Jinping wants to restore China to its former glory – and that means bringing Taiwan under the Communist Party’s control, one way or another. That was the gist of Xi’s direction-setting New … Continued
Authorities Use Welfare Payments Against Tibetan Buddhists
Bitter Winter, 18 January 2019 Read original news here Poor Tibetans lose their land, then lose their subsistence allowances unless they stop the practice of Buddhism. Grid Administrators monitor. In May of 2018, authorities ordered impoverished Tibetans who live on … Continued
Human rights protesters are standing outside Google offices recruiting employees to help kill off its China search engine
Business Insider, 18 January 2019 Read original news here Tibetan human rights groups protested outside Google offices around the world on Friday to demand the company scrap its China search engine plans. The groups fear a censored search engine would … Continued
Human Rights Watch: China at most repressive since Tian’anmen massacre
By Ryan Drillsma, Taiwan News, 18 January 2019 Read original news here The research and advocacy organization published its 2019 World Report Jan. 17 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — On Jan. 17, international research and advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) published … Continued
Chinese Student Visas Should Be Part of Trade Negotiations
By Hal Lambert, Real Clear Politics, January 17, 2019 Read original news here Chinese nationals have been attending American universities in burgeoning numbers over the last decade. There are more than 360,000 of these students now enrolled in U.S. colleges, up fivefold … Continued
Is India ready? China steps up military build-up in Tibet as America passes law of Reciprocal Access
Despite the recent bonhomie exhibited at Wuhan meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in April last year, China is quietly stepping up of military deployments and capabilities in Tibet with the intention to fight … Continued
Kyrgyz police disperse anti-Chinese rally
Reuters, 18 January 2019 Read original news here BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyz police detained more than a dozen people on Thursday as they dispersed a hundreds-strong anti-Chinese rally in the capital, Bishkek, the biggest public protest to date in Central … Continued