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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
ICT to name its Tibetan Empowerment programs to honor the contribution of Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari
International Campaign for Tibet, JANUARY 16, 2019, Read original news here The Boards of the International Campaign for Tibet have decided to name the different Tibetan empowerment programs undertaken by our organization as the Lodi Gyari Tibetan Empowerment Program to honor … Continued
Tide is turning against autocrats, human rights group says
By Rob Picheta, CNN, January 17, 2019 Read original news here (CNN)The global tide of populism is being reversed as protesters, politicians and international organizations confront autocratic leaders, NGO Human Rights Watch said Thursday. The group pointed to protests and sanctions … Continued
Xi Jinping deploys China’s legal system to bully the West
The Washington Post, John Pomfret, January 17 2019 Read original news here China’s game of international chicken over the apprehension of a Chinese telecommunications executive in Canada got deadly serious this week. On Monday, a court in the northeastern Chinese city of … Continued
Chinese Moves to Organize Via WeChat Worry Local Communist Authorities
Epoch Times, 16 January 2019 Read original news here Officials in Muchuan County, in southwestern China, are telling local Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organizations to prevent people from organizing through WeChat, a popular Chinese social-media site. On Jan. 10, the … Continued