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University of Michigan to Close Confucius Institute
By Tanner Brown / Dec 11, 2018 / Society & Culture Read original news here The University of Michigan said Monday it will not renew its agreement with the Confucius Institute when the partnership expires in 2019. The university cast the reasoning … Continued
Tibet gets a warmer reception as world wakes to Beijing’s methods
By Peter Hartcher, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 December 2018 Read original news here The leader of Tibet’s government-in-exile has been telling his story about Bob Carr around the world for years and always gets a laugh. Last week he recounted … Continued
New Zealand China Scholar ‘Targeted’ by Beijing
LONDON — An academic who has been exposing the back-door methods of the Chinese seeking to influence New Zealand politics as well as the country’s media and universities says she is being targeted and harassed by Beijing. Professor Anne-Marie Brady has … Continued
China Watchers Demand Action on Harassment of New Zealand Professor
By Charlotte Graham-McLay, New York Times, Dec. 7, 2018 Read original news here WELLINGTON, New Zealand — More than 160 China experts from around the world have signed a letter urging New Zealand’s government to protect an academic who said she was … Continued
Inside China’s audacious plan for global media dominance
Beijing is buying up media outlets and training scores of foreign journalists to ‘tell China’s story well’ – as part of a worldwide propaganda campaign of astonishing scope and ambition. By Louisa Lim and Julia Bergin, The Guardian Fri 7 Dec 2018 Read original … Continued
Human Rights Commissioner Bärbel Kofler visits China
04.12.2018 – Press release Read original report here Dr Bärbel Kofler, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid at the Federal Foreign Office, is visiting China from 4 to 10 December. Following talks in Beijing, she will chair … Continued
COP24: World can save 1 million lives by meeting Paris goals on air pollution
A WHO report released at the Katowice conference says health benefits far outweigh the costs of meeting climate change goals in India By DTE Staff, Wednesday 05 December 2018 Read original news here Air pollution alone kills 7 million people in the … Continued
A Top Huawei Executive Is Arrested in Canada for Extradition to the U.S.
By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Alan Rappeport, New York Times, Dec. 5, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO — A top executive and daughter of the founder of the Chinese tech giant Huawei was arrested on Saturday in Canada at the request of the United States, in a … Continued
German Human Rights Commissioner to Visit Tibet
By The Associated Press, Dec. 5, 2018 Read original news here BEIJING — Germany’s top official for human rights was due to visit Tibet Wednesday for a dialogue with Chinese counterparts after being denied permission to visit the heavily policed northwestern region … Continued
Chinese President Xi arrives in Portugal to boost trade ties
News Asia, 05 Dec 2018 Read original news here LISBON: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Portugal on Tuesday (Dec 4) for a two-day visit to boost economic ties, despite concern in some EU capitals over China’s growing influence across the … Continued
COP24: UN climate change conference 2018 begins
IndiaToday.in, New Delhi, December 3, 2018, Read original news here The annual UN climate change conference (COP24) opened in the Polish city of Katowice on December 3, with the goal of finalising the implementation guidelines for the Paris Climate Change … Continued
Can anything hold back China’s economy?
By Lawrence H. Summers December 3 2018 Read original news here Lawrence H. Summers is a professor at and past president of Harvard University. He was treasury secretary from 1999 to 2001 and an economic adviser to President Barack Obama … Continued
A China Hawk Gains Prominence as Trump Confronts Xi on Trade
By Alan Rappeport, New York Times, Nov. 30, 2018 Read original news here WASHINGTON — Michael Pillsbury had just finished a rib-eye salad at the Cosmos Club on Tuesday when he received a text message from the White House: “The president … Continued
Think Tank: China Exporting ‘Totalitarian Technology’ Tested on Uighur Muslims to Venezuela
By Edwin Mora, 29 November 2018, Read original news here WASHINGTON, DC — Communist China is selling its “totalitarian technology” tested on the country’s Muslim Uighur minority to Venezuela and other regimes eager to persecute their citizens, according to a … Continued
The Party does not yet rule over everything
China Monitor, Read original news here Assessing the state of online plurality in Xi Jinping’s “new era” Over the past years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has increased its control over Chinese society, especially over the internet. Publishing opinions diverging … Continued