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Nepal to join hands with China on Tibet-Kathmandu railway
HIDETAKE MIYAMOTO, November 22, 2018 Read original news here TOKYO — Nepal will work with China to link its capital to Tibet by rail as the Himalayan nation strengthens ties with its giant northern neighbor to propel its development, Foreign … Continued
Inside China’s ‘tantrum diplomacy’ at APEC
By Josh Rogin, The Washington Post, Columnist, November 20 PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA — For the first time in its 20-year history, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit ended in disarray Sunday when the 21 member countries could not reach consensus on a joint … Continued
Has the World Lost Sight of Tibet?
A ChinaFile Conversation, November 20, 2018 Read original news here Since the incarceration of roughly a million Uighurs in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang over the last year, the situation in Tibet has gotten relatively less coverage in Western … Continued
The soul of Tibet, and the insecurity of China
By PRAKASH KATOCH China holding a million Uighurs in re-education camps, awareness of these torture facilities, and horrors like China’s organ-harvesting trade have diminished the global focus on Tibet, where 7 million Han Chinese have overwhelmed 6 million Tibetans. With a … Continued
How China controls Hollywood scripts
When was the last time you watched a movie with a Chinese villain? If you can’t remember, that may not be too surprising. Take the 2012 remake of the Cold War drama Red Dawn. It depicted…continued
How China controls Hollywood scripts
By Amy Qin and Audrey Carlsen, 19 November 2018 Read original news here When was the last time you watched a movie with a Chinese villain? If you can’t remember, that may not be too surprising. Take the 2012 remake of the … Continued
China, Brexit, India Elections: Your Monday Briefing
By Alisha Haridasani Gupta, Nov. 19, 2018 Good morning. Another politically tumultuous week for Britain, an unprecedented ending to the APEC summit and a letter from our Asia editor. Here’s what you need to know: CreditAdrian Dennis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images • Theresa … Continued
How China Is Rewriting Its Own Script
By AMY QIN and AUDREY CARLSEN Nov. 18, 2018 Read original news here China’s booming box office and seemingly inexhaustible cash reserves have provided a much-needed boost to Hollywood as it faces slowing ticket sales in the United States and … Continued
China’s Belt and Road hits problems but is still popular
Financial Times Raffaello Cantucci, 16 Nov 2018 Countries that criticise the Belt and Road Initiative overlook the real need in developing nations for foreign investment There is a narrative of pushback against the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s programme to finance … Continued
China Abolishes Top Beijing Law Firm Known For Human Rights Cases
Radio Free Asia, 13 November 2018, Read original news here The Chinese law firm raided at the start of a nationwide police operation targeting rights attorneys, law firms and activists in July 2015 has now “ceased to exist,” RFA has … Continued
US-China relations will never be what they once were: Kissinger
By Duncan DeAeth,Taiwan News, Staff Writer, 14 November 2-18 Read original news here TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, at 95 years old, made a visit to China last week where he met with several top … Continued
Trump’s tariff battle with China is spurring record dollar-yuan trading
Huileng Tan | @huileng_tan, 14 November 2018 Read original news here The dollar-yuan will strengthen to 6.82 by end-2019: Standard Chartered Bank 18 Hours Ago | 02:08 Market uncertainty tied to the ongoing U.S.–China trade war has spurred more transactions than ever before between the … Continued
The Chinese dichotomy
Claude Arpi The Pioneer, 12 November 2018 | Read original news here Though China is keen to become the world leader in promotion of Buddhism, it will never happen because of the gap between the Marxist theory and repression on the ground … Continued
Amnesty International withdraws human rights award from Aung San Suu Kyi
Amnesty International, 12 November 2018 Read original news here Amnesty International announced today that it has withdrawn its highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, from Aung San Suu Kyi, in light of the Myanmar leader’s shameful betrayal of the … Continued
Beijing’s secret plot to infiltrate UN used Australian insider
By Nick McKenzie, Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Zach Dorfman & Fergus Hunter, 11 November 2018, Read original news here Earlier this year, a petite 62-year-old woman dubbed the ‘‘queen of the Australian-China social scene’’ walked out of a US federal prison. Charming and gregarious, … Continued