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From student to drone swarms: how the Chinese Communist Party trains its cadres in Australia
Alex Joski, The Sunday Morning Herald, Read original news here In 2009, a student called Wang Xiangke came to the Australian National University as a visiting PhD scholar. It was a year after the Olympic torch relay passed through Canberra, attracting thousands … Continued
China’s growing influence swallows global criticism on human rights
By Dave Lawler, Axios, 9 November 2018 Read original news here China’s government is cracking down on dissent at an alarming pace and detaining up to 1 million Muslims in “re-education camps,” but at a UN Human Rights Council review this week, … Continued
DAMS, POWER GRIDS, GEOENGINEERING TIBETAN CLIMATE
By rukor-admin, November 9, 2018 Read original news here MORE HYDRO DAMMING, POWER GRIDS & CLOUD SEEDING GEOENGINEERING IN TIBET Updating recent www.rukor.org reports: RUKOR ANALYSIS: New hydro dams on Tibetan rivers, new propaganda for geoengineering, by cloud seeding the source area of China’s … Continued
UN grills China over detainment of Uighurs, Tibet
AFP, 8 November 2018 Read original news here China faced harsh criticism over its rights record during a review before the UN yesterday, with countries voicing alarm at the country’s mass detainment of ethnic Uighurs and its crackdown on civil … Continued
India, China to have direct hotlines between military bases at Line of Actual Control
By Nandita Natrajkumar, November 7, 2018 Read original news here India and China will soon have a hotline linking their military and regional bases. The final decision will be made next Tuesday during the talks between the defence secretaries of both … Continued
China says UN criticism of human rights record is ‘politically driven’
Lily Kuo, 6 November 2018 Read original news here China has defended its human rights record after the first UN assessment since 2013 criticised the mass detention of lawyers and the continuing use of internment camps. Beijing rejected claims made during the … Continued
China’s false denials at UN human rights council must be challenged, ICT says
International Campaign for Tibet, 6 November 2018 Read original news here The Chinese government aggressively denied its human rights violations during today’s Universal Periodic Review of its record at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Despite China’s … Continued
US and China to hold a top-level security dialogue on Friday
CNBC, Reuters, 6 November 2018 Read original news here The United States and China will hold a delayed top-level security dialogue on Friday, the latest sign of a thaw in relations, as China’s vice president said Beijing was willing to talk with Washington to … Continued
Activists urge deep scrutiny of China at U.N. rights gathering this week
Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters, 4 November 2018 Read original news here GENEVA (Reuters) – Activists called for U.N. member states to pressure China this week to account for alleged human rights violations, including the suspected mass detention of one million Muslim … Continued
Chinese minister Kezhi’s visit to India had definite Tibet focus
JAYADEVA RANADE, Sunday Guardian Live, November 3, 2018, Read original news here Chinese leadership has been paying increased attention to Tibet. Zhao Kezhi’s briefing to Xi Jinping will be an important input in shaping policy on India Obviously high on the … Continued
China recruits Tibetan monks ‘to spread propaganda’
ucanews.com reporter, China, November 2, 2018 Read original news here Human Rights Watch condemns ‘abhorrent new levels’ of government intrusion in religion Tibetan Buddhist monks take part in Monlam, otherwise known as the Great Prayer Festival of Losar, the Tibetan New Year, at the … Continued
China is Turning the Rainforest into Cheap Furniture for the U.S.
Read original news here The second largest rainforest in the world — in Central Africa’s Congo Basin — is disappearing at an alarming rate, despite local laws against deforestation. A new study out of the University of California names China and the … Continued
China is exporting the Great Firewall as internet freedom declines around the world
Analysis by James Griffiths, CNN, Updated 0634 GMT (1434 HKT) November 2, 2018 Hong Kong (CNN)Speaking before an elite audience in Washington in March 2000, then US President Bill Clinton summarized much of Western thinking on the internet when he hailed a new … Continued
American World War II Base Will Be Rebuilt as China Courts Pacific Allies
By Rob Taylor, The Wall Street Journal, Updated Nov. 1, 2018, Read original news here CANBERRA, Australia—Australia will redevelop a South Pacific naval base, used by the U.S. as a World War II launchpad, at a time when China’s regional presence is … Continued
China Warns of Flood-like Situation in Brahmaputra in Arunachal
India News Desk, Read the original news here New Delhi: China has alerted India of a possible flood-like situation in the Brahmaputra river in Arunachal Pradesh after a landslide blocked water upstream in Tibet, a senior Water Resources Ministry official said. … Continued