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Hillary Clinton: Need to take reports of Chinese meddling seriously
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN (Read original story here) (CNN) China’s attempts to influence national affairs in Australia and New Zealand have to be taken seriously, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned. “Experts are sounding the alarm about … Continued
Kim Jong-un travels to China in secretive visit for talks with Xi Jinping
Reuters, The Independent, 9 May 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited China and met President Xi Jinping in a secret trip this week revealed by the state media of both countries; their second encounter in two months amid warming ties between the … Continued
New ICT report reveals China’s strategies of weaponizing access to Tibet
International Campaign for Tibet – 8 May 2018 Access Denied: China’s enforced isolation of Tibet, and the case for reciprocity A new report by the International Campaign for Tibet calls for a more robust international approach on Tibet, based on … Continued
Thousand years of Tibetan masterpieces revealed for first time
The Guardian – 6 May 2018 (read original here) They are some of the greatest treasures of Tibetan Buddhist culture: ancient murals showing the life of the Buddha and the secrets of meditation. Many are hidden in remote monasteries or … Continued
Xi Capitalizes on Marx’s Legacy to Rally China Around Communist Party
Chinese leader holds up German philosopher as inspiration for national prosperity By Chun Han Wong, May 7, 2018 11:33 a.m. ET BEIJING—Decades into China’s capitalism-fueled economic miracle, President Xi Jinping is promoting Karl Marx as a rallying symbol for the … Continued
Opinion: Maybe it’s time to quit negotiating with China
By Peter Morici, Columnist, 7 May 2018 The battle lines are drawn in the trade war with China, and President Donald Trump can expect little support from the high tech and financial sectors or the economics profession. They argue the … Continued
U.S. condemns China for ‘Orwellian nonsense’ over airline websites
By David Shepardson, Reuters May 06, 2018 00:06:27 IST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Saturday sharply criticized China’s efforts to force foreign airlines to change how they refer to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, labeling China’s latest effort … Continued
White House calls China’s warning to airlines ‘Orwellian nonsense’
by Daniel Shane @CNNMoney The White House is publicly admonishing China for warning foreign airlines to change how they identify Taiwan and other areas on their websites. More than 30 airlines — including some US carriers — were recently told by … Continued
China is afraid of its ethnic minorities
As President Xi Jinping takes Chinese influence to every corner of the world, there remain corners of his own country that his government struggles to control. The big picture: The Chinese Communist Party has no tolerance for dissent from ethnic … Continued
Marxism still ‘totally correct’ for China: Xi
REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, 5 May 2018 He tells party members to make it ‘way of life’, ahead of 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth BEIJING • The decision of China’s ruling Communist Party to stick with the political theories of Karl … Continued
Tibetan task force discusses developments in China
Times of India, 5 May 2018 Dharamshala: The 30th session of the Tibetan task force on negotiations concluded on Thursday at the headquarters of the Tibetan administration. Nineteen members of the task force attended the meet. During the meeting, the … Continued
World Press Freedom Day 2018: Xi Jinping, release Tibetan Tashi Wangchuk – charged over a NYTimes report
3 May 2018 19:26 – Hong Kong Free Press (Read Original Story Here) An open letter to President Xi Jinping Our organisations are committed to freedom of expression, freedom of the press and human rights in Tibet and China. We … Continued
Chinese Nobel laureate’s widow ‘ready to die’ in house arrest
Lily Kuo, The Guardian, 3 May 2018 04.20 BST Liu Xia, wife of the late human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, says she has nothing left to live for, in phone call with exiled friend Protesters display a portrait of Liu Xiaobo … Continued
China is pressuring international airlines to copy its political views
Tara Francis Chan, Business Insider, 2 May 2018 China is pressuring airlines around the world to toe its political line. China has sent letters to Qantas, American Airlines, and reportedly United Airlines to warn them against referring to Taiwan as … Continued
‘Amazing China’ documentary more fiction than fact
by Erika Kinetz and Elias Meseret | AP May 1 2018, The Washington Post SHANGHAI — A company that made shoes for Ivanka Trump and stands accused of serious labor violations plays an unexpected role in a blockbuster propaganda film … Continued