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China and India water ‘dispute’ after border stand-off
By Navin Singh Khadka Environment correspondent, BBC World Service China and India may have defused a potential border conflict but the stand-off seems to have led to dispute over another contentious issue: water. Delhi says it has not received any hydrological – the scientific study of the movement, distribution and read more →
The Unprecedented Reach of China’s Surveillance State
chinafile.com The Chinese Party-state is building a social credit system for collecting information about all of its citizens by police, courts, and other institutions. This enables the government to reach into society to a degree unprecedented in history. According to … Continued
Reading the tea leaves
By Rakesh Sood, Published in The Hindu, 18 September 2017 In history, defining moments like 9/11 that can be identified as markers of change are rare. More often, there are trend lines of slow-moving geopolitical changes which come together at … Continued
China and India water ‘dispute’ after border stand-off
By Navin Singh Khadka Environment reporter, BBC World Service – 17 September 2017 China and India may have defused a potential border conflict but the stand-off seems to have led to dispute over another contentious issue: water. Delhi says it … Continued
Bambawale new envoy to China, Bisaria takes his place in Pakistan
Times of India – 18 September 2017 NEW DELHI: India’s high commissioner to Pakistan Gautam Bambawale has been appointed the ambassador to China and India’s ambassador to Poland Ajay Bisaria will be the next high commissioner to Pakistan, top South … Continued
Yaks unleashed in fight against desertification
Feng Hao, China Dialogue.net, Read original story here Listening to local herders has been key to restoring grasslands in Zoigê, reports Feng Hao Community organiser Drakyom Palzang at a re-greening point (Image: Feng Hao) Herders’ children run over the pastures as the sun sets. … Continued
Has China Really Made Great Progress on Human Rights?
The Diplomat – 16 September 2017 To welcome the incoming 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Chinese authorities have compiled a book called “China’s New Achievements in Human Rights (2012-2017),” with the preface written by China’s … Continued
EWC to host “Tea, Trade & Tyranny: Tebet & China over Time”
By Star Herald. Read Original Story here, TORRINGTON — University of Wyoming writer-in-residence Mark Jenkins, of Laramie, uses his experiences as a National Geographic contributor as a way to bring his global adventures to the Cowboy State. His latest offering … Continued
US should take up Tibetan Buddhism suppression with China: experts
Indian Express – PTI – Published September 16, 2017 2:45 pm Tibetan leaders and eminent experts have urged the Trump administration to take up with China on a priority basis the issue of “suppression” of Tibetan Buddhism. The Chinese government implements … Continued
Dalai Lama calls on Aung San Suu Kyi for peaceful end to Rakhine crisis
By AFP – 12 September 2017 NEW DEHLI — The Dalai Lama has urged State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to find a peaceful solution to the crisis in Rakhine State and expressed concerns about violence that has led … Continued
China’s new campaign to instil official historical narrative in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post – PUBLISHED : Thursday, 14 September, 2017, 9:01pm Yu Zhengsheng, the party’s fourth-ranking official who is in charge of religion and ethnic minorities, presided at a high-level meeting in Beijing this week to address “several historical … Continued
China exploits the vulnerability of open democracy
by Jamil Anderlini, Financial Times – September 13, 2017 Openness, diversity and tolerance are the greatest strengths of the world’s liberal democracies. But to autocratic regimes like China, these same attributes are vulnerabilities ripe for exploitation. As reported by the … Continued
Asia’s glaciers to shrink by a third by 2100, threatening water supply of millions
Agence France-Presse – Published in The Guardian – 14 September 2017 Asia’s mountain glaciers will lose at least a third of their mass through global warming by the century’s end, with dire consequences for millions of people who rely on … Continued
After toiling in rural China, Chen Min’er, a protege of Xi Jinping, joins Party’s top tiers
The Strait Times, 13 September 2017 Read original story here LIUPANSHUI (Guizhou) (NYTIMES) – Guizhou is one of China’s poorest provinces, yet its villages of rice paddies, buffaloes and mud-brick homes have long been a proving ground for rising stars … Continued
Rights groups ask China to stop detaining its critics
GENEVA (Reuters) – Human rights activists called on China on Wednesday to stop detaining lawyers and critics, voicing concern for their health and fate in custody after the death of jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo attracted international attention in July. … Continued