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India committed to ‘early settlement’ of boundary issue with China: Sushma Swaraj
[Press Trust of India] BEIJING: India is committed to finding an “early settlement” to the vexed boundary issue, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said on her maiden visit to China as she proposed a six-point template to build Sino- India ties to realise the common dream of ‘Asian Century’. Addressing an India-China read more →
As Muslim Uighurs Flee, China Sees Jihad Risk
[The Wall Street Journal] By Jeremy Page and Emre Peker Uighur protestors burn a Chinese flag in Istanbul, where some members of the mostly Muslim ethnic group have settled after fleeing their homeland in China/Associated Press photo KAYSERI, Turkey—In hindsight, it was a soccer match that kindled Mehmet’s hatred of read more →
Yang Zili and the Paranoid Regime
A Journalist’s plight demonstrates the depth of China’s present illness [The Wall Street Journal] By Xiao Shu BEIJING: Chinese journalist Yang Zili first appeared in international headlines in 2001 after being arrested in Beijing and charged with “subverting state authority.” His crime was starting the “New Youth Society,” a salon read more →
China hopes Sushma Swaraj’s visit will reset focus on Sino-India ties
[Press Trust of India] By K J M Verma BEIJING: After the din created by the US President’s visit to India with apprehensions here that it was aimed at driving a wedge in Sino-Indian relations, China hopes External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s forthcoming visit will bring back the focus on bilateral ties read more →
China says no room for ‘western values’ in university education
[THE GUARDIAN] Education minister says books which ‘smear socialism’ will be banned Students attend their college graduation ceremony in Shanghai’s Fudan University. China’s education minister has said there is no place for western values in university teaching. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters China’s education minister has vowed to ban university textbooks which read more →
Xiaomi shows Arunachal is in India at handset launch, triggers anger in China
[Hindustan Times] By Sutirtho Patranobis BEIJING: A map showing Arunachal Pradesh as part of India displayed at the New Delhi launch of Chinese company Xiaomi’s popular Mi4 mobile phone on Wednesday has triggered online uproar in China. China claims Arunachal Pradesh as South Tibet and Chinese maps show the area read more →
Exclusive: Dalai Lama, Barack Obama Set to Appear in Public Together for First Time
US President Barack Obama with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the White House’s Map Room in February 2014 [TIME] By Elizabeth Dias Tibetan leader will participate in the Feb. 5 National Prayer Breakfast where the President is expected to attend. Obama has never appeared publicly with Tibetan leader who read more →
China Further Tightens Grip on the Internet
[NEW YORK TIMES] By Andrew Jacobs An Internet cafe in China, which has long had some of the world’s most onerous digital restrictions. Credit European Pressphoto Agency BEIJING — Jing Yuechen, the founder of an Internet start-up here in the Chinese capital, has no interest in overthrowing the Communist Party. read more →
India’s US Envoy S Jaishankar Appointed New Foreign Secretary
S Jaishankar, India’s Ambassador to the US, has been appointed India’s new Foreign Secretary. [NDTV] NEW DELHI: In a surprise announcement on Wednesday evening, S Jaishankar, India’s Ambassador to the US, has been appointed Foreign Secretary, replacing Sujatha Singh, whose tenure has been abruptly “curtailed” by nearly eight months. Dr Jaishankar’s read more →
China’s super-rich communist Buddhists
By John Sudworth, BBC News, 29 January 2015 Could China be bringing Tibetan Buddhism in from the cold? There are new signs that while a crackdown on Tibetan nationalism continues, the atheist state may be softening its position towards the religion – and even the Dalai Lama. That a former read more →
Fresh details of ‘savage’ Tiananmen massacre emerge in embassy cables
The Chinese authorities were heavy-handed in their reaction to the events in Tiananmen Square in the Spring of 1989 Photo: AP Photo/Jeff Widener By Tom Phillips, The Telegraph, 27 January 2015 In confidential embassy memos Canadian diplomats describe China’s rulers as “a group of vicious elderly generals” who tried to read more →
After sealing deal with Obama, PM Narendra Modi all set to woo China
By Shishir Gupta, Hindustan Times, 28 January 2015 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to travel to China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping before he completes one year in office on May 26. External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj is visiting China on January 31 to meet her counterpart read more →
U.S. and India Share Sense of Unease Over China
President Obama with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, third from left, during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on Monday. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times By Peter Baker and Gardiner Harris, New York Times, 26 January 2015 NEW DELHI — When President Barack Obama landed here for read more →
Beijing’s Xinjiang Policy: Striking Too Hard?
The Diplomat, 23 January 2015 By Gabe Collins – China’s long running Uighur insurgency has flared up dramatically of late, with more than 900 recorded deaths in the past seven years. This puts the conflict’s cumulative death toll in a range similar to that of The Troubles in Ireland or the ETA/Basque separatist read more →
The Plunder of Myanmar
The Editorial Board, New York Times, 23 January 2015 China’s exploding appetites have unleashed a wholesale looting of Myanmar’s valuable natural resources. While this often involves outright theft, it also comes in the form of crony capitalism. Myanmar’s military elite has deals with Chinese companies that are eager to exploit read more →