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New Yorker Writer Is Surprised by Byline in Chinese Newspaper: His Own
By Jess Yu, New York Times, 21 January 2015 Readers of Peter Hessler, the author of “River Town” and other well-received books about China, may have been surprised to see his byline this week in China Daily, a state-run newspaper. “I think I have a better understanding of how essentially read more →
Pope Francis leaves door open to Dalai Lama meeting
Pope Francis has not ruled out a meeting with the Dalai Lama Photo: Getty Images The Pope denies he refused to meet the Dalai Lama on Rome visit in December over fear of upsetting China The Telegraph, 20 January 2015 Pope Francis left the door open on Monday to a read more →
The China factor in Obama’s visit to New Delhi
Rediff.com news Last updated on: January 20, 2015 12:31 IST For a rising country like China with its sights set on global and regional power, any coming together of the US and India is the worst case scenario, says Srikanth Kondapalli. India and China have always jockeyed for influence in Washington, read more →
2016 Republicans Race to the Right on Foreign Policy
20 January 2015, Bloomberg News By Josh Rogin Republican voters are divided when it comes to key foreign policy issues and the role of American power abroad. But listening to the party’s potential 2016 presidential candidates at the weekend’s Republican National Committee winter meeting in San Diego, you wouldn’t have known read more →
China protests over Japan’s comments on border dispute with India
Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj before their meeting in New Delhi January 17, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Ahmad Masood 19 January 2015 (Reuters) – China on Monday lodged a protest with Tokyo after Japanese media quoted Japan’s foreign minister as saying that a read more →
Welcome for Pope; Dalai Lama next
The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) Editorial Sunday, 18 January 2015 Coming as it did in the immediate aftermath of a hard-fought Presidential election, Pope Francis’ visit to Sri Lanka lost some of the media focus it would otherwise have merited. The local Catholic Church, however, worked silently throughout – with read more →
Zhao Ziyang’s family ‘proud’ of his Tiananmen legacy, says son 10 years after his death
South China Morning Post, 17 January 2015 Zhao Ziyang’s family ‘proud’ of his Tiananmen legacy, says son 10 years after his death; there is no shame in unchanged official verdict on him When late liberal Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang was purged in 1989 for opposing the military crackdown on read more →
Charlie Hebdo shooting: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama says, ‘Anger to be blamed’
India.com, IANS, 13 January 2015 Kolkata, Jan 13: Terming the attacks in Paris as “awful wrongdoing”, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday said that short-sightedness, anger and ignorance of the perpetrators should be blamed for the violence. At least 17 people were killed in Paris last week in read more →
Poisoning Tibet’s rabbit relatives may be a bad move
Supporting the “roof of the world” (Image: XI ZHINONG/naturepl.com) By Fred Pearce, New Scientist.Com The plateau pika doesn’t have many friends. This small burrowing relative of the rabbit, weighing only around 140 grams, is the most abundant mammal on the vast grasslands of the Tibetan plateau, but it is widely read more →
Freedom on the decline in China: report
[ucanews.com] BEIJING, Jan 13: Repression in China has worsened since Xi Jinping became president in 2013, according to a report published by Freedom House on Tuesday, a sign that the Communist Party is struggling to maintain legitimacy and control despite China’s rise. In a study examining internal party records and read more →
China Slams ‘Western’ Press Freedom Amid Solidarity Over Paris Attacks
People holding banners reading ‘Je Suis Charlie’ (I am Charlie) take part in an event in Beijing, Jan. 8, 2015. Radio Free Asia, 09- 01- 2014 China’s official media on Friday hit out at “Western” notions of press freedom in the wake of attacks in Paris that left a dozen read more →
MSP adds voice to Scottish concerns over Confucius Institutes
Herald Scotland | January 8, 2015 An MSP has added his voice to growing concern about Scotland’s network of Confucius Institutes. Conservative Alex Johnstone said he feared the language schools amounted to “infrastructure” to promote Beijing views on issues like occupied Tibet. Mr Johnstone, who chairs Holyrood’s cross-party group on read more →
Sri Lanka’s President Loses an Election—and China Loses an Ally
Supporters of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on January 8, 2015 in Colombo, Sri Lanka By Bruce Einhorn, Business Week China has spared no effort to make friends with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The island nation has more than $ 4 billion worth of Chinese-backed investments, including a $1.4 read more →
People Around the World Are Voluntarily Submitting to China’s Great Firewall. Why?
This photo illustration taken on March 12, 2014, shows the logo of Chinese instant messaging platform called WeChat, which has taken the country by storm in just three years/Photo/Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images By Nathan Freitas In the last few years, usage of the mobile messaging app WeChat (Weixin), developed by Chinese read more →
Political Crimes Making a Comeback Under Xi Jinping, Group Says
[The Wall Street Journal] By Josh Chin Chinese Nobel Peace Prize-winner Liu Xiaobo is among the most prominent dissidents jailed on state security charges. AFP/Getty Images Back in March, China Real Time relayed findings from the human rights group Dui Hua Foundation that suggested China’s security forces had taken a read more →