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Spain orders arrest of former Chinese officials over Tibet
China’s former President Jiang Zemin looks up while President Hu Jintao gives his speech during the opening ceremony of 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, November 8, 2012. (Reuters) – Spanish High Court Judge Ismael Moreno on Monday read more →
China and Japan caught in the delicate manoeuvres of a Russian embrace
Keith Zhai, South China Morning Post Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes his meetings with the leaders of China and Japan at the Sochi Winter Olympics will push his country further into Asia, analysts say. President Xi Jinping met Putin on Thursday, while Japan’s Shinzo Abe met him yesterday. Abe said read more →
Declaration by High Representative Catherine Ashton on human rights defenders and their relatives in China
Declaration by High Representative Catherine Ashton on behalf of the European Union regarding the treatment of human rights defenders and their relatives in China The EU has welcomed recent decisions by the Chinese authorities to deepen the reform of the justice system and to uphold the Constitution and laws to read more →
Kissinger Says Asia Is Like 19th-Century Europe on Use of Force
(www.bloomberg.com) Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger raised the specter of war in Asia as tension between China and Japan played out at a global security conference. “Asia is more in a position of 19th-century Europe, where military conflict is not ruled out,” Kissinger, 90, said on a panel read more →
Highly political Lunar New Year TV gala divides opinion
by Li Jin, South China Morning Post Sunday, 02 February, 2014, 4:27am Four-hour Lunar New Year show regarded by some critics as most ideological in years The mainland public was split yesterday over the staging of Cultural Revolution classics during the official Lunar New Year gala broadcast by CCTV. Some said read more →
Why Mahatma Gandhi is becoming popular in China
By Ankur Jain www.bbc.co.uk, 31 January 2014 Last updated at 21:20 ET For the first time, Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi’s own story of his life is to be available in China. The Story of My Experiments With Truth, which has sold more than 200,000 copies in India alone and read more →
Japan and India: a transformative entente
BRAHMA CHELLANEY, Nikkei Asian Review Asia’s future rests on the strategic triangle of China, India, and Japan — countries that have never before been strong at the same time. In the coming years, Asian geopolitics will be greatly influenced by an inexorable tightening of the bonds between Japan and India, read more →
US attacks China over expulsion of journalist
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. Photo: Reuters Brisbane Times Steve Holland, Date January 31, 2014 – 6:07AM Washington: The White House has sharply criticised China’s treatment of foreign journalists after a New York Times journalist was forced to leave the country. In a statement, White House spokesman Jay Carney read more →
Principles to guide the young activist
By Ramzy Baroud, Asia Times In a recent radio interview with a National Public Radio affiliate in Juneau, Alaska, I was asked if I had advice for a 16-year-old Palestinian student, Haitham. He had just arrived in the US as part of a school exchange program, and, admirably began reaching read more →
Briefings point to conclusion of graft investigation into Zhou Yongkang
Zhou Yongkang South China Morning Post Briefings of top-level officials on investigation into former security tsar suggest scene could be set for one of China’s most spectacular trials Central authorities have begun briefing officials on findings of the corruption case centred on former security tsar Zhou Yongkang, signalling the final read more →
China’s Off-the-Chart Air Pollution: Why It Matters (and Not Only to the Chinese) – Part One
An Interview with Daniel K. Gardner By Claire Topal and Yeasol ChungJanuary 14, 2014 Rising levels of air pollution have accompanied three decades of phenomenal economic growth in China. Coal-burning factories and vehicle emissions fouling the air in the country’s major industrial and population centers have made deteriorating air quality read more →
Sikyong of CTA arrives to a warm welcome
TAWANG, Jan 25: The Sikyong (Prime Minister) of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Dr Lobsang Sangay has arrived in the district to a warm welcome accorded by State’s Tourism and RWD Minister Pema Khandu at Urgen Sangpo Helipad, Tawang on Saturday. Tawang DC Abhishek Dev, ZPC Jambey Tsering and SP Tawang read more →
India, Japan walk Chinese tightrope
By Narayani Basu, Asia Times (www.atimes.com) It’s been an interesting time recently on India’s foreign policy front vis-a-vis Japan. In December 2013, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrived in the country on one of their rare overseas visits. They were followed by Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, and now by read more →
China loses control of its foreign policy
By Terry McCulley, Aisatimes (www.atimes.com) To some people, President Xi Jinping’s efforts to consolidate his control over China’s military and government are a welcome development, especially given China’s haphazard approach to crisis management. Xi’s actions might even be interpreted as a sign that China is transitioning towardshu a more “advanced” read more →
Arunachal Times: PM CTA visits Tawang
TAWANG, Jan 25: The Sikyong (Prime Minister) of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Dr. Lobsang Sangay was given a warm welcome by Minister Tourism and RWD, Pema Khandu with traditional garlanding of ‘Khatak’ (scarps) on his arrival at Urgen Sangpo Helipad, Tawang. Deputy Commissioner Tawang Abhishek Dev, ZPC Jambey Tsering and read more →