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Time to stop Tibet from being a taboo word
Claude Arpe | Daily Guardian | 4 February 2021 In 1998, when George Fernandes, then Defence Minister, affirmed that “China is India’s enemy number one”, he was politely asked by his own government to keep his thoughts to himself; the … Continued The post Time to stop Tibet from being read more →
‘Their goal is to destroy everyone’: Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape
Matthew Hill, David Campanale and Joel Gunter | BBC | 3 February 2021 Women in China’s “re-education” camps for Uighurs have been systematically raped, sexually abused, and tortured, according to detailed new accounts obtained by the BBC. You may find some of … Continued The post ‘Their goal is to destroy everyone’: read more →
China: Olympic Committee Fails to Honor Rights Pledge
Human Rights Watch | February 4, 2021 IOC Squanders Opportunity to Leverage 2022 Beijing Games Click to expand Image (New York) – The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) failure to carry out its due diligence commitments for the 2022 Beijing Games … Continued The post China: Olympic Committee Fails to Honor read more →
China bid to ‘intimidate neighbours’: Biden admin
Written by Shubhajit Roy | New Delhi | February 3, 2021. SIGNALLING CONTINUITY with the Trump administration, the Biden administration has expressed “concern” over Beijing’s “ongoing attempts to intimidate its neighbours” – the first direct comments on the tension along the India-China … Continued The post China bid to ‘intimidate neighbours’: Biden read more →
Teaching Tibetan Language in Tibetan Schools Declared “Unconstitutional”
FreeTibet.org 1 February 2021 Chinese authorities have declared that local laws requiring the use of spoken and written languages among “ethnic minorities” are “unconstitutional”. The pronouncement, reported by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), was made by … Continued The post Teaching Tibetan Language in Tibetan Schools read more →
Curfew Imposed in Tibetan Areas of Qinghai Ahead of Lunar New Year
RFA’s Tibetan Service February 1, 2021 Authorities in northwest China’s Qinghai province are restricting travel in Tibetan-populated areas ahead of the start of Lunar New Year, called Losar by Tibetans, later this month, Tibetan sources say. The move includes a … Continued The post Curfew Imposed in Tibetan Areas of read more →
China’s Top Diplomat Warns Biden Not to Touch Internal Affairs
BLOOMBERG NEWS 2 February 2021 China’s top diplomat called for a restoration of ties with the U.S., while warning that interfering in the country’s internal affairs was a “red line that must not be crossed.” Yang Jiechi, who sits on the … Continued The post China’s Top Diplomat Warns Biden Not read more →
Tibetan Who Spoke Out for Language Rights Is Freed From Chinese Prison
By Chris Buckley | New York Times | Jan. 29, 2021 | Read the original news here A Tibetan businessman has been released from prison in China after completing a five-year sentence for “inciting separatism” by campaigning for Tibetan language education, including … Continued The post Tibetan Who Spoke Out for Language read more →
China sharpens language, warns Taiwan that independence ‘means war’
By Tony Munroe, Yew Lun Tian for Reuters. January 29, 2021. Read original news here. BEIJING (Reuters) – China toughened its language towards Taiwan on Thursday, warning after recent stepped up military activities near the island that “independence means war” and that … Continued The post China sharpens language, warns Taiwan that read more →
Covid: WHO probe team in China exits Wuhan quarantine
Waiyee Yip, BBC news. January 29, 2021. Read original news here. A World Health Organization (WHO) team has come out of quarantine and will start on-the-ground investigations into the origins of the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The … Continued The post Covid: WHO probe team in China read more →
IFJ Criticises China’s Move to Ban Self-Publishing by Journalists, Censor Online Content
The Wire. January 29, 2021. Read original news here. “The vaguely defined new rule comes at a time when ‘self-media’ has gained huge popularity in China,” the journalists’ body said. New Delhi: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has expressed ‘grave … Continued The post IFJ Criticises China’s Move to Ban read more →
Analysis: China tests Biden on Taiwan, with eye on another island
South China Sea’s Pratas becomes the latest front in the Beijing-Washington battle KATSUJI NAKAZAWA, Nikkei senior staff writer. JANUARY 28, 2021. Read original news here. TOKYO — On Monday evening, as Chinese people were looking at their smartphones, watching their leader … Continued The post Analysis: China tests Biden on Taiwan, read more →
Hong Kong’s Present Echoes Tibet’s Past
Simon Shen for The Diplomat. Read the article here. The current socio-political re-engineering in Hong Kong — called the “Second Handover” by some — is following a script reminiscent of the happenings in Tibet in 1959. Per Beijing’s official accounts, … Continued The post Hong Kong’s Present Echoes Tibet’s Past read more →
Two-track Xi reveals China is in no mood for reconciliation
Two-track Xi reveals China is in no mood for reconciliation By Eryk Bagshaw | The Age | 26 Jan 2021 | Read the original news here January 26, 2021 The 25-minute speech was a masterclass in double-speak. China’s President Xi Jinping told … Continued The post Two-track Xi reveals China is in read more →
The blunt force of China’s mobilisation campaigns
Beijing relies on the extraordinary deployment of people and resources to achieve some of its aims KRISTEN LOONEY | Financial Times | Read the original news here China’s President Xi Jinping last month declared a remarkable victory, stating that “absolute and … Continued The post The blunt force of China’s mobilisation read more →