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73.7 per cent Indians want Tibet’s status as buffer zone to be restored to prevent border conflict with China
Times Now. Read the original article here.here. New Delhi: A majority of Indians want restoring Tibet’s historic status as a buffer zone in order to prevent border conflicts between India and China. Responding to IANS C-Voter Tibet Poll question ‘Do you think … Continued The post 73.7 per cent Indians want Tibet’s read more →
“My Whole Soul Is In Uniting America,” Says Biden After Taking Oath
AFP | NDTV | 21 Jan 2021 | Read the original news here Joe Biden on Wednesday became the 46th president of the United States with a call to unity, vowing to bridge deep divides and defeat domestic extremism two … Continued The post “My Whole Soul Is In Uniting read more →
U.S. Treasury nominee Yellen says China guilty of ‘horrendous’ rights abuses
Reuters Staff, Reuters. January 20, 2021. Read original news here. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China is guilty of “horrendous human rights abuses,” Janet Yellen, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, told lawmakers on Tuesday. Yellen, former chair of the Federal … Continued The post U.S. Treasury nominee Yellen says China read more →
United States Becomes First Country in World to Declare China’s Uighur Treatment Genocide
The Newsweek | 19 Jan 2021 | Read the original news here The United States became the first country to officially declare Chinese government of Uighur Muslims an act of “genocide,” announcing findings Tuesday which found China’s policies toward the … Continued The post United States Becomes First Country in read more →
PLA holds Tibet drill to smoothen joint ops amid border friction with India
Sutirtho Patranobis for Hindustan Times and Edited by Vinod Janardhanan. Read the article here. The exercise involved ground assault forces as well as the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) aviation unit, which deployed attack helicopters for the drill, China’s official military … Continued The post PLA holds Tibet drill to smoothen read more →
A Princeton professor warned students not to take his class while in China amid the country’s tightening grip on dissent
IRENE JIANG, Business Insider. JAN 18, 2021. Read original news here. Rory Truex, an assistant professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University, told students not to take his course on Chinese politics if they currently reside in China. Truex told the Daily … Continued The post A Princeton professor warned students not read more →
China, WHO Could Have Acted More Quickly, Says Pandemic Probe Panel
The panel found it was “clear” that “public health measures could have been applied more forcefully by local and national health authorities in China in January.” Agence France-Presse, republished in NDTV News. January 18, 2021. Read original news here. Geneva, Switzerland: The … Continued The post China, WHO Could Have Acted More read more →
The EU could throw out its landmark trade deal with China over concerns about Beijing’s human rights record
THOMAS COLSON, Business Insider. JAN 17, 2021. Read original news here. A leading member of the European Parliament has raised significant concerns about the EU’s landmark investment deal with China over its alleged human rights abuses and fears that it could harm relations … Continued The post The EU could throw out its read more →
Pence urges Biden administration to exercise ‘eternal vigilance’ against China
Times of India. Read the article here. WASHINGTON: Outgoing US Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday urged President-elect Joe Biden’s administration to exercise ‘eternal vigilance’ especially when it comes to the US-China relations. In one of his final appearances before … Continued The post Pence urges Biden administration to exercise read more →
Xi Jinping’s Strategic Overreach
Brahma Chellaney | Project Syndicate | 12 Jan 2021 | Read the original news here China’s recent encroachments on Indian territory in the Himalayas could pose a significant threat to Indo-Pacific stability. But regional powers – beginning with India and … Continued The post Xi Jinping’s Strategic Overreach appeared first read more →
China stoops to new low, country’s tech companies developing racist software and devices
Written by Manish Shukla and Edited by Ananya Das for Zee News. Read the original article here. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, craves to establish China as a global power, a dominant force … Continued The post China stoops to new low, country’s read more →
China warns of action after Pompeo says Taiwan not part of China
Reuters | 13 Jan 2021 | Read the original news here BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – China will strike back against any moves that undermine its core interests, its foreign ministry said on Friday, after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said … Continued The post China warns of action after Pompeo read more →
Wake-up call on Tibet: America’s Tibet law should spur New Delhi to reclaim lost leverage on China
Brahma Chellaney, Times of India. January 13, 2021. Read original news here. America’s Tibetan Policy and Support Act (TPSA), which became law recently, highlights Tibet’s geostrategic importance, including as the source of Asia’s great rivers. Passed with bipartisan support, TPSA … Continued The post Wake-up call on Tibet: America’s Tibet read more →
WHO team arrives in Wuhan as China reports first virus death in months
Reported by Times of India. Read the article here. WUHAN: A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrived in Wuhan on Thursday to start highly politicised probe into the origins of the coronavirus, as China reported its first … Continued The post WHO team arrives in Wuhan as read more →
Human Rights Watch slams China’s ‘appalling year’ of violations
Reuters | 13 Jan 2021 | Read the original news here (Reuters) – China had an “appalling year” for human rights in 2020, a leading advocacy group said on Wednesday, with a crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong, repression of … Continued The post Human Rights Watch slams China’s ‘appalling read more →