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China worst offender in record-breaking year for jailing of journalists
Helen Davidson for The Guardian. Read the article here. China is the world’s leading jailer of journalists for the second year in a row, according to an annual survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which also found that 2020 … Continued The post China worst offender in record-breaking year read more →
China is scaling up its weather modification programme – here’s why we should be worried
Arwa Mahdawi for The guardian. Read the article here. Beijing is aiming to control rain and snow across half of the country. But it is the reason it wants to do this that is really frightening. Remember when Donald Trump … Continued The post China is scaling up its weather read more →
China warns of interference over Bloomberg journalist arrest
BBC News. December 14, 2020. Read original news here. China has said the arrest of a journalist working for the newswire Bloomberg is an “internal affair”, warning others not to interfere. Chinese citizen Haze Fan was detained last week, accused … Continued The post China warns of interference over Bloomberg read more →
Poverty Alleviation: China Forcing Tibetans Into Mass, Military-Style ‘Training’ Programs (Part I)
RFA | 13 December 2020 | Read the original news here China declared in late November that it had officially met the target of eliminating extreme poverty by 2020, one of Communist Party chief Xi Jinping’s signature initiatives to reach … Continued The post Poverty Alleviation: China Forcing Tibetans Into read more →
China’s development work going on in Tibet, India ready for any eventuality, says CDS Rawat
The Print. Read the original article here. General Rawat said there shouldn’t be much concern over it as India is also carrying out similar activities and stated that the forces have adequate reserves to counter any threat. Kolkata: Chief of Defence … Continued The post China’s development work going on in read more →
Major leak ‘exposes’ members and ‘lifts the lid’ on the Chinese Communist Party
Sky News | 13 December 2020 | Read the original news here A major leak containing a register with the details of nearly two million CCP members has occurred – exposing members who are now working all over the world, … Continued The post Major leak ‘exposes’ members and ‘lifts read more →
China-Europe Trade Forum Canceled After China Sought to Bar Critics
By Valentina Pop in Brussels and Sha Hua in Hong Kong | Wall Street Journal | 10 December 2020 | Read the original news here An annual China-Europe trade forum was quietly canceled last month after European organizers rejected Chinese … Continued The post China-Europe Trade Forum Canceled After China read more →
Tibetans celebrate Nobel Prize conferment on Dalai Lama
IANS | The Sentinel | 10 December 2020 | Read the original news here DHARAMSALA: Thousands of Tibetans and supporters on Thursday virtually celebrated the 31st anniversary of the conferment of Nobel Peace Prize on the Dalai Lama, the globetrotting … Continued The post Tibetans celebrate Nobel Prize conferment on read more →
Factbox: When and which COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be available in Asia
Reuters | 11 December 2020 | Read the original news here (Reuters) – Trial data from Pfizer Inc with partner BioNTech SE, Moderna Inc and AstraZeneca Plc has shown their experimental vaccines are effective in preventing novel coronavirus infection. While … Continued The post Factbox: When and which COVID-19 vaccines read more →
Exclusive: Suspected Chinese spy targeted California politicians
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Zach Dorfman of the Aspen Institute | Axios | Read the original news here A suspected Chinese intelligence operative developed extensive ties with local and national politicians, including a U.S. congressman, in what U.S. officials believe was a political intelligence … Continued The post Exclusive: Suspected Chinese spy targeted California read more →
Details revealed of secret deal that gave Chinese spies free rein in Switzerland
The Guardian | Helen Davidson in Taipei and Emma Graham-Harrison | 9 December 2020 | Read the original news here The full text of a secret deal between Switzerland and China that allowed Chinese security officials access to the country at Swiss taxpayers’ expense has been … Continued The post Details revealed of secret deal that read more →
EU approves its ‘Magnitsky Act’ to target human rights abuses
Deutsche Welle | Read the original news here EU foreign ministers on Monday approved a new mechanism that would allow the bloc to impose sanctions on individuals and organizations responsible for human rights abuses anywhere in the world. The “Action Plan … Continued The post EU approves its ‘Magnitsky Act’ to read more →
Tibetan Buddhism: A Source and Strength of India’s Soft Power Diplomacy
Dr Tenzin Tsultrim | Vivekananda International Foundation | 8 December 2020 | Read the original news here The relations between Tibet, India and China are best illustrated in the words of Claude Arpi, a noted historian and journalist who has written a series of … Continued The post Tibetan Buddhism: A Source and Strength read more →
China’s ‘super dam’ a threat to India’s security
Tempa Gyaltsen Zamlha | Tribune | Read the news here Senior Research Fellow, Tibet Policy Institute Yarlung Tsangpo is one of the most important rivers in south-western Tibet, supporting life along its fertile shore as the river runs through Kongpo … Continued The post China’s ‘super dam’ a threat to read more →
As China Restricts Access To Tibet, US Urges Nations To Make Laws Over It
Reported in NDTV. Read the article here. The US adopted the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act to press for greater access and transparency. The Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump in December 2018 calls for denying access to … Continued The post As China Restricts Access To Tibet, read more →