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Vaccine Will Not Be Enough To Stop Pandemic: WHO Chief
The pandemic is raging months after it broke out, with infections soaring past 54 million and claiming more than 1.3 million lives. Agence France-Presse. November 16, 2020. Read original news here. Mr Tedros said that supplies of the vaccine would initially … Continued The post Vaccine Will Not Be Enough To read more →
Canadian and Swiss ambassadors to China make a rare visit to Tibet
WION. Read the article here. Canadian and Swiss ambassadors to China made rare visits to Tibet in the past two months, observing local conditions and raising issues of worry with their Chinese hosts, yet have remained to a great extent remained quiet so far … Continued The post Canadian and Swiss ambassadors to China read more →
Citizen journalist facing jail in China for Wuhan Covid reporting
Helen Davidson in Taipei | The Guardian | 16 Nov 2020 | Read the originally published news here A Chinese citizen journalist detained since May for reporting on the coronavirus outbreak from Wuhan is facing up to five years in jail after … Continued The post Citizen journalist facing jail in China read more →
Continued Melting of Ice in Tibet Worries Scientists
Martin Quin Pollard reported this story for Reuters. Mario Ritter Jr. adapted it for VOA Learning English. Ashley Thompson was the editor| Voice of America. November 15, 2020. Read original news here. Glaciers in China’s bleak, rugged Qilian mountains are disappearing … Continued The post Continued Melting of Ice in Tibet read more →
EXCLUSIVE: China’s ‘secretive, crash’ nuclear buildup revealed
The Washington Times | 12 November 2020 | Read the originally news here China is rapidly building up its nuclear forces, including the expansion of plutonium and uranium plants as part of a secretive, crash program to add warheads to its … Continued The post EXCLUSIVE: China’s ‘secretive, crash’ nuclear buildup read more →
Taiwan is the future of the Asia-Pacific, not China
Daniel Twining | November 15, 2020 | Nikkei Asia | Read the originally published news here Even before the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated trends toward authoritarianism and instability, it was clear that the Asia-Pacific region would face a crisis of democracy in … Continued The post Taiwan is the future of the read more →
We must choose our China policy: Commerce or conscience?
By Bert-Jan Ruissen | MEP from the Netherlands and member of the ECR Group in the European Parliament | By Charlie Weimers | MEP from Sweden and a member of the ECR Group in the European Parliament | Read the originally published report … Continued The post We must choose our China policy: read more →
Surveillance, reeducation and the Office of Honesty: How China tames its people
By Dina Temple-Raston | Washington Post | November 13, 2020 | Read the originally published news here Traditionally there have been two ways to define China watchers — either as “panda huggers” or “dragon slayers.” Panda huggers tended to be foreigners who … Continued The post Surveillance, reeducation and the Office of read more →
China under pressure to reveal Covid-19 vaccine data after Pfizer success
American drugmaker Pfizer Inc. and German biotechnology firm BioNTech SE announced this week that its vaccine appears more than 90% effective in stopping Covid-19 infections. Posted by Kanishka Sarkar, Hindustan Times. Nov 13, 2020. Read original news here. Western politicians … Continued The post China under pressure to reveal Covid-19 read more →
Why the world looks down on China and the US
By URBAN C. LEHNER | NOVEMBER 12, 2020 | Asia Times | Read the originally published news here It shouldn’t surprise anyone that people around the world have a low opinion of China these days. What might surprise some is that on … Continued The post Why the world looks down on read more →
China begins work on railway up to Arunachal border
Ananth Krishnan | The Hindu | 12 November 2020 | Read the originally published news here China has begun work on a strategically significant railway line – its second major rail link to Tibet – that will link Sichuan province … Continued The post China begins work on railway up read more →
‘Buddha would be green’: Dalai Lama calls for urgent climate action
Krishnan Guru-Murthy | 11 Nov 2020 | Read the originally published news here The Dalai Lama has appealed to world leaders to take urgent action against climate change, warning of ecological destruction affecting the lives of billions and ruining the planet, including his … Continued The post ‘Buddha would be green’: Dalai Lama read more →
China’s BRI and its High-Speed Railways to Nowhere
James Guild for The Diplomat. Read the article here. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become something of a Rorschach test, taking on different meanings to different people, often colored by the vantage point from which one views it. … Continued The post China’s BRI and its High-Speed Railways read more →
Hong Kong opposition lawmakers all quit after four members ousted
Outrage after Beijing imposes new law allowing disqualification of ‘unpatriotic’ legislators Lily Kuo and Helen Davidson in Taipei, The Guardian. 11 November 2020. Read original news here. Play Video 1:34 ‘We stand together’: entire Hong Kong opposition quits after members ousted from parliament – video … Continued The post Hong Kong opposition lawmakers all quit read more →
Beijing 2022 Olympics: Stop the ‘Genocide Games’
The Diplomat | November 11, 2020 | Read the originally published article here With just over a year to go until the 2022 Winter Olympics, the clock is ticking for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ensure it does not repeat … Continued The post Beijing 2022 Olympics: Stop the ‘Genocide read more →