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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 →
Chinese Authorities Punish Citizens for Using Foreign Social Media
By Dahai Han, Voice of America. November 10, 2020. Read original news here. FILE – Visitors pass by the booth for social media giant Facebook at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, Nov. 6, 2019. Chinese Communist Party officials appear … Continued The post Chinese Authorities Punish Citizens for Using read more →
WHO not sharing enough info about coronavirus probe in China: U.S.
The Hindu. Read the original article here. Garrett Grisby of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services griped that the criteria for WHO’s China mission had not been shared with other nations. A senior U.S. government official complained about … Continued The post WHO not sharing enough info about read more →
U.S. imposes sanctions on four Chinese officials over Hong Kong crackdown
By Humeyra Pamuk, David Brunnstrom | Reuters | 9 November 2020 | Read the originally published news here WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on four more Chinese officials in Hong Kong’s governing and security establishment over their alleged … Continued The post U.S. imposes sanctions on four Chinese read more →
Exclusive: China Building New ‘Tunnels’ For Winter At Border Hotspot Doklam
China’s intention to keep up access into Doklam comes at a time when India and China are in the middle of a stand-off in eastern Ladakh Vishnu Som for NDTV. November 09, 2020. Read original news here. China expanded ‘tunnel’ … Continued The post Exclusive: China Building New ‘Tunnels’ For read more →
PFIZER and BIONTECH announce vaccine candidate against COVID-19 achieved success in first interim analysis from phase 3 study
PFIZER | November 09, 2020 | Read the originally published press release here Vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis … Continued The post PFIZER and BIONTECH announce vaccine candidate read more →
Taiwan says not invited to WHO meeting after China’s ‘obstruction’
The WHO’s refusal to invite Taiwan based on political considerations makes a mockery of the body’s “health for all” claim, the ministry said. By: Reuters | Taipei | November 9, 2020. Read original news here. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (File)Taiwan is yet … Continued The post Taiwan says not invited to WHO read more →
Could China’s new dam plans unleash more trouble with India?
Kinling Lo and Keegan Elmer in Beijing | South China Morning Post | 8 November 2020 | Read the originally published news here For much of this year, tensions between China and India have centred on a disputed section of their Himalayan border known as … Continued The post Could China’s new dam plans unleash read more →
‘An outpouring of hope’: Joe Biden addresses Americans after election victory – US election live
Maanvi Singh (now), Oliver Holmes and Joan E Greve (earlier) Julia Carrie Wong | Guardian | Read the originally published news here Biden calls for unity, unity, unity Throughout his campaign, Biden spoke about how he was running to restore “the soul of America”, and … Continued The post ‘An outpouring of hope’: Joe Biden read more →
Kamala Harris, daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, elected nation’s first female vice president
By Chelsea Janes | November 8, 2020 | Read the originally published news here A vice president-elect stepped forward on Saturday, and, for the first time in American history, she was not a man. Kamala Devi Harris, a daughter of Indian … Continued The post Kamala Harris, daughter of Jamaican and read more →
Germany refuses to turn a ‘blind eye’ to China, teams up with Australia
By Eryk Bagshaw and Latika Bourke | Sydney Morning Herald | November 2 2020 | Read the originally published news here German officers are expected to be deployed with the Australian Navy and a German frigate will patrol the Indian Ocean under Berlin’s plan to … Continued The post Germany refuses to turn a ‘blind read more →