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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 →
Authorities highlight need for Tibetan Buddhists to study Seventh Central Tibet Work Forum
FreeTibet.org | 5 November 2020 | Read the originally published news here Further meetings held across Tibet require Buddhists to be educated in CCP ideology. Authorities held a meeting in Kardze on 13 October, which called for Buddhist representatives from … Continued The post Authorities highlight need for Tibetan Buddhists read more →
How China’s 13th Five Year Plan impacted its Tibet policy
By International Campaign for Tibet|November 3, 2020. Read original news here. The fifth plenary of the 19th Chinese Communist Party Central Committee meeting, which took place Oct. 26 to 29, 2020, started the process of formulating the 14th Five Year Plan … Continued The post How China’s 13th Five Year Plan read more →
Sebastian Strangio on China in the Mekong region
Tyler Roney | China Dialogue | November 4, 2020 | Read the originally published news here With far-reaching implications for the upcoming elections in Myanmar and with the US tentatively wading into river governance, the Mekong region has become a contentious staging … Continued The post Sebastian Strangio on China in the read more →
Air pollution connected to higher COVID-19 death rates
Bryan Walsh, Axios. November 5, 2020. Read original news here. A new study of more than 3,000 counties in the U.S. finds a correlation between higher levels of particulate air pollution and higher death rates from COVID-19. Why it matters: COVID-19 … Continued The post Air pollution connected to higher COVID-19 read more →
Understand Tibet to Understand China, Tibetan President-in-Exile Says
BY VENUS UPADHAYAYA | Epoch Times | Read the originally published news here NEW DELHI—The world must understand the issue of Tibet to be able to understand what’s happening in contemporary China, the president of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also … Continued The post Understand Tibet to Understand China, Tibetan read more →