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Exclusive: China bars media coverage of Disney’s ‘Mulan’ after Xinjiang backlash – sources
Reuters | 10 September 2020 | Read the news here BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have told major media outlets not to cover Walt Disney Co’s release of “Mulan”, in an order issued after controversy erupted overseas over the film’s … Continued The post Exclusive: China bars media coverage of read more →
China’s human rights abuses: 321 NGOs call for UN investigation into violations by Beijing
International community ‘can no longer sit back and allow the Chinese authorities to trample on human rights’, deputy regional director for Amnesty International says Signatories decry the ‘racist treatment of people in China, or by Chinese state actors in other … Continued The post China’s human rights abuses: 321 NGOs read more →
Xi’s new approach to Tibet will affect India
Manoj Kewalramani for Hindustan Times. Read the original article here. Xi’s comments on border security along with those about digging up historical facts will impact the boundary dispute Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent remarks at the seventh Central Symposium on … Continued The post Xi’s new approach to Tibet will read more →
Over 160 rights groups call on IOC chief to revoke 2022 Beijing Winter Games
Reuters | 9 September 2020 | Read the news here BEIJING (Reuters) – Over 160 human rights advocacy groups have delivered a joint letter to the chief of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calling for it to reconsider its choice … Continued The post Over 160 rights groups call on read more →
China to launch initiative to set global data-security rules: WSJ
Reuters | 7 September 2020 | Read the news here (Reuters) – China is launching an initiative to set global standards on data security, countering U.S. efforts to persuade countries to ringfence their networks from Chinese technology, the Wall Street … Continued The post China to launch initiative to set read more →
Horrific Reality of Serving in People’s Liberation Army
Soldiers share the memories of serving their country they wish to forget: hunting down Uyghurs, killing Tibetan monks, “selective” rescue of earthquake victims. by An Xin | Bitter Winter | 8 September 2020 | Read the news here Table of … Continued The post Horrific Reality of Serving in People’s read more →
Why Calls to Boycott ‘Mulan’ Over Concerns About China Are Growing
The latest backlash over Disney’s remake of the movie centers on how it was partly filmed in Xinjiang, where Uighurs live under repression. By Amy Qin and Edward Wong, The New York Times. Sept. 8, 2020. Read original news here. Disney’s live-action remake of … Continued The post Why Calls to Boycott ‘Mulan’ Over read more →
Earth’s ‘lost species’ only the tip of the iceberg
By Helen Briggs, BBC Environment. 5 September 2020. Read original news here. Scientists have calculated how many mammals might be lost this century, based on fossil evidence of past extinctions. Their predictions suggest at least 550 species will follow in the footsteps … Continued The post Earth’s ‘lost species’ only the tip read more →
China Delves into Past to Police Tibet’s Future
Policing Becoming Pervasive in Villages Sophie Richardson, Human Rights Watch. September 7, 2020. Read original news here. Click to expand Image Since the 2008 protests in Tibetan areas of China, Chinese authorities have often been at the forefront when it comes … Continued The post China Delves into Past to Police read more →
India becomes country with second highest number of Covid cases
Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent | The Guardian | Read the news here India has surpassed Brazil to become the country with the second highest number of coronavirus cases, as the virus continues to spread through the country of 1.3 billion at the … Continued The post India becomes country with second highest read more →
China refuses to renew press cards for US journalists as media row deepens
Lily Kuo in Beijing | The Guardian | 7 September 2020 | Read the original article here Chinese authorities have refused to renew the press credentials for at least five reporters for US news organisations based in China, in the latest deterioration … Continued The post China refuses to renew press cards read more →
China’s Xi Jinping is global threat, says exiled Tiananmen leader; Compares CPC with Hitler’s Nazi party
By: Huma Siddiqui | September 7, 2020 | Read the news here The world needs to follow India in fighting Communist Party of China’s Xi Jinping’s expansionism, an exiled Chinese student leader who had led the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest has said. Zhou … Continued The post China’s Xi Jinping is global threat, read more →
China Plans Building Spree In Tibet As India Tensions Rise: Report
China’s President Xi Jinping has said a number of major infrastructure projects and public facilities would be completed, including the Sichuan-Tibet Railway. Reuters. September 04, 2020. Read original news here. Beijing: China is planning a more than 1 trillion yuan ($146 billion) … Continued The post China Plans Building Spree In Tibet read more →
The Czechs are giving Europe a lesson on how to deal with China
Opinion by Dalibor Rohac | Washington Post | September 3, 2020 | Read the original piece here Dalibor Rohac is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute This week, a senior Czech politician, Milos Vystrcil, visited Taiwan and delivered a powerful speech to the … Continued The post The Czechs are giving Europe a read more →
Apple commits to freedom of speech after criticism of China censorship
Patrick McGee, Financial Times. September 4, 2020. Read original news here. iPhone maker approves new policy after shareholder pressure Apple has for the first time published a human rights policy that commits to respecting “freedom of information and expression”, following … Continued The post Apple commits to freedom of speech read more →