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India and U.S. have been too cautious on China, says U.S. official
Suhasini Haidar, The Hindu. OCTOBER 12, 2020. Read original news here. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun called for a fundamental alignment along shared security, geopolitical goals NEW DELHI: India and the United States have been “too cautious”, when it comes to … Continued The post India and U.S. have been too read more →
Human rights groups oppose China, Russia, Saudis on UN rights body
Business Standard | October 13, 2020 | Read the originally published news here Human rights groups are urging the UN’s 193 member nations to oppose seats on the world organisation’s premiere rights body for China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Cuba and others because of their … Continued The post Human rights groups oppose China, Russia, read more →
China’s friends are few and unreliable
Derek Grossman| October 11, 2020 | Nikkei Asia | Read the originally published news here Derek Grossman is a senior defense analyst at the nonprofit, nonpartisan Rand Corporation. He formerly served as an adviser at the Pentagon. Amid escalating competition, China … Continued The post China’s friends are few and unreliable read more →
China’s insistence that Taiwan isn’t a country starts backfiring
Chris Horton for Indian Express. Read the original article here. The more China tells the world that Taiwan isn’t a country, the more Beijing’s adversaries are starting to treat it like one. Before celebrations for Taiwan’s National Day on Saturday, … Continued The post China’s insistence that Taiwan isn’t a read more →
Religious Persecution in China Must Be Called Out
By OLIVIA ENOS & EMILIE KAO | October 11, 2020 | Read the originally published news here As the CCP continues its abuses of Uyghurs, Tibetans, and others, the U.S. must continue to lead in upholding religious freedom. On the matter of religion … Continued The post Religious Persecution in China Must Be read more →
Can we trust Chinese Covid-19 science?
Laura Spinney for The Guardian. Read the original article here. It started badly, with gag orders, cover-ups and ignored offers of help from overseas, but then the Chinese government seized the narrative. It reined in the burgeoning epidemic of Covid-19 at home and … Continued The post Can we trust Chinese Covid-19 science? read more →
Indian media is free, MEA tells China after embassy objects to ‘National Day of Taiwan’ reportage
Geeta Mohan | India Today | October 9, 2020 | Read the original post here A day after the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi objected to Indian media reporting on ‘National Day of Taiwan’, the Ministry of External Affairs reminded the … Continued The post Indian media is free, MEA tells read more →
World Mental Health Day 2020
World Health Organisation | 10 October 2020 | Visit the full post here This year’s World Mental Health Day, on 10 October, comes at a time when our daily lives have changed considerably as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. … Continued The post World Mental Health Day 2020 appeared read more →
China fumes as Taiwan ads feature in Indian media! CCP doesn’t understand how democracies work, say experts
By: Huma Siddiqui | Financial Express | Read the original article here | October 8, 2020 “The letter of Chinese embassy reminding India media that “there is just one China” reflects how an authoritarian system misunderstands the functioning of a democracy,” say experts. … Continued The post China fumes as Taiwan ads feature read more →
It is time for Britain to impose Magnitsky-style sanctions on China
IAIN DUNCAN SMITH | 7 October 2020 | Read the news here It is an uncomfortable truth that the plight of the Tibetans has become an issue noticeable only by its absence from the mainstream political agenda. A new report, which exposes … Continued The post It is time for Britain to read more →
Beijing is planning to host another Olympics. Clashes over human rights are back, too.
By Gerry Shih | Washington Post | Oct. 8, 2020 | Read the news here TAIPEI, Taiwan — In the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, activists and others called for a boycott to protest China’s treatment of Tibetan minorities and … Continued The post Beijing is planning to host another read more →
China’s dos and don’ts for Indian media ahead of Taiwan national day
Rezaul H Laskar for Hindustan Times. Read the original article here. China on Wednesday issued a series of guidelines for the Indian media for coverage of the national day of Taiwan, observed on October 10, saying all countries having diplomatic … Continued The post China’s dos and don’ts for Indian read more →
Concerns about China’s ‘gross aggression’ shared across Quad: U.S. officials
Sriram Lakshman, The Hindu. OCTOBER 07, 2020 Read original news here. This is about the free world versus Chinese authoritarianism, State Department officials say A senior State Department official cited ‘sudden’ and “gross aggression” by China as a concern of the … Continued The post Concerns about China’s ‘gross aggression’ shared read more →
Get lost: Taiwan reacts after Chinese mission asks Indian media to follow ‘one China’ policy
Siddhant Sibbal for Zee News. Read the original article here. A tweet by Taiwanese Foreign Ministry, said, “India is the largest democracy on earth with a vibrant press and freedom-loving people.” New Delhi: In a hard-hitting reaction, Taiwan’s foreign minister … Continued The post Get lost: Taiwan reacts after Chinese read more →
Monks forced to learn the Seventh Central Tibet Work Forum
Free Tibet | 7 October 2020 | Read the news here The CCP targets monks in their campaign for Party loyalty. The Management Committees in at least two monasteries in Tibet have organised seminars for monks to learn the Seventh Central … Continued The post Monks forced to learn the Seventh read more →