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Propaganda War: The undue influence of the Chinese govt over Indian media is a matter of deep concern and requires urgent intervention
K Bhattacharjee for OpIndia. Read the original article here. The efforts launched by the Chinese government to capture global imagination and shape the narrative about China is an open secret. Towards that end, the Chinese Communist Party has sought to … Continued The post Propaganda War: The undue influence of read more →
‘Xi Jinping Thought’ Now Required Learning For Young Tibetans
Radio Free Asia. Link to the original article here. In a job sector already marked by limited opportunities, young Tibetans seeking government workers are being required to join the ruling Chinese Communist Party and to closely study the political thought … Continued The post ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ Now Required Learning read more →
China’s new game? Sports complex comes up at gulag site in Tibet Autonomous Region
Col Vinayak Bhat (Retd) for India Today. Read the original article here. latest satellite images of September indicate that all visible signatures of a concentration camp, that was built in 2011, in Chamdo town of the Tibet Autonomous Region have … Continued The post China’s new game? Sports complex comes read more →
China holds simultaneous military drills in four seas, again
In a bid to train a combat-ready military force, China holds military drills periodically, but rarely do multiple exercises happen at the same time. Kanishka Sarkar, Hindustan Times. Sep 29, 2020. Read original news here. Beijing: China began five military exercises … Continued The post China holds simultaneous military drills in read more →
To help defuse US-China tensions, Asian states must agree on America’s role in region
Hugh White | 26 Sep, 2020 | South China Morning Post | Read the original post here In Asia, an old threat to peace is returning. For many decades, it has seemed almost unthinkable that the region’s major powers could again engage … Continued The post To help defuse US-China tensions, Asian read more →
China uproots ethnic minority villages in anti-poverty fight
By Sam McNeil | AP | September 23, 2020 | Read the original news here CHENGBEI GAN’EN, China — Under a portrait of President Xi Jinping, Ashibusha sits in her freshly painted living room cradling her infant daughter beside a chair labeled a … Continued The post China uproots ethnic minority villages in read more →
Mineral exploitation, forced labour: How China continues to strangle Tibet
Col Vinayak Bhat Col Vinayak Bhat for India Today. Read the original article here. To reduce the raw material production cost, the Chinese have started using the local Tibetan population in Driru and other parts of Tibet extensively as labour. … Continued The post Mineral exploitation, forced labour: How China read more →
China Has a New Plan to Tame Tibet
It failed to coax cultural assimilation with economic incentives. Now it’s going for coerced labor and micromanaging people’s very lifestyles. By Adrian Zenz | Sept. 24, 2020 | New York Times | Read the original news here Mr. Zenz is an expert … Continued The post China Has a New Plan to read more →
UN, Britain say global climate summit set for December 12
AFP. SEPTEMBER 24, 2020. Read original news here. “The answer to our existential crisis is swift, decisive, scaled up action and solidarity among nations,” said Antonio Guterres. The United Nations and Britain will co-host a global climate summit on December 12, the fifth … Continued The post UN, Britain say global climate summit read more →
China ‘coercing’ thousands of Tibetans into mass labour camps – report
-Filed by BBC. Read the original article here. China is coercing hundreds of thousands of people in Tibet into military-style training centres that experts say are akin to labour camps, a study has said. The report by the Jamestown Foundation … Continued The post China ‘coercing’ thousands of Tibetans into read more →
China carried out multiple attacks against Indian satellites: US report
Wion | 23 September 2020 | Read the news here According to the US-based China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI), China carried out several cyber-attacks between 2007 to 2018, including computer attacks against Indian satellite communication in 2017. However, ISRO has … Continued The post China carried out multiple attacks against read more →
Why Tibet, the ‘western treasure house’ is important to China
Wion news | 22 September 2020 | Read the news here Since 1950, when Beijing claimed sovereignty over Tibet, China has tried to maintain a strong grip over this region. Hu Jintao, the sixth President of China has an interesting … Continued The post Why Tibet, the ‘western treasure house’ read more →
Trump Demands U.N. Hold China to Account for Coronavirus Pandemic
By Rick Gladstone | New York Times | Sept. 22, 2020 | Read the news here In speeches broadcast at this year’s Covid-compromised General Assembly, the presidents of China and the United States punctuated an intensifying schism between the two superpowers. President … Continued The post Trump Demands U.N. Hold China to read more →
Exclusive: China sharply expands mass labor program in Tibet
By Cate Cadell | Reuters | 22 September 2020 | Read the original news here BEIJING (Reuters) – China is pushing growing numbers of Tibetan rural laborers off the land and into recently built military-style training centers where they are turned … Continued The post Exclusive: China sharply expands mass labor read more →
New York City police officer spied on fellow Tibetans for China, prosecutors charge
Dan Mangan | CNBC | 21 September 2020 | Read the original news here A New York City police officer who also serves in the U.S. Army Reserve was arrested Monday on federal charges that accuse him of spying on … Continued The post New York City police officer spied read more →