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PM Modi’s Address To Nation On 74th Independence Day: Highlights
NDTV | 15 August 2020 | Read the original news here New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the majestic Red Fort on the occasion of India’s 74th Independence Day today. This is PM Modi’s second Independence Day Speech since he … Continued The post PM Modi’s Address To Nation On read more →
Chinese Communist Party Calls for Protecting Xi Jinping as Difficulties Mount
Jayadeva Ranade | The Wire | 13 August 2020 | Read the news here China’s domestic politics has witnessed important developments in recent weeks. There has been a pronounced attempt to bolster President Xi Jinping’s status within the Chinese Communist Party … Continued The post Chinese Communist Party Calls for Protecting read more →
PLA still at LAC, India plans new ways to counter China’s wolf-warrior diplomacy
Shishir Gupta for Hindustan Times. Read the original article here. With the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) holding out on de-esclataion at some points of its transgressions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh — Gogra-Hot Springs as well … Continued The post PLA still at LAC, India plans read more →
The Tangled History of the ‘Tibet Card’
By Ben Hales | The Diplomat | August 13, 2020 | Read the news here An Indian official greets the Dalai Lama, spiritual and temporal ruler of Tibet, on the latter’s arrival at a military camp on the frontier of Assam April … Continued The post The Tangled History of the ‘Tibet read more →
China increases military pressure on Taiwan: The view from Taipei
Experts in Taipei expect China to intensify military pressure on Taiwan, but say an invasion is unlikely any time soon. Erin Hale for South China Morning Post. 13 August 2020. Read original news here. Taipei, Taiwan – Two Chinese jets briefly … Continued The post China increases military pressure on Taiwan: read more →
Chinese envoy says onus ‘not on China’ to resolve border standoff
Rezaul H Laskar for Hindustan Times. Read the original article here. The onus for resolving the border standoff in the Ladakh sector of the Line of Actual Control is “not on China”, the Chinese envoy has said, even as he accused Indian … Continued The post Chinese envoy says onus ‘not on read more →
Japan must curb Chinese aggression surrounding the Senkaku Islands
Brahma Chellaney | Nikkei Asian Review | August 12, 2020 | Read the news here Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and author of nine books, including “Asian Juggernaut: The Rise of China, India and Japan.” Beijing’s stealth aggression against India along … Continued The post Japan must curb Chinese aggression surrounding read more →
Last decade was Earth’s hottest on record as climate crisis accelerates
Oliver Milman | The Guardian | 12 August 2020 | Read the news here The past decade was the hottest ever recorded globally, with 2019 either the second or third warmest year on record, as the climate crisis accelerated temperatures upwards … Continued The post Last decade was Earth’s hottest on read more →
China increases military drills as tensions with US heat up
Brad Lendon for CNN. Read the original article here. Hong Kong (CNN)China is stepping up military drills around East Asia as a war of words with the United States heats up over Washington’s military activities and the visit of a US … Continued The post China increases military drills as tensions read more →
‘The next Hong Kong’: Taiwan’s foreign minister sounds warning over China
AFP | 11 August 2020 | Read the news here China is trying to turn Taiwan into another Hong Kong, the island’s foreign minister warned on Tuesday as he met with a senior US official making a historic diplomatic trip. A … Continued The post ‘The next Hong Kong’: Taiwan’s foreign read more →
The Economist Quietly Drops Advertisement Features Paid by Chinese State Media
FreeTibet.org | 11 August 2020 | Read the original news here Free Tibet and the International Tibet Network celebrate a campaign win. The Economist newspaper appears to have quietly dropped regular advertisements features which were previously paid for by Chinese state media. This … Continued The post The Economist Quietly Drops Advertisement Features read more →
U.S. democracy and human rights leaders sanctioned by China vow not to be cowed into silence
By Carol Morello for The Washington Post. August 11, 2020. Read original news here. The heads of five U.S. organizations that advocate for democracy and human rights learned Monday morning that one of the world’s most authoritarian governments had issued … Continued The post U.S. democracy and human rights leaders read more →
In Rural China, Villagers Say They’re Forced From Farm Homes To High-Rises
NPR | 10 August 2020 | Read the news here A farmer from Shandong province along China’s east coast, Liu recalls how during Chinese Lunar New Year in January, he went out for a walk and came home to discover … Continued The post In Rural China, Villagers Say They’re read more →
After Boycott China call, Chinese exports to India crash 24.7% in 2020; trade drops by 18.6%
India Today | 9 August 2020 | Read the news here Mainland China’s exports to India since January 2020 have fallen by 24.7 per cent year-on-year to $32.28 billion, customs data from the Chinese government has shown. This comes at … Continued The post After Boycott China call, Chinese exports read more →
China’s dams in Tibet may pose threat to India’s water supply | Satellite images explain
Col Vinayak Bhat for India Today. Read the original article here. Over a period of 10 years, China has managed to construct three dams on the Brahmaputra river in parts of Tibet close to the Indian border. It plans to … Continued The post China’s dams in Tibet may pose read more →