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The Next Pandemic Crisis Is Mental Health
The psychological harm of lockdown hits people with existing conditions hardest. BY HARRIET WILLIAMSON| Foreign Policy|| |MAY 18, 2020| Read the original post here A health psychologist works at a temporary hospital in Madrid on April 25 to provide better support to … Continued The post The Next Pandemic Crisis Is Mental read more →
Let’s disengage from China … slowly and carefully
Shaun Carney for Sidney Morning Herald. Read the original article here. Let’s hark back to a rosier time. It’s not that long ago but it seems a world away. Malcolm Turnbull’s prime ministership was in its early bloom. His upbeat … Continued The post Let’s disengage from China … slowly read more →
Patten-led group of 210 Parliamentarians from 23 countries decry ‘flagrant breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration’
Hong Kong Watch| 24 May 2020| Read the original post here A cross-party international coalition of 210 parliamentarians and policymakers from 23 countries today issued a statement decrying Beijing’s ‘unilateral introduction of national security legislation in Hong Kong,’ and calling for … Continued The post Patten-led group of 210 Parliamentarians from read more →
China Is Its Own Worst Enemy
BRAHMA CHELLANEY| Project Syndicate| 22 May 2020| Read the original post here Had Chinese President Xi Jinping’s communist regime been wise, it would have sought to repair the pandemic-inflicted damage to China’s image by showing empathy and compassion to other … Continued The post China Is Its Own Worst Enemy read more →
I Criticized My University’s Ties to the Chinese Government. Now I Face Expulsion.
Australian institutions’ financial ties to China mean ditching values. BY DREW PAVLOU| |MAY 14, 2020| Read original news here Supporters of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters gather ahead of a march as part of the global anti-totalitarianism movement in Sydney on Sept. 29, … Continued The post I Criticized My University’s Ties to read more →
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen inaugurated for a second term
Johnson Lai / AP, Time. May 21, 2020. Read original news here. (TAIPEI, Taiwan) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has been inaugurated for a second term amid increasing pressure from China on the self-governing island democracy it claims as its … Continued The post Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen inaugurated for read more →
China launches new Twitter accounts, 90,000 tweets in COVID-19 info war
Anna Schecter, NBC News. May 21, 2020. Read original news here. China has pushed out 90,000 tweets since the start of April from 200 diplomatic and state media accounts in a COVID-19 information war offensive. China has launched a Twitter … Continued The post China launches new Twitter accounts, 90,000 read more →
Xi Jinping Uses Coronavirus Pandemic to Strengthen His Rule in China: Live Coverage
The New York Times. Read the original article here. President Xi Jinping of China has seized on the pandemic as an opportunity in disguise — a chance to redeem the party after early mistakes let infections slip out of control, … Continued The post Xi Jinping Uses Coronavirus Pandemic to read more →
World should give recognition to Taiwan and Tibet
Source: https://www.wionews.com Delhi May 20, 2020, 05.20 PM(IST) Written By: N S Venkataraman The Chinese government considers any country as it’s number one enemy, which recognizes Taiwan as a sovereign nation. Similarly, if any one country would demand that Tibet should be recognized as a sovereign country, China would protest very strongly. As read more →
Poor Countries Borrowed Billions from China. They Can’t Pay It Back.
Source: New York Times By Maria Abi-Habib and Keith Bradsher May 18, 2020 Nations want Beijing to forgive or renegotiate loans as their economies suffer. Doing so would be costly. Saying no could hurt China’s global image. As the coronavirus spread around the globe, Pakistan’s foreign minister called his counterpart read more →
A boy chosen as the Panchen Lama disappeared in 1995. China says he’s now a college grad with a job
By James Griffiths, CNN| 20 May 2020| Read the original article here Hong Kong (CNN)Twenty-five years ago, a six-year-old boy was recognized as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, the second-highest ranking figure in Tibetan Buddhism. He promptly disappeared. Gedhun Choekyi … Continued The post A boy chosen as the Panchen read more →
China says boy picked by Dalai Lama now a college graduate
China says a boy who disappeared 25 years ago after being picked by the Dalai Lama as Tibetan Buddhism’s second-highest figure is now a college graduate with a stable job. The Associated Press. 20 May 2020. Read original news here. … Continued The post China says boy picked by Dalai read more →
China could shape any result in its favor by putting off the WHO investigation until after the pandemic
Analysis by James Griffiths| CNN| 19 May 2020| Read original news here As Xi Jinping prepared to address the World Health Assembly on Monday, it seemed like the Chinese leader might be in a vulnerable spot. More than 100 countries had signed onto … Continued The post China could shape any result in read more →
China urged to release Tibet’s second-most holy monk
Peter Fabricius for Daily Maverick. Read the original article here. On the 25th anniversary of China’s alleged abduction of the 11th Panchen Lama, Tenzin Gendun Yeshi Thrinley Phuntsok Palsangpo, when he was just six, the Tibetan government-in-exile has called on … Continued The post China urged to release Tibet’s second-most read more →
25 years on, Tibetan government-in-exile renews call for Panchen Lama’s release
Hindustan Times| 18 May 2020| Read original news here On the 25th anniversary of his disappearance, the Tibetan government-in-exile on Sunday demanded China to release the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, considered to be a reincarnation of Bodhisattva Amitabha. … Continued The post 25 years on, Tibetan government-in-exile renews read more →