Tag Archives: China

  • Under Biden, China faces renewed trade pressure 26 January 2021 | Joe McDonald and Paul Wiseman This post has no comments yet

    The US-Chinese trade war isn't going away under President Joe Biden. Biden won't confront Beijing right away, economists say, because he wants to focus on the coronavirus and the economy. ...

  • China to conduct military drills in South China Sea amid tensions with US | Reuters Staff This post has no comments yet

    China said on Tuesday it will conduct military exercises in the South China Sea this week, just days after Beijing bristled at a US aircraft carrier group’s entry into the disputed waters. ...

  • Exile Tibetans mourn teenager’s death in Kardze 25 January 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 3 comments

    Exile Tibetans in McLeod Ganj marched in a candlelight vigil to mourn and protest the death of 19-year-old Tibetan monk Tenzin Nyima in Tibet after being severely beaten and tortured for a peaceful protest against Chinese rule in Tibet. ...

  • India, China to hold 9th round of military talks on Sunday 23 January 2021 This post has one comment

    India and China are set to hold their ninth round of Corps Commander-level talks on Sunday with a focus on ways to move forward on the long-negotiated disengagement process in eastern Ladakh, according to official sources. ...

  • Pompeo says China’s policies on Muslims amount to ‘genocide’ 19 January 2021 | Matthew Lee This post has no comments yet

    On his way out the door, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hit China with new sanctions by declaring that China’s policies on Muslims and ethnic minorities in western Xinjiang Province constitute a “genocide.” ...

  • China to sanction US officials for ‘nasty behaviour’ over Taiwan 18 January 2021 | Reuters Staff This post has one comment

    US officials who have engaged in “nasty behaviour” over Chinese-claimed Taiwan will face sanctions, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday, after Washington lifted curbs on exchanges between US and Taiwanese officials. ...

  • Five Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters seek asylum in United States 17 January 2021 | Louise Watt This post has no comments yet

    Five Hong Kong protesters who reportedly fled to Taiwan by boat six months ago have arrived in the United States and intend to seek asylum, according to an activist group. ...

  • US commission says China possibly committed ‘genocide’ against Xinjiang Muslims 15 January 2021 | David Brunnstrom This post has no comments yet

    China has possibly committed “genocide” in its treatment of Uyghurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of the US Congress said in a report on Thursday. ...

  • WHO team arrives in Wuhan for coronavirus investigation 14 January 2021 | Nicolas Asfouri This post has no comments yet

    A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrived in Wuhan Thursday to probe the origins of the coronavirus more than a year after it emerged, although two members were barred from boarding a flight in Singapore after testing pos ...

  • Ugyen Gyalpo Global Times, the Newspeak of the CCP trolls, on Tibetan election 10 January 2021 | Ugyen Gyalpo This post has 4 comments

    The Global Times, the CCP state-run newspaper, well-known for their disinformation campaigns, party propaganda, and nationalist slant, seems to be irked by our recent Sikyong’s election. ...