Tag Archives: China

• China to retaliate if US forces out Chinese journalists 3 August 2020 This post has no comments yet

  China will take retaliatory measures if all Chinese journalists based in the United States are forced to leave the country, including targeting US journalists in Hong Kong, Global Times Editor in Chief Hu Xijin said on Tuesday. ...

• Ama Adhe, survived to tell 27 years of Chinese torture, passes away at 92 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has 2 comments

  Adhe Tapontsang, aka Ama Adhe, who spent 27 years in Chinese prisons for resisting the Chinese occupation of Tibet, has passed away at her home in McLeod Ganj due to natural causes at the age of 92. ...

• Should China fear India’s new Rafale fighters? 2 August 2020 | Michael Peck This post has no comments yet

  In the wake of border clashes between India and China, the Indian Air Force has received powerful reinforcements. Five French-made Rafale fighters have arrived in India, the first of 36 jets that will boost Indian airpower. ...

• US hits China anew for rights abuses in western Xinjiang | Matthew Lee This post has no comments yet

  The Trump administration took new aim at China on Friday by imposing sanctions on a major paramilitary organization in the western Xinjiang region and its commander for alleged human rights abuses against ethnic and religious minorities. ...

• Hong Kong postpones elections by a year over coronavirus pandemic 31 July 2020 | Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao This post has one comment

  Hong Kong's democracy supporters were dealt a huge blow Friday as authorities postponed local elections for a year because of the coronavirus, capping a devastating month of political disqualifications, arrests for social media posts. ...

• Dalai Lama and Taiwan | Khedroob Thondup This post has no comments yet

  His Holiness has not been able to visit Taiwan as recent Taiwan governments have become sensitive to China's hardline position. Taiwan has more to gain by allowing His Holiness to visit as a religious leader. ...

• Lee Teng-hui, who transformed Taiwan into democracy, dies 30 July 2020 | Amber Wang This post has no comments yet

  Taiwan's former president Lee Teng-hui, who defied China and earned the nickname "Mr Democracy" for the part he played in the island's transition away from authoritarian rule, died Thursday aged 97. ...

• Beijing says troops disengaged on most of China-India border 28 July 2020 This post has one comment

  Chinese and Indian troops have "completed disengagement" on most parts of the disputed border between their two countries, China's foreign ministry said Tuesday, after violent clashes broke out earlier this year. ...

• India bans 47 more Chinese mobile apps This post has no comments yet

  India has banned 47 more Chinese apps just weeks after blocking the highly popular video-sharing platform TikTok and 58 others over national security and privacy concerns, an information ministry official and media reports said Monday. ...

• India acquires five Rafale fighter jets amid border stand-off with China 27 July 2020 | Mathieu Rabechault This post has one comment

  The first five of a batch of French Rafale fighter jets purchased by New Delhi in a controversial multibillion-dollar deal headed to India on Monday for rapid deployment amid rising tensions with China. ...