Tag Archives: China

• US says no justification for ‘concentration camps’ in China 23 October 2020 | David Brunnstrom and Andrea Shalal This post has 3 comments

  The deputy White House national security adviser on Friday denounced China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims, saying there was no justification for the country maintaining “concentration camps” within its borders. ...

• China threatens retaliation over US-Taiwan arms sale 22 October 2020 This post has one comment

  China on Thursday threatened to make a "legitimate and necessary" retaliation over the US sale of $1 billion worth of missiles to Taiwan as Beijing becomes increasingly strident over its claims to the self-ruled island. ...

• Trump keeps undisclosed bank account in China: report 21 October 2020 This post has 2 comments

  Trump spent years cultivating business projects in China, where he maintained a previously unknown bank account, The New York Times reported Tuesday, as the US president attempts to portray election rival Joe Biden as weaker on Beijing. ...

• China says US should stop meddling after exiled Tibetan leader visits State Dept 20 October 2020 | Reuters Staff This post has one comment

  China’s foreign ministry said the United States should immediately stop interfering in its internal affairs, after the leader of the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile met a US State Department official in Washington. ...

• Takna Jigme Sangpo, longest-serving Tibetan political prisoner, dies in freedom 18 October 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 4 comments

  Takna Jigme Sangpo, who served the longest time in Chinese prison of any Tibetan, passed away on Saturday at his home in Switzerland at the age of 91. He was incarcerated for a total of 37 years for his non-violent protests against China. ...

• Head of Tibetan government-in-exile meets US special coordinator 16 October 2020 | Elizabeth Roche This post has 2 comments

  In a move that is expected to exacerbate frictions between the US and China, the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, Lobsang Sangay, on Thursday met the newly appointed US special coordinator for Tibetan issues Robert Destro. ...

• China angered as US names Special Coordinator for Tibet 15 October 2020 | Reuters Staff This post has one comment

  China accused the United States on Thursday of seeking to destabilise Tibet, after the Trump administration appointed a senior human rights official as special coordinator for Tibetan issues. ...

• China defends Tibet labour programme, urges against overdoing religion | Yew Lun Tian This post has one comment

  Top officials in Chinese-administered Tibet on Thursday defended a vocational training programme that some critics have called coercive, and urged Tibetans not to “overdo” religion, during a briefing with foreign journalists. ...

• Chinese President Xi Jinping asks troops to prepare for war | India Today Web Desk This post has no comments yet

  Chinese President Xi Jinping instructed People's Liberation Army troops to "put their minds and energy on preparing for war" and "be absolutely loyal" during a visit to a military base in the southern province of Guangdong on Tuesday. ...

• US appoints Special Coordinator for Tibet amid tensions with China 14 October 2020 | Tal Axelrod This post has 2 comments

  The US State Department announced Wednesday it is appointing a special coordinator to oversee relations with Tibet, filling the role for the first time in the Trump administration, which has had an increasingly tense relationship with China ...