Tag Archives: China

• Stressing diplomacy, Biden says not seeking conflict with China, Russia 29 April 2021 | Shaun Tandon This post has one comment

  US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he was not seeking conflict with China or Russia as he put a renewed focus on diplomacy in his first address to Congress. ...

• Human rights situation in Tibet continues to be grave: Report 26 April 2021 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has no comments yet

  he human rights situation in Tibet remains disturbing, marked by persistent and grave human rights violations, deprivation, and abuses, reports the exile Tibetan rights group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy. ...

• Will work to restart the Sino-Tibetan dialogue 25 April 2021 | Namrata Biji Ahuja This post has 4 comments

  PENPA TSERING, the newly elected president of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) -- known earlier as the Tibetan government-in-exile -- has plans to approach the Chinese government to facilitate the visit of the Dalai Lama to China. ...

• New US Bill to counter China includes policies for Tibet, Xinjiang 22 April 2021 | Shishir Gupta This post has no comments yet

  The United States in its new Bill to counter China includes policies for Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, the problem areas of the People's Republic of China, where it aims to uphold democratic values against China's oppression. ...

• US lawmakers look to advance sweeping bid to counter China 21 April 2021 | Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina This post has no comments yet

  US lawmakers expect to boost the country's ability to push back against China if a Senate panel approves sweeping legislation on Wednesday as expected, even as they voiced a need to do far more to counter Beijing. ...

• Xi Jinping hits out, asks US not to meddle in others’ internal affairs 20 April 2021 This post has no comments yet

  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday hit out at the US, saying there should be no "bossing" and "meddling" in the internal affairs of other countries as Beijing is increasingly coming under pressure from Washington and its allies. ...

• Beijing warns US, Japan against collusion vs China 16 April 2021 This post has one comment

  China said Friday it has expressed “serious concerns” to the United States and Japan over what it calls negative moves and collusion between the two countries against China. ...

• China sends more jets; Taiwan says it will fight to the end if there’s war 7 April 2021 | Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee This post has no comments yet

  China sent more fighter jets into Taiwan’s air defence zone on Wednesday in a stepped up show of force around the island Beijing claims as its own, and Taiwan’s foreign minister said it would fight to the end if China attacks. ...

• EU urges China to ensure freedom of speech after BBC journalist leaves country 3 April 2021 | Foo Yun Chee This post has no comments yet

  The European Union on Friday called on China to ensure freedom of speech and the press after a British Broadcasting Corporation journalist in China relocated to Taiwan saying he had suffered threats and obstruction. ...

• Seven Hong Kong democracy leaders convicted as China clamps down 1 April 2021 | Zen Soo This post has one comment

  Seven of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy advocates, including a media tycoon and an 82-year-old veteran of the movement, were convicted Thursday for organizing and participating in a march during massive anti-government protests in 2019. ...