Author: Joanne Serrieh

China issues the survey of Diaoyu Islands amid tensions with Japan
3May By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
China

China issues the survey of Diaoyu Islands amid tensions with Japan

Beijing, China: Amid tensions with Tokyo, china has releasd a landscape survey of group of islands.The survey of the Diaoyu Islands - known as the Senkakus in Japan - was released on Monday by China's Ministry of Natural Resources and covers the main island and two smaller nearby islets, South China Morning Post reported.Japan controls the Senkaku Islands. The Japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of Japan's territory. China and Taiwan claim them."The report … supplements and improves the basic geographic data of the Diaoyu Islands and its affiliated islands, and provides important support for the management of the Diaoyu Islands' resources and environmental protection," the ministry said.The report includes high-definition topographic maps of the land features as
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama contributes to PM-CARES Fund
1May By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
Asia

His Holiness the Dalai Lama contributes to PM-CARES Fund

Dharamshala: Expressing his concerns over surging covid cases in India, Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that he has been “following the continuing challenge that the Covid-19 pandemic has been posing across the world, including in India, with concern”. As an expression of solidarity with India, His Holiness the Dalai Lama through Dalai Lama Trust makes a contribution to the PM-CARES Fund. “May I take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation for all the efforts that are being made to tackle this devastating pandemic, especially by those courageously working on the frontline. I pray that the pandemic threat will end soon”, His Holiness added.
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DIG South Kashmir visits Awantipora, reviews security scenario, anti-terrorist operation
26Apr By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
Asia

DIG South Kashmir visits Awantipora, reviews security scenario, anti-terrorist operation

Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir, India: In order to review the security scenario and anti-terrorist operation, Deputy Inspector General of Police South Kashmir Range Anantnag Abdul Jabar visited Awantipora on FridayDuring his visit, the DIG SKR held a meeting with SSP Awantipora, SDPOs and SHOs and discussed different security measures taken for the maintenance of overall peace in the district, as per a press statement from the police.Senior Superintendent of Police Awantipora Mohd Yousif-JKPS gave a detailed presentation regarding the security scenario of the district and briefed the DIG about current situation in the district, including anti-terrorist operations, maintenance of law & order and investigation progress of the cases.The DIG urged the officers to strengthen the general sec...
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Alibaba’s influence over media assets making Chinese authorities unsettled.
24Apr By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
Asia, Business, China

Alibaba’s influence over media assets making Chinese authorities unsettled.

Beijing, China: As the Alibaba grows influence of the e-commerce giant over media assets, the Chines regulators who fined Alibaba of 18.2 billion yuan (2.8 billion dollars) are getting unsettled.According to Nikkei Asia, Alibaba is best known for its online shopping platforms Taobao and Tmall. The Hangzhou-based company has also assembled a media empire. It includes newspapers, digital and broadcast media, a social-networking platform, video-streaming site, film production company and advertising agencies."For Alibaba, these media platforms are effective tools to help funnel users towards its other businesses at a time when big tech companies are competing to build sprawling ecosystems, from ecommerce to entertainment. But their growing influence over content creation and distribution, a ...
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China’s soft power has ‘collapsed globally’ due to ‘anger and hysteria’
23Apr By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
China

China’s soft power has ‘collapsed globally’ due to ‘anger and hysteria’

According to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Michael Shoebridge. China’s reaction to the cancelling of the dangerous Belt and Road agreement in a “wolf warrior fashion” will end up being a large “own goal” for Beijing.Beijing and the Andrews government in Victoria was cancelled last night by the foreign affairs minister using the new foreign relations bill powers.The deal was amongst four agreements with countries such as Iran, Syria, and China that the federal government opted to cancel after they were deemed inconsistent with Australia’s national interests.Mr Shoebridge told Sky News the Chinese Ambassador to Australia, Cheng Jingye, has already begun behaving in “wolf warrior fashion” by getting “highly incensed and critical”.“Threatening more economic coercion against Aust
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After Radioactive material found on Chin’s ship, Sri Lanka asks them to leave Hambantota port
22Apr By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
Asia

After Radioactive material found on Chin’s ship, Sri Lanka asks them to leave Hambantota port

Sri Lanka after finding radioactive material in Chine’s ship asked them to leave port of Hambantota on Wednesday.Anil Ranjith, the top official of the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Authority (SLAEA), said that the ship was on its way to China from the port of Rotterdam when it developed technical difficulties and entered the Hambantota Port.The SLAEA said the vessel had failed to disclose its radioactive cargo when it docked in at the port. The ship was managed by the China Merchants Port Holding Company. The main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa said in parliament that the Sri Lanka Navy, who is in charge of the Hambantota port security, had not been allowed to carry out inspections on the vessel. “The local agent of the vessel had not informed the presence of dangerous cargo on boa
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Counterfeit N95 masks worth $350G that originated in China has been intercept by CBP.
17Apr By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
China

Counterfeit N95 masks worth $350G that originated in China has been intercept by CBP.

A counterfeit shipment of N95 masks has been intercepted at Houston last weak agencyrevealed on Thursday.The agency said the shipment had an estimated manufacturer’s suggested retail price ofnearly $350,000 and originated in China.The shipment arrived at Houston Seaport on April 7, CBP said. Officers examined theshipment and found some 171,460 masks with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health logo on the boxes. The officers called the trademark holder who told them that theshipment was not licensed, which indicated that it was counterfeit.The masks were then turned over to CBP’s Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures office fordisposition. "Counterfeit goods not only hurt the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers, butthey also pose substantial health and safety hazards for Am
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China building border walls with Vietnam, Myanmar to keep people out
26Jan By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
Asia, China, Conflict

China building border walls with Vietnam, Myanmar to keep people out

In a move which could lead to conflicts, China has decided to reinforce border walls with its South-East Asian neighbours - Vietnam and Myanmar."It looks like a national program," South-East Asia expert and emeritus professor Carl Thayer of UNSW Canberra said.According to Chinese state media Xinhua, the project in Vietnam involves a 4.5-metre-high iron fence, topped with barbed wire, along the Beilun River. Built between 2012 and 2017, the $29 million project reportedly stretches 12 kilometres, and is there to curb the smuggling of goods, drugs and people.Meanwhile, media reports suggest that a 659-kilometre-long fence has been completed along China's 2,000-kilometre border with Myanmar in December, in between China's Yunnan province and Myanmar's northern Shan State.While Global Times has...
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Covid-19: China’s plan to show off its vaccine backfires
26Jan By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
China, Singapore

Covid-19: China’s plan to show off its vaccine backfires

China wanted to showcase its scientific prowess and deliver a geopolitical win with its coronavirus vaccine. However, that plan is facing severe backlash in some places.Officials in Brazil and Turkey have complained that Chinese companies have been slow to ship the doses and ingredients.A few reports also suggest that China’s vaccines, while considered effective, cannot stop the virus as well as those developed by Pfizer and Moderna, the American drugmakers.In the Philippines, some lawmakers have criticized the government’s decision to buy a vaccine made by a Chinese company, Sinovac.Officials in Malaysia and Singapore, which ordered doses from Sinovac, have had to reassure their citizens that they would approve a vaccine only if it had been proved safe and effective.“Right now, I would no
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“China’s Sinopharm vaccine most unsafe in the world with 73 side effects”
18Jan By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
China

“China’s Sinopharm vaccine most unsafe in the world with 73 side effects”

A Chinese doctor and a vaccine expert, Dr Tao Lina, has claimed that the country’s Sinopharm vaccine for coronavirus is “the most unsafe in the world” with 73 side effects.Taking to social media, Dr Tao pointed out to his 4.8 million social media followers that the jab developed by Beijing's state-run drugmaker Sinopharm had 73 side effects. He stated that after he read the manual of the vaccine, "I took in a long cold breath, and counted the conditions listed in the 'adverse reactions' column."The vaccine expert found that in addition to pain in the injection site and headache, there were severe side effects listed that were "more likely to occur," such as high blood pressure, loss of vision, loss of taste, delayed menstruation, and urinary incontinence.He said that the 73 adverse reactio
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