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The recent cases of probes in the healthcare sector and military procurement indicate that corruption continues to occur in China relentlessly, hinting at the failure of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s so-called crusade against corruption. Xi himself admitted it earlier this year when he said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)- government still faced the uphill tasks of preventing new cases and rooting out existing ones.      Xi had rolled out an aggressive anti-corruption campaign soon after he came to power in 2013. While it led to action against some officials and leaders, it appeared more focused on targeting dissidents and those who were perceived as potential threats to Xi, said SOAS China Institute director Steve Tsang. “Xi’s anticorruption campaign was a

China is leaving no stone unturned to hurt Taiwan. While on one hand it continues with its military activity around the island and on the other hand, it has adopted several financial coercive measures against Taiwan. China has deliberately ignored Taiwan while allowing tourists to visit various countries. The Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently announced a third round of outbound group tour services that would be resumed to 78 countries and regions, including the US, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India and most European countries, expanding the scope from 60 to 138 countries and areas. Taiwan remained off the list. This is sixth year since China imposed a ban on travellers to Taiwan. Though Taiwan’s economy is not tourism driven yet the contribution of tourism in the e

China has set its eyes on Guatemala which continues to recognise Taiwan. It is leaving no stone unturned to influence the most populous country in Central America as latter does not maintain diplomatic ties with Beijing. The recent explusion of Taiwan by the Central American Parliament more than two decades as a permanent observer, for China, has given a lot of hope to President Xi Jinping that he would be able to influence Guatemala now. The six-nation parliament, known as Parlacen, cited the United Nations' 1971 expulsion of Taiwan in favour of China, saying this deemed Taiwan to be a "province of mainland China, which disqualifies it from participating as an independent country". Convened in the Nicaraguan capital Managuarecently , local legislators proposed adding China instead ...

The recent study conducted by the renowned Rand Europe research institute sheds light on a deeply troubling development: the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) escalating efforts to stifle dissenting voices through heightened operational activities in high-security Tibetan facilities. This disconcerting trend, as uncovered by the meticulous analysis of nighttime luminosity and satellite imagery, underscores the CCP's tightening grip on its control over the Tibetan population and its deliberate campaign to quash any form of opposition. The Rand study, which meticulously scrutinized 79 correctional and detention facilities, paints a grim picture of the situation in Tibet. The researchers astutely identified conspicuous spikes in nighttime illumination in 14 facilities characterized by their...