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Activists who supported Taiwanese independence stated criminal for life
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Activists who supported Taiwanese independence stated criminal for life

China’s Taiwan Affairs Office stated criminal to all the activists who were in support of Taiwanese independence. The Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan, is a small island separated from Mainland China by Taiwan Strait and is among the densest populated countries of the world. The island has been functioning independently since 1949. ROC has official diplomatic relations with fourteen nations out of 193 countries that are a part of the United Nations. The independent status of Taiwan is disputed as the People's Republic of China (PRC) or Mainland China claims Taiwan to be a territory of Mainland China. PRC maintains a strong “One China” policy and is adamant about merging Taiwan into China by any means necessary including physical force if required. On the other
Tiananmen statue dismantled from Hong Kong university
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Tiananmen statue dismantled from Hong Kong university

HONG KONG:  The artwork, of anguished human torsos, is one of the few remaining public memorials in the former British colony to remember the bloody crackdown that is a taboo topic in mainland China, where it cannot be publicly commemorated. Known as the "Pillar of Shame," the statue was a key symbol of the wide-ranging freedoms promised to Hong Kong at its 1997 return to Chinese rule, which differentiated the global financial hub from the rest of China. The city has traditionally held the largest annual vigils in the world to commemorate the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The Council of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) said in an early Thursday statement it made the decision to remove the statue during a Wednesday meeting, "based on external legal advice and risk assessme...
China planting cyberattacks against countries denying its claim on South China Sea
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China planting cyberattacks against countries denying its claim on South China Sea

Hong Kong: China is trying to rule South Asian Sea but the countries neighbouring it are not allowing Chinese projects in answer to which China is repeatedly employing cyber attacks on such countries. Recently, Chinese President Xi Jinping held a meeting with South Asian countries leaders. Beijing would never seek hegemony nor take advantage of its size to bully smaller countries and work with them to eliminate “interference,” Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia and Laos complained of cyber-attacks by hackers from China. The development has taken place at a time when the gulf between China and ASEAN countries are increasing, according to the report in Hong Kong Post. “Whatever layer of trust was there between the two sides has eroded. Indonesia, Phil
China increasing its military numbers near Indian border, US expresses concerns
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China increasing its military numbers near Indian border, US expresses concerns

Beijing, China: China is increasing its military near the borders with India. The action of chine military is concerning US as China has no good record in its border disputes with India. The US Defense Department is newly concerned about China's further military build-up near the demarcation line across its Himalayan border with India after Beijing deployed long-range strategic bombers to the area last month in another apparent warning to New Delhi, according to Foreign Policy magazine. Further, the build-up along the Indian border fits the pattern of Chinese regional aggression witnessed in other parts of the Indo-Pacific as the US tries to expand its strategic alliance in the region, it said. Jeff Smith, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center said i...
Is Bhutan China’s next target
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Is Bhutan China’s next target

New Delhi: China is not maintaining its good relations with any of its bordered country. Earlier this year Chinese people entered in Bhutan’s land and stabilised 4 civilian village settlement.  These territorial excesses, characteristic of a Chinese disregard for sovereignty of countries in its borderlands, have been going on for years, but only recently have they come under international notice. For Bhutan, a small Himalayan kingdom wedged between two Asian superpowers, navigating global geopolitics is not an easy task. Tensions run high at the India-China border, and Bhutan finds itself in the complicated position of safeguarding its interests while balancing between its two big neighbours. As far as India is concerned, Bhutan is one of its few unproblematic friends in the
Grim days ahead for Chinese economy as growth rate to slump below 5 percent
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Grim days ahead for Chinese economy as growth rate to slump below 5 percent

China’s economy has received a big blow following the property crisis,  industrial slump, weak consumption besides the fallout from Covid-19-led lockdowns. Now, now the outbreak of the Omicron variant of coronavirus besides and possible blacklisting of Chinese companies by the US spell further trouble for China. The GDP growth in 2022 is predicted to slump below 5 percent, taking China's economic growth rate to the 1990s level. Think tank China Finance 40 Forum, which has the deputy governor of People's Bank of China (PBOC) as a member, has expressed concerns over growth rate remaining below 5 percent in case domestic demand fails to improve. Global financial services group Nomura has cut economic growth for China in 2022 sharply--  2.9 percent in the first quarter and 3.8 percent
CHINESE STATE PROPAGANDA IS STOOPING TO A NEW LOW
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CHINESE STATE PROPAGANDA IS STOOPING TO A NEW LOW

Just earlier this month, China's state run media - Xinhua news agency posted a picture of Xi Jinping, calling him a man of determination and action. The profile went on for 5000 words, full of praises. This is nothing new in China. China's state-controlled media has long displayed flattering portrayals of communist Party leaders. This boot licking takes a new fervour reaches a new pitch during sensitive political moments. In the recent years, Chinese media has given up even it's pretense of journalism. It exists solely to attack the critics of the CCP and to elevate the status of Xi. Xi has been consolidating his power in a way to stay as the General secretary of the CCP for an indefinite period. He is slated to become the country's most powerful leader since founder Mao Zedong. One...
Chinese caught fishing for illegal Tuna in India Ocean
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Chinese caught fishing for illegal Tuna in India Ocean

MIAMI: Fishing for Tuna is illegal as it is over fished. A Chinese squid vessel have been seen on December 8 in Indian Ocean catching Tuna. According to the Norway Based watchdog this highlights the growing concerns about the lack of international cooperation to protect marine species on the high seas. The report, published Wednesday by Trygg Mat Tracking, found that the number of squid vessels in the high seas of the Indian Ocean — where fishing of the species is not regulated — has exploded six-fold since 2016. The vast majority of the vessels sailing in the high seas off the coast of Oman and Yemen were flagged to China, whose overseas fleet, the world's largest, has been dogged by accusations of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing around the world. Behind the surge is
British Intelligence Wary of Chinese Digital Currency Renminbi
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British Intelligence Wary of Chinese Digital Currency Renminbi

The British Intelligence Agency has red-flagged the use of Chinese digital currency Renminbi as a tool for global currency transactions. The digital renminbi that Beijing vigorously promoted before the Winter Olympics may become surveillance users and control users, the agency indicated raising security concerns. Jeremy Fleming, the Director of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) of the British Intelligence Agency, warned that although digital currencies provide a huge amount of money for the mass payment system Opportunities, but this new technological development also brings threats. "If implemented by mistake, it will give hostile countries the possibility of monitoring digital currency transactions. This gives them the ability to be able to exercise control over digit...
Chinese fake experts uncovered by Facebook
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Chinese fake experts uncovered by Facebook

Meta Platforms, the company that owns Facebook, has deactivated over 500 accounts tied to a Chinese-based internet misinformation network. The accounts pushed the allegations of a fictitious Swiss scientist named "Wilson Edwards," who claimed the US was interfering with the search for Covid-19's origins. Chinese official media channels prominently covered Edwards' remarks. The Swiss embassy, on the other hand, stated that this individual was very unlikely to exist. The social media effort, which was aimed at English-speaking audiences in the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as Chinese-speaking audiences in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Tibet, was "mostly ineffective," according to Meta's analysis. In July, a Facebook and Twitter account posing as a Swiss biologist called Wi...