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IDEOLOGICAL LOGIC BEHIND CHINA CRACKDOWN ON PRIVATE TUTORING

15Sep

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IDEOLOGICAL LOGIC BEHIND CHINA CRACKDOWN ON PRIVATE TUTORING

IDEOLOGICAL LOGIC BEHIND CHINA CRACKDOWN ON PRIVATE TUTORINGChina faces a tumult of confusion and frustration from millions of angry parents following thecrackdown of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on private schools and private tutoring.The idea is ostensibly to reduce a part of the tremendous pressure Chinese children face as theyprepare for an extremely competitive school and high school life.However, some analysts see an attempt to strengthen public school education in order to keepthe private sector in check, increase control of the state over school education with a view toinculcate educational values the state deems fit, and reduce foreign influences, whatever theymay be, on children.There is a bizarre explanation doing the rounds on the internet that the government may havecome...

Japan and Vietnam can now share defence technology says deal

14Sep

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Japan and Vietnam can now share defence technology says deal

TOKYO: Japan and Vietnam has signed a defence transfer deal under which they can now share the defence equipment and technology. Japan's Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said the deal elevates their defense partnership "to a new level" and that Japan and Vietnam plan to deepen defense ties through multinational joint exercises and other means. Details about the transfer of specific equipment, including naval vessels, will be worked out in subsequent talks, the ministry said. Kishi´s meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart, Phan Van Giang, in Hanoi coincided with a two-day visit to the Vietnamese capital by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. He wrapped up his visit by saying China plans to donate 3 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine to Vietnam. The agreement comes two weeks

Broadcasters urged to cancel plans to cover Beijing Olympics

14Sep

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Broadcasters urged to cancel plans to cover Beijing Olympics

TOKYO (AP) — Some of the world’s largest broadcasters including American network NBC are being asked by human rights groups to cancel plans to cover next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Winter Games are scheduled to open on Feb. 4. The request comes in an open letter from rights groups representing minorities in China, including Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kong residents and others. The letter, obtained by the Associated Press, was sent Tuesday to NBC Universal chief executive officer Jeff Shell and other international broadcast executives. NBC is paying $7.75 billion for the rights to the next six Olympics and works closely as a partner with the Switzerland-based International Olympic Committee. Those payments are estimated to account for up to 40% of the IOC’s total income. The let

The Saturday Debate: Does Canada need to buy new fighter jets?

14Sep

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The Saturday Debate: Does Canada need to buy new fighter jets?

Ottawa’s close ties to Washington often leads some to assume Canada does not need to spend on defence, instead relying on the U.S. to defend Canada’s territory. So do we need to buy new fighter jets? Richard Shimooka and Bianca Mugyenyi discuss in this week’s debate. Richard Shimooka Macdonald-Laurier Institute YES The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that government preparation is essential to successfully navigate unexpected crises. Yet, despite the experience of the 2003 SARS outbreak, successive governments failed have to maintain key capabilities and knowledge, leading to a lacklustre response in the early days of the pandemic. An obvious parallel exists with the recent debate over the need for a fighter aircraft in Canada. A standing military is tasked with safeguarding the country’s d

Harris says she urged Vietnam to free political dissidents

14Sep

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Harris says she urged Vietnam to free political dissidents

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday she raised issues of human rights abuses and restrictions on political activism in her conversations with Vietnamese leaders this week, but offered no indication those talks bore fruit. “We’re not going to shy away from difficult conversations. Difficult conversations often must be had with the people that you otherwise may have a partnership with,” she said at a news conference in Hanoi on Thursday. Harris said she spoke with Vietnamese leaders in particular about the release of political dissidents, but did not describe the outcome of those conversations. Vietnam has faced criticism for restrictions on freedom of expression and on the press and a crackdown on people it deems political dissidents. But Harris didn’t re

Why a Hong Kong artist chose self-exile in Taiwan

13Sep

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Why a Hong Kong artist chose self-exile in Taiwan

Why a Hong Kong artist chose self-exile in Taiwan As China's crackdown on dissent gathered pace in Hong Kong, dissident artist Kacey Wong decided he had to leave. TAICHUNG, Taiwan: As he queued to board a flight out of Hong Kong to Taiwan last month, dissident artist Kacey Wong was painfully aware of the extra immigration officials brought in to scrutinise each departing passenger. Wong, 51, was one of the city's best-known provocateurs, an artist who specialised in satirising and criticising those in power. But as China's crackdown on dissent gathered pace in Hong Kong, he decided he had to leave. But would authorities let him go? Multiple dissidents have been arrested at the airport and Wong wondered if he too was on a watchlist, especially when a group of extra immigration officia...

Chicken Blood Therapy: A Panacea for Children in China

13Sep

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Chicken Blood Therapy: A Panacea for Children in China

In recent years, the term “chicken baby” has become popular in China. Crazy parents, who obsessively want their children to become a super kid and ‘succeed’ in every field, push their kids to get ‘chicken blood injection’ as it enhances hyperactivity among them. The demand of ‘chicken blood treatment,’ is on rise in China which used to be a fad during the Cultural Revolution in 1960s. People would wait in line, bring their roosters, to receive fresh chicken blood, which they considered to be the ‘cure-all’ for many health problems, like baldness, infertility, cancer, etc. Media reports suggest that as a result of this, while some hire exclusive tutors and best sports coaches, others go to the extent of buying houses next to the best public schools in the city these days. Of the man

MP questions B2bn ‘change’ from Sinovac deals

13Sep

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MP questions B2bn ‘change’ from Sinovac deals

Budgets approved at $14 a shot when going prices drop to $9, says Korat MP A medical worker shows the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine at the Bang Sue Grand Station in Bangkok on May 26 this year. (Photo by Nutthawat Wicheanbut) A Pheu Thai MP has questioned a 2-billion-baht difference between the approved budgets and the paid prices for five batches of the Sinovac vaccine Thailand bought during the no-confidence debate. Prasert Chantararuangthong, a Pheu Thai MP for Nakhon Ratchasima, talked about the mismanagement of the Covid-19 situation during the debate on its first day on Tuesday. The MP showed documents listing import plans, prices per dose and the budgets approved by the cabinet from February to August this year. He claimed he got the papers from an official at the Public Health Minis...

12Sep

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‘Rose of North’ set to bloom

Jab rates way behind target as Oct 1 launch for latest sandbox nears HAPPIER times: In this pre-Covid-19 file photo, visitors admire the traditional lanterns which adorned Tha Pae Road during the Yi Peng or Loy Krathong festival in Chiang Mai. From Phuket to Koh Samui, the country is nervously navigating its way through a reopening of the tourism industry. Chiang Mai could be next to roll out its carpet to welcome back visitors near and far. However, obstacles stand in the way of tourism resuming, for Chiang Mai faces various challenges, from under-vaccination to tourist segmentation. Covid-19 has brought the province, long dubbed the "rose of the North", to an economically painful standstill for more than a year. Chiang Mai's world of tourism, which injects more than 100 billion baht...

The Latest: Elders leader tells UN council to protect rights

12Sep

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The Latest: Elders leader tells UN council to protect rights

UNITED NATIONS — Former Irish president Mary Robinson, who heads the group of prominent former leaders founded by Nelson Mandela, called on China and Russia especially to tell the Taliban that participation of women in Afghan society and the education of girls are “non-negotiable and must be respected.” Robinson recalled visiting Afghanistan in March 2002 as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights and being with the then minister of women’s affairs and other Afghan women who had been active before the Taliban ruled from 1996-2001 when they drafted a charter of women’s rights. Now chair of The Elders, Robinson told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday this was “an important reminder that women’s rights are not Western rights — they are fundamental human rights that these Afghan women had

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