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Washington, US: Lobsang Sangay an outgoing Tibetan President-in-exile warned that China wants to make Tibet it’s one of the province.In an interview with Fox News, Sangay said: "They want to make Tibet into a Chinese province and they want to make Tibetans into Chinese."Sangay also said that the increased pressure by the Chinese military in Tibet - where people are being forcibly sterilised, arrested, tortured and killed - 'must be stopped'."The challenge before the world, as far as China is concerned, is either you transform China or China will transform you," he said.The outgoing president of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) recently visited the United States to press the Biden administration for more support for Tibet against increasing Chinese aggression.Fox News reported that

Beijing, China: Dozens of China-backed and funded projects in Africa, most of them developed as part of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), continue to face intense backlash from communities and environmentalists who accuse the developers of destroying ecosystems in pursuit of commodities like oil, metal and timber.China plans to invest in a massive deposit of high-grade iron ore in the Simandou mountains of Guinea, which opponents say will destroy livelihoods in the process of reducing Beijing's independence on Australian imports amid tensions with Canberra, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).In Ghana, a USD 2 billion bauxite-for-infrastructure deal with Chinese state-owned firm Sinohydro Corp has also drawn fire for posing a threat to the environment and the people.Uganda an...

Beijing, China: Many projects of which are backed by China in Africa are facing objection as they are harming the environment and ecosystem on that area. The projects are to gain commodities like, oil, metal, timber. Most of these projects are the part of the Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).China plans to invest in a massive deposit of high-grade iron ore in the Simandou mountains of Guinea, which opponents say will destroy livelihoods in the process of reducing Beijing's independence on Australian imports amid tensions with Canberra, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).In Ghana, a USD 2 billion bauxite-for-infrastructure deal with Chinese state-owned firm Sinohydro Corp has also drawn fire for posing a threat to the environment and the people.Uganda and Tanzania last week a...

Beijing, China: The lawyer of the former Chinese diplomat and Australian writer Yang Hengjun on Thursday said that they have pleaded not guilty to espionage charges. The trial lasted for more than six hours.Yang, 56, defended himself and remained calm throughout the hearing in the Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court, the lawyer said, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP)."[Yang] spoke throughout the process and gave long responses, sometimes for up to half an hour. He had a calm demeanour," said the lawyer, declining to give details of the case against Yang due to state secrets being involved.Yang has been in detention for more than two years and if he is found guilty, which is likely given China's 99.9 per cent conviction rate, the Australian writer would be facing between 3 ye...