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Mongolians in China are supported by Japanese lawmakers.

24Apr

By Stuart WhiteNo Comments

Mongolians in China are supported by Japanese lawmakers.

Tokyo, Japan: A parliamentary alliance has been launched by Japanese lawmakers aimed at "protecting Mongolian culture from assimilation policies of the Chinese government".Citing Jiji Press, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported that the alliance will be headed by Sanae Takaichi, a former internal affairs and communications minister of Japan, with fellow members of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).The cross-party Parliamentary Alliance in Support of Southern Mongolia will aim to "protect the language and culture of Mongolians in China", which is being threatened by the assimilation policies of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).Ethnic Mongolians in China's Inner Mongolia region had also protested last year against a new educational policy under which Inner Mongolia students needed to tak...

Australia minister stated that China’s road and belt deal is being used as Propaganda.

23Apr

By Nectar GanNo Comments

Asia, China, Politics

Australia minister stated that China’s road and belt deal is being used as Propaganda.

Canberra's decision to scrap a state government's deals with Beijing was defended by a top Australian official on Thursday by saying China's Belt and Road Initiative deals are "used for propaganda".Australia on Wednesday overruled Victoria state's decision to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) -- the flagship of President Xi Jinping's geostrategic vision for the Asia-Pacific region -- saying the agreement was inconsistent with Australia's foreign policy.As relations between the two countries continue to nosedive, Defence Minister Peter Dutton said Canberra was "worried" about local governments entering into such agreements with Beijing."We can't allow these sort of compacts… to pop up because they're used for propaganda reasons and we're just not going to allow that to happen," he to

China-backed Port City in Colombo belongs to govt: Sri Lankan Minister

20Apr

By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Asia, Business, Politics

China-backed Port City in Colombo belongs to govt: Sri Lankan Minister

Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Minister of Justice Ali Sabry has said the government owns 100 per cent of the land and the project has been initiated to bring investment in the special financial zone. Amid the controversy of China backed post City of Colombo.Addressing a media briefing on Sunday, Minister Sabry said the total area of the investment zone is 269 hectares and 91 hectares for public facilities and cannot be given to the project company, The Colombo Page reported. Out of the remaining land of the financial zone, 116 hectares or 43 per cent will be given to the project company which initiated the project in 2013 and spent USD 1.4 billion to develop the Port City."But all 100 per cent of the land is owned by the government. It is completely false to say that land was given to som...

France and Pakistan’s relation are at lowest whereas Delhi and Paris reaching new hights.

20Apr

By Nectar GanNo Comments

Asia, Politics

France and Pakistan’s relation are at lowest whereas Delhi and Paris reaching new hights.

Paris, France: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian accepted our invitation with open arms where as in Pakistan he asked French nationals to leave the country.Olivier Guillard, in an Asialyst article asks - "Why is the Franco-Indian strategic partnership in full swing, while relations between Paris and Islamabad are at their lowest?Obviously, the contrast could not be more striking, the difference more spectacular.This Thursday, April 15, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian completed a three-day trip to India at the invitation of his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar.While, at the same time, the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs - Quai d'Orsay and the French Embassy in Pakistan urgently sent a message of a completely different nature to the French nationals and to the eco...

US and Japan vow to push back on China’s ‘intimidation’, tech dominance

19Apr

By Stuart WhiteNo Comments

Asia, China, Politics, World

US and Japan vow to push back on China’s ‘intimidation’, tech dominance

Washington: Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga have vowed to work together to push back against China’s “intimidation” of its neighbours during the US President’s first White House meeting with a foreign leader since his inauguration. The US and Japanese leaders announced a $6 billion commitment to develop next generation mobile networks, an effort designed to ensure Chinese firms such as Huawei do not dominate the playing field on 5G and other emerging technologies. “We committed to working together to take on the challenges from China and on issues like the East China Sea, the South China Sea, as well as North Korea, to ensure a future of a free and open Indo-Pacific,” Biden said in a ceremony at the White House. “Japan and the United States are two stron

Chinese embassy in US said they absolutely oppose to US- Japan joint statement

19Apr

By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Asia, China, Politics, World

Chinese embassy in US said they absolutely oppose to US- Japan joint statement

BEIJING - China is objecting on the statement issued by the US and Japan The remarks have “completely gone beyond the scope of the normal development of bilateral relations”, harming the interests of third parties as well as peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific, the embassy said. The move was an attempt to split the region that “will inevitably proceed with the purpose of harming others and end in harming themselves”, it added. The summit – Biden’s first in-person meeting with a foreign leader as president – came just days after China sent 25 aircraft, including fighters and nuclear-capable bombers, near Taiwan, which Beijing considers a wayward province. “I refrain from mentioning details, since it pertains to diplomatic exchanges, but there is already an agreed reco

China reveals mainland students arrested over Hong Kong protests

17Apr

By Grace TsoiNo Comments

Business, China, Politics

China reveals mainland students arrested over Hong Kong protests

China has revealed about four cases among which two were involved in anti-extraditionprotests in Hong Kong. State Television also revealed while saying that one among the fourwas sentenced for 11 year of jail for advising US officials about foreign sanctions on HongKong and funding protest.Changanjian, the official social media account of China’s top law enforcement agency, theCentral Political and Legal Affairs Commission, on Thursday made public details of the fourcases involving students who had studied outside the mainland.They included two students who were studying in Hong Kong and were arrested by thenational security authority last year for taking part in protests in the city in 2019. The protestsbegan in opposition to an extradition bill but escalated into an anti-government move

India, China must cherish ‘hard won’ progress at LAC: Beijing

27Feb

By Nectar GanNo Comments

Asia, China, Politics

India, China must cherish ‘hard won’ progress at LAC: Beijing

Referring to the disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Chinese foreign ministry on Friday said that India and China must cherish the “hard-won” progress“New Delhi and Beijing should cherish the hard-won result and consolidate current progress made at the border,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin at a press briefing.“Chinese and Indian front-line troops have completed disengagement in the Pangong Lake area, and the situation on the ground is getting much better,” Wang said.“Both sides should cherish the hard-won result, consolidate current progress, keep the momentum of talks, further ease tensions, improve the border management and control mechanism, advance border negotiations and enhance mutual trust, so as to ensure peace and tranquili

20Feb

By Spost_adminNo Comments

Asia, Conflict, Politics, World

How Sri Lankan Muslims are suffering and Pakistan has nothing to say

At the beginning of this New Year, in January 2021, a team of UN Human Rights activists fervently appealed to the Sri Lankan government to scrap its policy of forced cremation of bodies of coronavirus victims belonging to Muslim/ other minorities. The Sri Lankan Government was requested to abstain from actions that were seemingly in contravention to the established practices of different religious groups. The decision of the authorities was seen as a catalyst capable of fomenting prejudice, intolerance and violence in an already divided society that is yet to put its pieces together post the LTTE conflict. In Geneva, Special Rapporteurs Ahmed Shaheed, Fernand de Varennes, Clement Nyaletsossi Voule and Tlaleng Mofokeng claimed that there was no medical or scientific evidence provin...

Indian External Affairs Minister to visit Maldives this weekend

19Feb

By Nectar GanNo Comments

Politics

Indian External Affairs Minister to visit Maldives this weekend

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar is going to visit Maldives this Saturday to continue India’s high-level engagements with the island nation.Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla had gone to the Maldives in November last year even during the time of COVID-19 pandemic.A meeting took place between the two Foreign Ministers, through video conferencing in August 2020 in which several key projects and initiatives were announced. Also, in April 2020, a telephone conversation took place between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.‘India First’ has been the underlying foreign policy approach of the Maldives government. President Solih, since he assumed office in November 2018, has taken concerted initiatives on this front. This is in congruen

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