Tag: China

​ Pakistan bans political party critical of CPEC
17Jun By Desk TeamNo Comments

​ Pakistan bans political party critical of CPEC

A political party, which is critical of financially dubious China's Belt and Road Initiative has been banned by Pakistan government.  Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz-Arisar (JSQM-A), a party based in the southern province of Sindh highlighted Pakistan’s the country's reliance on Beijing for political and economic support.Pakistan's interior ministry outlawed the JSQM-A along with two militant groups in the same province -- the Sindhudesh Liberation Army (SLA) and the Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) -- citing "reasonable grounds" that the organizations have ties to terrorism.Pakistan has been regularly banning a variety of organizations, including al-Qaeda-linked jihadi militants as well as secessionist insurgent groups. The list however has expanded since the launch of the China-Pakistan Econom
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[South Asia] China provokes Nepal to act against India
17Jun By Desk TeamNo Comments

[South Asia] China provokes Nepal to act against India

The friendship between India and Nepal has not just been historic but that of mutual trust with open borders. However, the Himalayan country has surprisingly upped rhetoric against India by releasing a controversial map showing Indian territories of Lipulekh, Kalapani, Limpiyadhura as its own following pressure from China.While doubts being raised over why Nepal has opened a front against India, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane stated it is doing so at 'someone else's behest'.Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's resignation was publicly demanded senior leaders of Nepal Communist Party earlier this month, which forced him to approach China, and Chinese Ambassador Hou Yanqi held a series of meetings with senior Nepal Communist Party leaders and resolved the crisis. Hou Yanqi has tri...
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[South Asia] Proposed Pakistan dam can lead to disaster like Chernobyl
17Jun By Desk TeamNo Comments

[South Asia] Proposed Pakistan dam can lead to disaster like Chernobyl

Pakistan is building is a 908 ft high RCC dam atop Central Asian fault-line, which can lead to another Chernobyl. The dam site has felt at least three hundred tremors in a month, which make the proposed dam as destructive as hydrogen bomb. Tow major quakes of seven plus magnitude were witnessed in the area recently.It is scary that Pakistan wants to make a world record by building the world’s highest Roller Compacted Concrete dam to store eight million acre feet (MAF) of water. Pakistan’s top engineer, Suleman Najib has warned “Review the dam. Its destructive power will wipe out everything on the Indus (river basin).”  Najib is the Convenor of Water Resources Development Council of Pakistan.  Yet, neither the all-powerful Pakistani Army, which is footing thirty percent of the bill through
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[North America] US passes legislation to sanction China over Uyghur Muslims torture
17Jun By Desk TeamNo Comments

[North America] US passes legislation to sanction China over Uyghur Muslims torture

The US has passed a legislation that green-signals sanctioning the Chinese government who are  responsible for sending two million Uyghur Muslims in forced labor camps.The legislation, titled the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020, aims at strengthening the US stance toward China.The legislation condemns the Chinese Communist Party for the camps and recommends a tougher response to the human rights abuses suffered by Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities in the region.The passage of the legislation has been welcomed by the Uyghur Human Rights Project. It said in a statement that it was "an important first step to a more comprehensive policy response." The World Uyghur Congress said on Twitter that the passage "gives great hope for all of us" and urged the House of Represe
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Vietnam objects to China’s Undersea Cable Construction in Paracel Island
17Jun By Grace TsoiNo Comments

Vietnam objects to China’s Undersea Cable Construction in Paracel Island

The Vietnamese government has objected to China's alleged laying of undersea cables in the disputed Paracel Islands, saying it was a violation of Vietnamese sovereignty.The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry was quoted as saying that the country deployed a coastguard vessel into another contested island chain in the South China Sea, the Spratlys, in an apparent response to the presence of Chinese maritime militia around a Vietnamese outpost there.When asked about a news report regarding a Chinese ship that was laying or repairing undersea cables near Chinese outposts in the Paracels, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said: “Vietnam has sufficient historical evidence and legal grounds affirming its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes in accordan
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Hong Kong police blame youngsters for committing crimes under shadow of protest
17Jun By Yusara AskariNo Comments

Hong Kong police blame youngsters for committing crimes under shadow of protest

Justifying its aggressive tactics towards pro-democracy demonstrators, the pro-China Hong Kong police are now accusing young Hong Kongers of committing crimes under the shadow of unrest.Expressing his concerns, Commissioner of police of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, Chris Tang Ping-keung said that young people committing crimes have become a trend in the territory amid protests against China.The Hong Kong police have been called out of its excessive use of forces against the demonstrators in the territory. On June 12, the police arrested 35 people protesting against China's plan to impose national security legislation on the territory.In 2019, a total of 4,268 young people were arrested, an increase of more than 50 per cent from 2018. Of the 8,057 people a...
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US stands with India in pushing back against Chinese probing of Indian sovereignty: Alice Wells
17Jun By Nectar GanNo Comments

US stands with India in pushing back against Chinese probing of Indian sovereignty: Alice Wells

As the tensions between India and China continue to rise on the border, Alice G Wells, Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS), said that the US stands with India in pushing back against constant Chinese probing of Indian sovereignty."External rebalancing is critical. At the end of the day, it will be the US that stands with India in pushing back against constant Chinese probing of Indian sovereignty. #USindia dosti #india," Wells said in a post on Twitter.This statement by Wells comes after the Chinese military started a build-up along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in May first week along with the Ladakh sector and Sikkim where they came to the Naku La area and had a face-off with the Indian troops there.On May 27, US President Donald Trump had said that he is "ready, willin...
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Hong Kong protests might have serious impact on its special status ending in 2047: China
17Jun By Joanne SerriehNo Comments

Hong Kong protests might have serious impact on its special status ending in 2047: China

China has warned that widespread demonstrations might have a serious impact on the Hong Kong's special status which will end in 2047 under Beijing's 'one country, two systems' principle, especially at a time when pro-democracy protests in the city are showing no signs of abetting."Many people in Hong Kong have been thinking about the future of one country, two systems after 2047. We also need to think of this -- what kind of record is Hong Kong going to bring, to win a new mandate from the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese people that it represents at that time," Zhang Xiaoming, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) was quoted as saying.In the name of strengthening the 'one country, two systems', Chinese authorities have recently revealed that the...
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With its actions in Hong Kong, China has let known its scant respect for rule of law
17Jun By Nectar GanNo Comments

With its actions in Hong Kong, China has let known its scant respect for rule of law

With Beijing pushing ahead with its plan for the controversial security legislation, the Hong Kong government will have to set up new institutions to safeguard national security and also allow mainland Chinese agencies to operate in the city "when needed". All moves were widely criticized by opposition politicians as a means to suppress dissent.The legislation has sparked fears that it would undermine the principle of "one country, two systems", eventually leading to erosion of Hong Kong's autonomy as stated under the Sino-British joint declaration of 1997.The Sino-British joint declaration on the question of Hong Kong was signed in Beijing on December 19, 1984, by the Prime Ministers of China and Britain, Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher. The two governments agreed that China would reass...
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Myanmar’s auditor general cautions own govt against Chinese loans
17Jun By Joanne SerriehNo Comments

Myanmar’s auditor general cautions own govt against Chinese loans

In a startling announcement, Myanmar’s auditor general has cautioned government officials about continued reliance on Chinese loans both pre-BRI and BRI loans that come with high rates of interest."The truth is the loans from China come at higher interest rates compared to loans from financial institutions like the World Bank or the IMF [International Monetary Fund]," Auditor General Maw Than said. "So, I would like to remind the government ministries to be more restrained in using Chinese loans."Myanmar's current national debt stands at about $10 billion, of which $ 4 billion is owed to China, Auditor General Maw Than told reporters in Naypyidaw on Monday. This can push Myanmar to debt trap like Sri Lanka and some African states. The country has to repay as much as $500 million annually t
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