Tag: People’s Republic of China

U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese enterprises and executives active in South China Sea
17Sep By Grace TsoiNo Comments
World

U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese enterprises and executives active in South China Sea

Increasing China’s troubles, the United States has imposed a set of visa and export restrictions against Chinese state-owned enterprises and executives involved in advancing Beijing’s territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea.These restrictions by the US Department of State apply to various state-owned firms, including subsidiaries of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), a leading contractor for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).“The Department of State will begin imposing visa restrictions on People’s Republic of China (PRC) individuals responsible for, or complicit in, either the large-scale reclamation, construction, or militarization of disputed outposts in the South China Sea, or the PRC’s use of coercion against Southeast Asian claima
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Former CIA officer charged with spying for China: US Justice Department
6Sep By Grace TsoiNo Comments
World

Former CIA officer charged with spying for China: US Justice Department

A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer have been arrested by the United States’ prosecutors for allegedly spying for the Chinese government."Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 67, a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, was arrested on Aug. 14, 2020, on a charge that he conspired with a relative of his who also was a former CIA officer to communicate classified information up to the Top Secret level to intelligence officials of the People's Republic of China (PRC)," the Justice Department said in a press release.The release said 12 years after Ma retired in 1989, he and his relative met with at least five officers of China's Ministry of State Security in Hong Kong, where they disclosed highly classified national defence information. “There is a part of the meeting captured on
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China weakening governments in neighborhood: US embassy in Myanmar
28Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments
Opinion, World

China weakening governments in neighborhood: US embassy in Myanmar

For the first time, the US embassy in Myanmar has called out China saying that the latter’s actions in the South China Sea and Hong Kong part of a "larger pattern to undermine the sovereignty of its neighbors".Though the embassy did not specifically mention the recent China-India standoff in eastern Ladakh, Indo-Pacific region experts are of the opinion that the embassy’s statement also aimed at PLA’s actions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).The Trump administration recently outlined its policy on rules-based order in the South China Sea, a move that many viewed as its strongest message so far to China on its activities in in the region.In a guest column titled ‘How the Erosion of Sovereignty Elsewhere Impacts Myanmar at Home’, chargé d’affaires at the US embassy in Myanmar George N
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Tibetan govt-in exile hails US move to bar Chinese officials who restrict access to Tibet
25Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments
World

Tibetan govt-in exile hails US move to bar Chinese officials who restrict access to Tibet

Tibetan government-in-exile has praised the United States’ move to sanction visas of Chinese officials over restricted access to Tibet, saying that China needs to follow rules and regulations.“I think this is a very good step that America has taken because China needs to follow certain rules and regulations. What China has been doing in Tibet, Uighur, Mongolia is not appreciable. There is a lot of human right violations, religious freedoms are being trampled down and China is not heeding what the International community is saying,” the Tibetan government-in-exile’s spokesperson, TG Arya said.In July, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had announced visa restrictions under Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act on some Chinese officials determined to be “substantially involved in the formulation or
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US Justice Chief assails Chinese ‘economic blitzkrieg’
24Jul By Nectar GanNo Comments
Politics

US Justice Chief assails Chinese ‘economic blitzkrieg’

In the latest assault against Beijing, US Attorney General Bill Barr called out China for mounting an "economic blitzkrieg" on global free markets.Barr said China was determined to replace and not just join advanced economic powers.He warned US companies to stop compromising their principles to appease Chinese leaders and regulators."The People's Republic of China is now engaged in an economic blitzkrieg -- an aggressive, orchestrated, whole-of-government, and indeed, whole-of-society campaign to seize the commanding heights of the global economy and to surpass the United States as the world's preeminent superpower," Barr said in a speech in Grand Rapids, Michigan.He accused the Chinese government of a "mercantilist" approach to business and trade, using everything from regulations and cur...
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“PRC has doubled its campaign to impose an order of might makes right in South China Sea”
23Jul By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
China

“PRC has doubled its campaign to impose an order of might makes right in South China Sea”

Assistant Secretary of Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affair, David R Stilwell has said that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has doubled-down on its campaign to impose an order of “might makes right” in the South China Sea.“In recent months, while the world has focused on the fight against COVID-19, the PRC has doubled-down on its campaign to impose an order of “might makes right” in the South China Sea. Beijing is working to undermine the sovereign rights of other coastal states and deny them access to offshore resources – resources that belong to those states, not to China,” Stilwell said in virtual interaction with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.July 12 marks the anniversary of a historic statement in the South China Sea: the 2016 Arbitral Tribunal ruling. “Th
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China violated Panchsheel agreement on several occasions: Tibetan Youth Congress chief
2Jul By Nectar GanNo Comments
Politics

China violated Panchsheel agreement on several occasions: Tibetan Youth Congress chief

The chief of Tibetan Youth Congress, Gonpo Dhondup has accused Beijing of betraying New Delhi on several occasions despite having signed the Panchsheel Agreement in 1954."Former Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru visited China and signed the Panchsheel Treaty (The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence). India has maintained friendly relations with China, but China is betraying India globally. After the Panchsheel Treaty, there was a war in 1962. And despite the dialogue there was another war in 1967 and there is a continuing war in 1975," Dhondup said.He said that India should not trust China, especially the Asian country's Communist regime."What China does is, first they encroach 20-30 kms of the territory and after continuous dialogue they step back 2-3 kms. So, they have already i...
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What the China-India border clashes mean for all of us
29Jun By Stuart WhiteNo Comments
Opinion

What the China-India border clashes mean for all of us

It has been decades that India and China engaged in a clash but June 15th, this year marked the first use of deadly force by the Chinese military against a neighboring state in the 21st Century. While these events have taken many by surprise, Chinese President Xi Jinping has repeatedly made it clear that, as in the 20th Century, in this century too, the use of force will be an integral part of his Communist Party’s approach to its region and to China’s rise to power.It is not just India which faced the Chinese military on the battle field, in the years following the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, Communist Party leaders have used their military against the United States, Vietnam, Taiwan, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations Command in Korea, an internati
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Detention of 2 Canadians by China is politically motivated, unjustified: Mike Pompeo
28Jun By Grace TsoiNo Comments
World

Detention of 2 Canadians by China is politically motivated, unjustified: Mike Pompeo

The United States has voiced concern over the "arbitrary detentions" of two Canadians who were charged with spying by the Chinese regime, saying Washington stands with Canada."The United States is extremely concerned by the People’s Republic of China's (PRC) decision to proceed with formal charges against Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.“These charges are politically motivated and completely groundless. The United States stands with Canada in calling on Beijing for the immediate release of the two men and rejects the use of these unjustified detentions to coerce Canada,” Pompeo said.He urged Beijing to allow Canada for immediate consular access to its citizens to learn their conditions, adding such access has been pro
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