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Tibetan community stage protest against China outside Chinese consulate in New York
20Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments

Tibetan community stage protest against China outside Chinese consulate in New York

Members of the Tibetan community on July 10 staged a protest against China outside the Chinese Consulate in New York in the aftermath of Galwan valley clash between India and China.Demonstrators raised anti-China slogans and were seen waving the Indian and US flags. They were also seen holding a banner reading ‘Global Movement to Boycott Made in China’.Last week, Indian American, Taiwanese Americans and Tibetans demonstrated against China at the iconic Times Square in New York.The protests come in the aftermath of the deadly border clash in the Himalayas that left 20 Indian soldiers dead and 76 injured. Despite the impact of coronavirus in New York, the demonstration saw dozens of Indian origin Americans standing in solidarity with members of the Tibetan community and Taiwanese Americans.S
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Pakistan no longer retains ‘same strategic firm’ for US: Think tank
20Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments

Pakistan no longer retains ‘same strategic firm’ for US: Think tank

A European think tank has noted that Pakistan's regional machinations no longer serve a strategic purpose for the United States as it used to be in the past for former American administration. Instead, Washington now appears to be gearing up for a bigger and multifaceted battle with China.According to European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), the fact that Pakistan, China's sworn best friend, no longer holds the same charm for the US it once did was made evident in the US State Department report which highlighted the fact that Islamabad had been designated as a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, and that it had been re-designated as a CPC in 2019.The State Department report also drew attention to the fact that Pakistani "...
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Researcher charged for illegally using US grants to aid Chinese research: US Justice Department
20Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments

Researcher charged for illegally using US grants to aid Chinese research: US Justice Department

A rheumatology professor and researcher at a United States University has been charged for allegedly using US grant funds to develop China’s expertise in the areas of rheumatology and immunology, the Department of Justice said in a press release.“A rheumatology professor and researcher with strong ties to China has been ordered held without bond to face a charge of grant fraud for not disclosing that he was engaged in a sophisticated scheme to use approximately $4.1 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop China’s expertise in the areas of rheumatology and immunology,” the Justice Department said.The Professor is also charged with making false statements about maintaining employment in China at the same time he was employed at universities in the United Sta
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Indians have done their best to respond China’s aggressive actions: Pompeo on India-China border tension
19Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments

Indians have done their best to respond China’s aggressive actions: Pompeo on India-China border tension

US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has hit out at China saying they took "incredibly aggressive action" in a recent clash with India over disputed borders.On the night of June 15, Chinese forces and Indian troops got caught in a bloody fight with rods and clubs, leading to the death of 20 Indian soldiers, with some falling to their deaths in the waters of the Galwan River in the western Himalayas.Pompeo said that he has spoken to External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar several time about it."I have spoken with Foreign Minister Jaishankar a number of times about this. The Chinese took incredibly aggressive action. The Indians have done their best to respond to that," Pompeo said.The US Secretary of State also criticized "General Secretary" Xi Jinping and said that the number of both ma...
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US sanctions Chinese government officials over treatment of Uygurs in Xinjiang
19Jul By Nectar GanNo Comments

US sanctions Chinese government officials over treatment of Uygurs in Xinjiang

The United States has imposed sanctions on three senior Chinese officials it deems responsible for human rights abuses targeting ethnic and religious minorities in the western part of the country.The sanctions specifically name XUAR party secretary Chen Quanguo and three other top officials of the region’s leadership, as well as other unidentified people.Secretary of state Mike Pompeo said in a statement: “The United States will not stand idly by as the Chinese Communist party carries out human rights abuses targeting Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs and members of other minority groups in Xinjiang, to include forced labor, arbitrary mass detention, and forced population control, and attempts to erase their culture and Muslim faith.”Pompeo said the sanctions were authorized by a 2017 executive orde
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FBI director: China is ‘greatest threat’ to US
17Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments

FBI director: China is ‘greatest threat’ to US

The director of the FBI Christopher Wray has said that acts of espionage and theft by China's government pose the "greatest long-term threat" to the future of the US.Wray said China had begun targeting Chinese nationals living abroad, coercing their return, and was working to compromise US coronavirus research."The stakes could not be higher," Wray said adding that China is engaged in a whole-of-state effort to become the world's only superpower by any means necessary.In a nearly hour-long speech on July 7, Wray outlined a stark picture of Chinese interference, a far-reaching campaign of economic espionage, data and monetary theft and illegal political activities, using bribery and blackmail to influence US policy."We've now reached a point where the FBI is now opening a new China-related ...
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Anxiety in China stems from the CPC’s insecurity
17Jul By Stuart WhiteNo Comments

Anxiety in China stems from the CPC’s insecurity

China has handled the COVID-19 outbreak better than most countries. Also, it has quickly cranked up its industries and global public diplomacy to offer testing kits and protective gear to countries across the world, including to its arch-rival, the United States, as well as to India.At the same time, Chinese territorial assertiveness continues without letup in the east, the South China Seas, and along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India. It is almost as if even a disruption like COVID-19 that has the rest of the world scrambling to manage public health, economic growth and political fallout, is insufficient to knock China off its stride.And yet, the Chinese people are anxious. The Communist Party of China (CPC) that governs them, even more so. Anxious that the rest of the world not...
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UK set to end use of Huawei technology in 5G network: Reports
17Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments

UK set to end use of Huawei technology in 5G network: Reports

Due to security concerns, the United Kingdom has announced that it will end the use of Huawei technology in its 5G network by this year.UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set for a major policy change after Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is believed to have reassessed the risk posed by the Chinese tech company.The report comes in the backdrop of the United States designating Chinese telecom companies Huawei and ZTE Corp as national security threats, saying they have close ties with the Chinese Communist Party and China's military apparatus.A study by GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre has decided the US sanctions barring Huawei from using technology relying on American intellectual property has had a severe impact on the company.Now, officials are crafting proposals to pr...
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Watch China’s actions, don’t listen to its words
16Jul By Stuart WhiteNo Comments

Watch China’s actions, don’t listen to its words

At the moment, one of the most complex situations is the changing nature of nation-to-nation relationships with China. The words China wants us to use are telling.In the case of the US-China relationship, the Chinese Communist Party has been very keen to use words (both positive and negative) that create an impression of equality between Beijing and Washington.A few years ago, Beijing promoted the idea of China and the US being the “G2” - two equal governments, with primacy over the rest. The G2 construct allowed Beijing to imply that the world should be divided into two colonial-style spheres of influence, one for the US, and one for China.In 2008, US Navy Admiral Timothy J. Keating told the Senate Armed Services Committee about a comment a senior Chinese officer made to him: “As we devel
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China discreetly launches initiative to combat ‘illegal activities in key areas’ in South China Sea
15Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments

China discreetly launches initiative to combat ‘illegal activities in key areas’ in South China Sea

A recent US report has claimed that China has discreetly initiated a maritime law enforcement initiative with an aim to enhance marine environmental protection and combat "illegal activities in key areas", including offshore oil exploration as well as shipping and related operations.“China's Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Transport and China Coast Guard, in a joint statement released on April 1, had announced the commencement of an eight-month-long "Bihai 2020" (or "Blue Sea 2020") initiative,” US-based Diplomat magazine has said in its report.According to the joint statement, the Bihai 2020 initiative, which is stipulated to last from April 1 to November 30, focusses on combating illegal activities in eight key areas -- marine engineering c
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