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‘Steele Dossier’ law firm peddles misinformation for JamaatIslami linked charity
9Jul By Stuart WhiteNo Comments

‘Steele Dossier’ law firm peddles misinformation for JamaatIslami linked charity

India has been on the hot-seat ever since it revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, and the subsequent security measures taken to fight jihadi groups.Members of Congress, prominent media outlets, and even senior State Department officials are suddenly tasked with trying to understand complicated situations with little or no background in the history or politics of South Asia.This is a situation ripe for abuse by rivals who would seek to use this lack of information to manipulate policymakers through disinformation.Last year, a US Congressional hearing on Kashmir went poorly for India. This is in significant part due to the fact that US franchises of Jamaat-e-Islami (recently banned in Kashmir for working with terrorist groups), mainly the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), a...
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China’s actions in Ladakh part of country’s large-scale military provocations against neighbors: US lawmaker
9Jul By Joanne SerriehNo Comments

China’s actions in Ladakh part of country’s large-scale military provocations against neighbors: US lawmaker

US lawmaker Ted Yoho has said that China's aggression in eastern Ladakh is part of its large-scale military provocations against its neighbors and the US will not stand for “unprovoked, premeditated military action” for intimidating peaceful nations into submission.“China's actions towards India fall in line with a larger trend of the Communist Party of China using the confusion of the COVID-19 pandemic as a cover to launch large scale military provocations against its neighbours in the region, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Vietnam,” Yoho said.He asserted that now is the time for the world to come together and tell China that enough is enough.In a tweet, the Republican lawmaker said that the US will not stand for “unprovoked, premeditated military action for the purpose of antagonising
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US agrees to launch dialogues with EU to address threats posed by China
8Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments

US agrees to launch dialogues with EU to address threats posed by China

To counter and address the threats of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the “provocative military actions” of its army, the United States and the European Union have agreed to launch a dialogue, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said.Pompeo made the remarks during the Brussels Forum in a discussion with the German Marshal Fund."Enjoyed the discussions today at the German Marshall Fund's #BrusselsForum. I am excited to announce the U.S. and EU are launching a dialogue on China to address the threats the CCP poses to our common values and way of life," Pompeo wrote on Twitter on June 26.The week before, European Union chief diplomat Josep Borrell had called for talks between Europe and the United States aimed at forging a common transatlantic front against China.During talks with 27
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China’s aggressive expansion of territorial claims may provoke future clash with US
8Jul By Nectar GanNo Comments

China’s aggressive expansion of territorial claims may provoke future clash with US

By pressing its territorial claims aggressively from the Himalayas to the South China Sea, China may be raising possibilities of additional deadly clashes with the United States in the near future.China's military encroached upon its neighbours' territories on several fronts throughout the spring and now into summer, Beijing is flexing its military might in ways that have raised alarms across Asia and in Washington.For instance, in the same week of an escalating clash with Indian soldiers in Eastern Ladakh, China sent one of its submarines into the waters near Japan. Chinese fighter jets and at least one bomber buzzed Taiwan's territorial airspace almost daily.China's military assertiveness reflects a growing sense of confidence and capability, but also one of confrontation, particularly w...
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CCP using pandemic as cover for expansionist agenda
8Jul By Stuart WhiteNo Comments

CCP using pandemic as cover for expansionist agenda

As coronavirus continues to threaten millions of lives across the world, there has been plenty of discussion among China observers about how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has sought to use the pandemic to its advantage.Would the CCP use the country's control of a large proportion of the medical supplies market to hold the world to ransom over personal protective equipment (PPE)? Will it miraculously discover a vaccine sold to the world at a sky-high price, while simultaneously claiming credit for vanquishing the disease?The answer is simple and much more serious. The pandemic has provided the perfect cover for Xi Jinping’s regime to pursue its expansionist agenda more aggressively than ever before.The Communist Party’s National People’s Congress recently passed a controversial piece of
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SP Xi failed to promise transparency for China’s role in Covid-19 spread: US State Secy Pompeo
7Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments

SP Xi failed to promise transparency for China’s role in Covid-19 spread: US State Secy Pompeo

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo lashed out at China for making "empty promises" during the China-Africa summit in June and said that Chinese President Xi Jinping "failed to promise real transparency and accountability" for Beijing's role in "unleashing" the deadly coronavirus, which has infected over nine million people globally."At last week's China-Africa Summit, we, unfortunately, saw more empty promises and tired platitudes from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). While President Xi said, 'we must always put our people and their lives front and centre'. He failed to promise real transparency and accountability for China's role in unleashing this deadly virus,” Pompeo said.He added: “He was not putting lives front and centre when the CCP hid the truth about COVID-19 from the world u
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SP US shifting military to India, Southeast Asia to counter Chinese Army: Pompeo
7Jul By Joanne SerriehNo Comments

SP US shifting military to India, Southeast Asia to counter Chinese Army: Pompeo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the Chinese threat to India and Southeast Asian nations is one of the reasons the US is recalibrating its defense commitments in Europe and deploying them to other places.“The threats from China to India and countries in Southeast Asia and the challenges in the South China Sea are going to dictate the allocation of defence resources as US cuts troop levels in Germany”, he said at a virtual meeting of the Brussels Forum of the German Marshall Fund.Pompeo said that China's expansionism is "the challenge of our time" and the US wants to ensure that its resources are in place to meet it.Asked about US President Donald Trump plans announced this month to pull back 9,500 of the about 30,000 US troops stationed in five garrisons in Germany, Pompeo said
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2Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments

US Senate passes bill to impose sanctions on China over Hong Kong security law

The US House of Representatives has approved a bill by unanimous consent that would impose sanctions on China after Beijing imposed a security law that was condemned by countries around the world.One of the bills, the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, would slap sanctions on individuals and businesses that help China restrict the autonomy of Hong Kong.The bill would have to be approved by the Senate before going to President Donald Trump for his signature."What the government of China is doing in Hong Kong is unacceptable. They are taking away the rights of people in Hong Kong. They are snuffing out freedoms that exist there right now," Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland was quoted as saying.A second measure from Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri is a resolution condemning Chin...
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China uses counter-terrorism as pretext to carry out repressive campaign against Uighurs: US Report
2Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments

China uses counter-terrorism as pretext to carry out repressive campaign against Uighurs: US Report

China uses counter-terrorism (CT) as a pretext to detain and carry out a repressive campaign against millions of Uighurs and members of other Muslim minority groups in internment camps in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, a US State Department report has said."The PRC government's CT attention remained on ethnic Uyghur so-called 'extremists' whom Beijing ascribes to the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, despite a lack of evidence that a group by that name is still active. The PRC government shared international concerns regarding other terrorist groups such as al-Qa'ida and ISIS, among others," said the State Department in its Congressional-mandated annual report 2019 Country Reports on Terrorism.The report alleged that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has detained more than one million Uygh...
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Opposition lambastes PM Imran for saying Osama bin Laden was ‘martyred’
30Jun By Nectar GanNo Comments

Opposition lambastes PM Imran for saying Osama bin Laden was ‘martyred’

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has come under fire from opposition MPs after telling parliament that the US "martyred" Osama Bin Laden."I will never forget how we Pakistanis were embarrassed when the Americans came into Abbottabad and killed Osama Bin Laden, martyred him," Khan said in the National Assembly on June 25.Soon after, PML-N senior leader Khawaja Asif lambasted Imran Khan over his speech in which he referred to slain Al Qaeda leader and the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks Osama bin Laden as "martyred"."Imran Khan called Osama bin Laden shaheed (martyred). Bin Laden brought terrorism to our lands, he was a terrorist through and through and he [premier] calls him shaheed?" said Asif during the National Assembly session.In a late-night tweet, Special Assistant to the Prime Mini...
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