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China arrests more Taiwanese nationals on political charges
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The possibility of China arresting Taiwanese nationals on political charges was flagged in late April 2023, with news of the detention of Li Yanhe, the editor-in-chief of Gusa Publishing, in Shanghai, The Diplomat wrote.
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China uses phone search data to target Uyghurs: Report
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The data collected by the apps, known as Jing Wang Wei Shi and Feng Cai, and the master list examined by Human Rights Watch fits in with other Xinjiang surveillance systems, which Wang described as "multidimensional and multi-layered" and includes checkpoints and the Chinese government's col
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Diplomats visiting Xinjiang urged to speak with 'strong voice' on behalf o
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
On April 27, Ma Xingrui, the Communist party secretary for the Xinjiang region, met with consul generals from Brazil, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Turkey in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on a visit to the invitation of the Chinese government. "Some
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Japan reforms Ocean Policy after security threat from China
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The new Basic Plan on Ocean Policy adopted by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet also says Japan must accelerate the development of autonomous underwater vehicles and remotely operated robots to strengthen its surveillance capability.
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Biden's economic diplomacy push with China sends high risk, low reward
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Biden has announced that he will be running for a second term in office and the Ukraine war and inflation are just like the salt on the open wounds. And on top of that Biden is doubling down on his push for economic engagement with Beijing.
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US calls on China to stop 'provocative and unsafe' acts in South China Sea
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In a statement, the State Department said, "We call upon Beijing to desist from its provocative and unsafe conduct. The United States continues to track and monitor these interactions closely."
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China has military-civil fusion strategy, advanced technologies can be use
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Amid US efforts to clamp down on China's access to advanced technologies that could be used for military purposes, a senior Biden administration official has said that Beijing has a "military-civil fusion strategy" which makes it very difficult for companies to know end users and really adva
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Chinese Premier Xi must avoid another policy-induced recession
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
China's gross domestic product for the January-March period of 2023 grew 4.5 per cent year on year in real terms, exceeding market expectations. That is up from 2.9 per cent in the October-December period of 2022 when the economy sputtered because of zero-COVID. The economy is now back on a
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China's rising coercion redounds on its own head
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing's own policies, such as the militarization of South China Sea outcrops and interference of other nations' vessels, caused the USA to shift from a policy of engagement to one of managing competition.
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China's Covid cover-up had huge help from Western elites: Report
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
China's Covid ambitions, to hide crucial data and avoid blame, could not have been accomplished without Western academics eagerly playing the useful idiot for Beijing, The New York Post has claimed in a report.
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Xi accepts credentials from Nepal's ambassador after eight month delay
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Bishnu Pukar Shrestha, the Nepali Ambassador to China, has finally presented his letter of credence to Chinese President Xi Jinping, eight months after his appointment to the post.
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New York parade spotlights Communist China's war against faith
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
On April 25, 1999, around 7 or 8 am local time, throngs of people and still more were streaming in. They talked softly, forming a long line on the sidewalk and carefully avoided stepping on the road or blocking traffic. Most people stood quietly still. Some were seated to meditate or read. A
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