US govt issues new rules to block telecom tech purchases from China, 5 others
Washington: The United States has announced new rules to block purchase of equipment related to technology and communication from five "foreign adversaries" including China.
US puts Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation to blacklist
Washington: The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Department of Commerce (Commerce) added Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to the Entity List and Chinese company Skyrizon to the Military End-User (MEU) List.
Tibetan community accuse China of sabotaging polls
Lhasa: The Tibetan community has accused China of attempting to sabotage the Tibetan government in exile and Tibetan Parliament's election.
Chinese atrocities: Missing Uyghur doctor found detained in Xinjiang
Beijing: A Uyghur doctor, who was associated with a hospital in the capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), was detained in an internment camp in 2017, media reports said.
Rights group feels China is witnessing global resistance to deepening repression
The Chinese government’s heightened repression in Hong Kong and Xinjiang are emblematic of the worsening human rights situation under President Xi Jinping, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2021.
Washington: Targeting the Chinese Communist Party, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the former believes in international relations that are controlled in a way that will not create security, freedom and prosperity.
Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker sent to jail again
Hong Kong: A Hong Kong court has revoked bail for former lawmaker and Democratic Party chairman, Wu Chi-wai, who was charged with joining an alleged unauthorized demonstration last year.
US envoy to UN plans to visit Taiwan: China slams Washington
Beijing: China has targeted the USA over the announcement of its ambassador to UN Kelly Craft's proposed visit to Taiwan and said the announcement seriously violates the one-China principle.
Conflict with Tibet: China performs military air drill over Lhasa
Beijing: China performed a military air drill over Lhasa region, amid alleged growing resentment against Beijing in Tibet, media reports said.
Beijing is now emerging as world's worst abuser of internet freedom: Report
Beijing: China is emerging as a nation which is not giving its citizens the same freedom as other nations plan to give.
Hong Kong: UN human rights office urges immediate release of arrested activist
New York: The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Thursday voiced deep concerns over the arrests of over 50 individuals under the new National Security Law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, and called for their immediate release.
China is waging cognitive warfare against Taiwan, warns Think tank
Beijing: China is waging “cognitive warfare” against Taiwan by using tools like misinformation and an army of online trolls, a think tank has alerted.
China's plan to create dam along South Asian rivers triggers tension in India, Bangladesh
Beijing/New Delhi/Dhaka: China's plan to build a super dam on a major river that flows into India and Bangladesh is surely threatening to create a flashpoint with New Delhi and even raise concern for Bangladesh, a nation which is dependent on the river for fresh water, media reports said.
Chinese lawyer accuses authority of “framing” him for helping Hong Kong activists
Beijing: A mainland Chinese lawyer has claimed he has been informed by authorities that his licence could be revoked for 'making inappropriate remarks on the internet' after he helped 10 Hong Kong activists for crossing the border, media reports said.
Did Chinese billionaire Jack Ma go missing for flying too close to the red sun?
Jack Ma Yun, the founder of Alibaba Group, a Chinese e-commerce giant, is missing from public view ever since he criticised the country's banking system in October, 2020.