Building on the tasteful piece written recently by Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic, this article will endeavour to explore further why the Tromsø Convention (Norwegian International Convention on Access to Official Documents)[1], although adopted more than a decade ago, is in fact deserving… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) The cost of speaking up against China Uyghurs abroad describe a pattern of harassment and intimidation they say is designed to silence them.BBC News1 hour ago China Escalates… Read More ›
Beijing and sweeping tracts of northern China suffered dangerous levels of air pollution last weekend when another sandstorm hit the region. The capital city’s squares and skyscrapers were barely visible as the second sandstorm in a month kept people off… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) China pressures brands to reject reports of Xinjiang abuses China stepped up pressure on foreign shoe and clothing brands to reject reports of abuses in Xinjiang.9News2 hours ago… Read More ›
China’s adversaries face a tightly closing decision. America needs to decide whether it can keep playing the role of the world-cop with only its B-game, or if it is ready to bust out its A-game not seen since FDR. More… Read More ›
China generated 53% of the world’s total coal-fired power in 2020, nine percentage points more that five years earlier, despite climate pledges and the building of hundreds of renewable energy plants, a global data study showed on Monday.Slideshow ( 3… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) China sanctions US, Canadian officials in escalation over Xinjiang China has announced new sanctions against US and Canadian officials in a growing political and economic feud over its… Read More ›
China’s J-16 multi-role fighter jet is flawless and is much superior to other similar aircraft including, the Su-30, revealed a pilot who has experience flying it as well as other types of aircraft. The J-16 has been a frequent flyer… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Iran and China sign 25-year cooperation agreement Foreign ministers from China and Iran, which are both subject to sanctions by the United States, sign a landmark 25-year cooperation… Read More ›
Swedish fast-fashion giant H&M has shuttered at one of its shops in Urumqi, the capital of China’s far-west Xinjiang autonomous region, as local pressure mounts against Western criticism and sanctions against Beijing’s policies towards the region’s Muslim Uighur population. In… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) China’s Communist Party wants its citizens to know about the world’s human rights abuses. Just not its own From flexing its considerable commercial muscle with boycotts to mercilessly… Read More ›
Like many nations, Paraguay faces an uphill battle to procure coronavirus vaccines. But its quest is being complicated by fraught relations between China on one side, and Taiwan and the U.S. on the other. The Paraguayan government has been approached… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Why is the West so sceptical of China’s vaccines? While China’s failure to allow its trial results to be peer-reviewed has fuelled concerns in health circles, geopolitics experts… Read More ›
The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is stepping up policies in the northern region of Inner Mongolia, where protests erupted last year over plans to phase out Mongolian-medium teaching in schools, targeting the region’s ethnic Mongolians with TV shows emphasising… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) China’s ‘blatant coercion’ of Australia is a lesson for the world, says Antony Blinken Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has singled out China’s “blatant economic coercion… Read More ›
The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) this month gave the green light to a massive hydroelectric power project on the Yarlung Zangbo River in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, sparking concerns over potentially catastrophic environmental effects to come. The project is… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Australian hay growers brace for China hit as export permits lapse amid trade tensions Farmers are under pressure to pivot to different crops amid signs hay growers could… Read More ›
Before Obama began his pivot to Asia to contain China, the US had been quite successful in containing Russia with Chinese assistance. China supported the UN Security Council resolutions initiated by the West to contain Russia in the Middle East…. Read More ›
The Philippines urged China on Sunday to recall more than 200 Chinese boats it said had been spotted at a reef in the South China Sea, saying the presence of the vessels violated its maritime rights as it claims ownership… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) EU, US, UK, Canada target China officials over Uyghur abuses The European Union, Britain, Canada and the United States have launched coordinated sanctions against officials in China over… Read More ›
Huawei plans to charge royalties for some of its 5G tech, but they may lose respect when they refuse rent payment for anchoring 200 military-manned vessels the Philippines’ backyard pool. International royalties are based on international agreement, which China denies…. Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) ‘Provocative action’: Hundreds of Chinese vessels in South China Sea alarms Philippines The Philippines urges China to recall more than 200 Chinese boats spotted at a reef in… Read More ›
At least five important points can be noted beyond the hostile exchange of words between the two sides during the Alaska meeting (BBC 2021 March 20 ‘US and China trade angry words at high-level Alaska talks’). First, Yang Jiechi, the… Read More ›
Once China establishes a lunar research station, its astronauts will stay on the moon for long periods of time as they conduct scientific studies, state media reported on Sunday, citing the architect of China’s lunar programme. China has mapped out… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) The US and China are preparing for war — and Australia is caught in the crosshairs China is becoming more aggressive in tone and actions, while the US… Read More ›
Building on the tasteful piece written recently by Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic, this article will endeavour to explore further why the Tromsø Convention (Norwegian International Convention on Access to Official Documents)[1], although adopted more than a decade ago, is in fact deserving… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) US and China complete ‘tough and direct’ talks in Alaska US and Chinese officials are leaving talks in Alaska that were described as “tough and direct”, as tensions… Read More ›
Beijing is being pulled into the ulcerous crisis in Myanmar, an unraveling country it had carefully stitched into its big plans for Asia, with Chinese factories torched as mainland workers hunker down under martial law. During a January 2020 visit… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) A new online skinny trend has emerged on Chinese social media and it is promoting unhealthy body images, experts say A new fad in China that social media… Read More ›
German energy expert Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt writes at Die kalte Sonne that “developing country” China is pulling the wool over the world’s eyes as it continues to rapidly expand its coal power. UN winks it through. How relevant is our… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Lithium Deal Could Signal An End To The China-Australia Trade War New mining deals and a political event indicate that the China-Australia trade war could be drawing to… Read More ›
Russia-China Treaty Alliance Failed to End Historical Enmity Over the past two centuries, China and Russia were seldom good neighbors except in the decade from February 1950 when they were allies under a treaty of alliance totalled “The Sino-Soviet Treaty… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) ‘Just not going to happen’: US warns China over Australian trade stoush US-China relations will not improve until economic coercion of Australia stops, says Biden’s ‘Asia tsar’ Kurt… Read More ›
Beijing’s 21 million residents saw familiar buildings and landmarks swathed in a thick, orange haze on Monday, as sandstorms swept across the region, bringing unprecedented air pollution in their train. As the sandstorm peaked, levels of PM10 particulates showed readings… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (past 24 hours) Avoid media spats with China and protect Australian interests, Julie Bishop says Former deputy Liberal leader warns against ‘unnecessarily offending our largest customer’ and says government must be… Read More ›
More pressure on China over the games and Hong Kong. According to the Chinese, treaties with China don’t obligate China. That’s how the West views it anyway. This is the war-causing confusion between the West and the Chinese… China believes… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world (last 24 hours) Quad group makes vaccine deal as a wary China watches on American officials and those representing other parties to a Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (“Quad”) may try to pretend… Read More ›
Now, like Cao Cao, the US is too strong for China to fight for superiority with while the EU is also well-established like Sun Quan’s State of Wu that China can use as its ally to counter US threat.. Like… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world Australia renews concerns over coal ships stuck off China amid import quota uncertainty The protracted standoff sees about 40 ships carrying coal of Australian origin still awaiting clearance at Chinese ports.The… Read More ›
Competition between the United States and China has begun, but how will it end? There is a bipartisan consensus that Sino-American relations will be defined primarily by rivalry across multiple regions and dimensions of statecraft for years to come. Yet… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world China reports Australia to UN body over ‘violated’ human rights China itself has been accused of operating detention centres, with more than 1m people estimated to have been detained in Xinjiang.The… Read More ›
“Change is constant, but no amount of change will turn the attitude of vulture to that of eagle.” ― Bamigboye Olurotimi Over the past several decades, while the United States was busy with unnecessary wars and the European Union was hoping to… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world Australia’s foreign affairs minister concerned over China’s latest move to endorse tighter control over Hong Kong Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne has expressed her concerns after China’s parliament approved a… Read More ›
It’s that time of year when the People’s Republic of China (PRC) announces its defense budget. This year, defense spending is set to increase nearly 6.8% after last year’s 6.6% rise. Beijing perhaps only issues these figures as a favor to… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world The first meeting of the Quad could test Australia’s relationship with China After a year of being repeatedly whacked with trade sanctions by China, Australia is now keen to demonstrate it… Read More ›
Nearly 9 in 10 U.S. adults see China as a “competitor” or an “enemy” rather than a “partner,” a new survey has found, shedding light on shifting American views of the Asian behemoth. The Pew Research Center survey released Thursday — the first focusing… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world ‘Doomed to fail’: China responds to Winter Olympics boycott calls China has responded to ongoing calls to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.Yahoo Sport Australia35 minutes ago In message to… Read More ›
Foreign visitors have been upset by China’s anal swab tests for COVID-19, prompting complaints of inconvenience and even psychological trauma, and stoking debate over their necessity. A few cities, such as the capital, Beijing, Shanghai and the port city of… Read More ›
Daily news headlines about China from around the world Wishful thinking on China will not serve US interests It’s important that Joe Biden keeps expectations for co-operation rooted in reality. Xi Jinping’s China isn’t going to do anything that isn’t… Read More ›
Military budgets—that’s the talk of the Taiwan Strait. China wants its budget to grow so it can play with the big kids by 2035. China’s apparently not ready to play with the big kids, at least since India just ate… Read More ›
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