The Italian government has fined a car company $6.4m (£5m) for allegedly branding vehicles that were made in China as being produced in Italy. DR Automobiles misleading market cars as being produced in Italy, even though they were mostly made in China, according to the country's competition regulator. The firm said...
Campaign groups called on the United Nations human rights chief on Thursday to take more action over what they said were documented abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslims in China's Xinjiang region. The groups, including the World Uyghur Congress and Amnesty International said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker...
When it comes to national security, it should be common sense not to depend on equipment originating from a foreign adversary. A good lot of western countries appear to have this sense, which has caused a headache — and some bad PR — for Chinese security camera manufacturer Hikvision. The...
A coalition of human rights organisations, advocacy groups, and prominent individuals has penned a joint letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, urging the Australian Government to take decisive action against the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. The letter, signed by 25 influential signatories, marks the 25th anniversary...
BENGALURU: The visit of the US Congressional delegation led by former United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday to meet Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is a “gift of the US Congress to the Tibetan people,” said Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the democratically elected President of the Tibetan government-in-exile,...
hilippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and United States State Secretary Antony Blinken spoke early Thursday, June 20 (Wednesday, June 19 in the United States) about “the People’s Republic of China’s escalatory actions against the Philippines in the South China Sea,” the State Department said in a readout. “Secretary Blinken...
BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping said there were “deep-seated problems” in the Chinese military’s politics, ideology, work style and discipline, state-run CCTV reported on Wednesday (June 19), amid an ongoing military anti-corruption purge. “There must be no hiding place for corrupt elements in the army,” he was quoted as saying...
A group of U.S. lawmakers who met the Dalai Lama in India on Wednesday said they would not allow China to influence the choice of his successor, comments expected to anger Beijing, which calls the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader a separatist. The remarks come as Washington and Beijing seek to...
After a Congressional delegation from the United States Congress met with Tibetan spiritual leader in-exile Dalai Lama in Dharamshala, Tibetan leaders have reiterated a resolute stance on international support for Tibet and conveyed a pointed message to China. The US delegation, led by Congressman Michael McCaul met with Tibetan spiritual...
China’s Xinjiang region, which has been under the scanner for violating human rights, has now been shown as a far more idyllic view of the region as instructed and funded by Xi Jinping government to promote it as a tourist destination through a television drama, the Wall Street Journal...