China is conducting the largest military build-up seen since that of Nazi Germany during the 1930s, one expert warns, after a new Department of Defense report detailed Beijing's operations including bolstering weapons and psychological warfare.
In a piece for The Federalist, Chuck DeVore, chief national initiatives officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation,...
PENTAGON: A Pentagon report says the Chinese military experienced “a new wave” of corruption among its senior leaders last year that may have disrupted progress toward its military modernization goals, even as China ratcheted up aggression toward Taiwan and the Philippines.
The U.S. Department of Defense’s annual China Military Power...
Chinese exports of tomatoes, chili peppers, marigolds and other farm products grown in the far-western region of Xinjiang are tainted by forced labor as well as the coercive transfer of land from Uyghur peasants to Chinese businesses, new research shows.
The growing of these goods is also tainted by the...
A disturbing video has emerged showing a teacher slapping, pushing down and pulling the ear of a Tibetan student in front of other students gathered on what appears to be a sports field.
The video, which contains no sound, was contained in a report released by the Tibet Action Institute,...
A US$10-billion oil project in Uganda being developed by France’s TotalEnergies and CNOOC of China has been linked to human rights violations, with rights groups accusing the local authorities of repression and forced evictions, and citing sexual violence and environmental damage in connection with the project.
The project forms a...
Today, 19 December, marks 40 years since the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984, which laid out the conditions for the July 1997 British handover of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Among its provisions, the Joint Declaration laid out the principles of ‘one country,...
Xizang , December 21: A prominent Tibetan rights activist, Tsering Tso, was detained for two weeks in Qinghai province from November 29 to December 13 on charges of "spreading false information" and "causing trouble" via social media, as reported by Radio Free Asia.
The 39-year-old has long been outspoken against...
The recent meeting between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing was an important diplomatic step forward. The two officials met as Special Representatives (SR) of the two countries. They have met periodically in the last two decades to address bilateral issues, with...
The discovery of 46 illegal wells dug by Chinese migrants in the remote Xinjiang region has heightened tensions with Uyghur residents and disturbed the region's ecological balance, as reported by Radio Free Asia.
Water disputes have long been a point of contention between native Uyghurs and Chinese settlers, particularly in...
The Canadian government has on Dec 24 condemned China’s imposition of sanctions on two Canadian civil society organisations and 20 Tibetan and Uyghur advocates associated with them, calling it an arbitrary targeting of those speaking for human rights.
Canada also expressed solidarity with the targeted groups, and called on China...
