China on Tuesday launched joint military exercises consisting of multiple forces around Taiwan as a “stern warning” against Taiwanese independence forces and to assert its sovereignty over it. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command on Tuesday started to conduct joint exercises around Taiwan Island, a spokesperson of...
The Czech government has blocked a Chinese company from investing in a satellite station amid concerns that it could possibly be used for spying, media reports said. The firm called Emposat, based in Beijing, had plans to operate a satellite dish at the site in the village of Vlkoš in...
The Philippines, Japan, and the US conducted a multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone yesterday. The move comes amid looming threats and the growing assertiveness of China in the region. The US Navy said in an official statement, the US, along with its allies...
Philippine authorities revealed the capture of six Chinese nationals and one Filipino, who were suspected of spying on US and Philippine navy ships near the entrance of the strategically important Subic Bay The arrest of the Chinese suspects, whom authorities claimed were pretending to be fishermen, increased the total number...
The Office of Tibet in London hosted a group of 15 students from the University of Westminster for a 90-minute informative session on Tibet. As per a report by the Central Tibet Administration (CTA), the visit was facilitated by Dr. Frands Pedersen, the course leader for the MA Diplomacy and...
Japan has voiced serious concerns over a prolonged incursion by Chinese Coast Guard ships near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, marking one of the longest intrusions into Japan’s territorial waters. The Chinese ships, which claim the islands for Beijing, left on Monday night after remaining...
Phuntsok Tobgyal, UN Advocacy Officer at the Office of Tibet in Geneva, has raised serious concerns over the risks posed by the planned construction of the Medog (Metok) Dam on Tibet’s Yarlung Tsangpo River. He voiced his concern while delivering an address during the 58th session of the UN Human...
Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) issued a strong condemnation of China for supporting illegal fishing activities near Dongsha Islands in the South China Sea, as reported by Focus Taiwan. In a statement, the CGA reported that unusually large clusters of Chinese fishing vessels began appearing near Dongsha on February 15,...
Representative Thinlay Chukki of the Tibet Bureau Geneva attended a side event on the situation of persecuted communities in China, which was organised by the Society for Threatened Peoples as part of the ongoing 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. According to a report by the Central...
Chinese authorities closely monitored Thai journalists during a controlled visit to Xinjiang, requiring them to submit photos for review and delete unapproved images before sending them back to Thailand. The visit was part of China’s effort to showcase the welfare of Uyghurs deported from Thailand last month. On February 27,...