A Tibetan from Sichuan province has made a rare public appeal on Chinese social media, calling on authorities to take action against a company that he accuses of illegally extracting sand and gravel from a local riverbed, Tibetan sources with knowledge of the situation said. In a 5-minute video posted...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has that India, Brazil and African countries should be represented in the UN Security Council (UNSC) on a permanent basis to ensure the representativeness of the global majority. Lavrov made the remarks during an interview with aif.ru, state-owned TASS news agency reported on Sunday. "Countries such...
China borders 14 countries, tied with Russia for the most in the world, and Beijing takes great pains to ensure the security of its interests and defend against conflicts from spilling over. Despite that, China’s Myanmar policy is based on faulty assumptions and is undermining its own interests. China’s policy...
China would not blockade Taiwan, because President Xi respects him, and Russia would not have invaded if he were president, he said. Former US president and the Republican candidate in next month’s presidential election Donald Trump said he would impose additional tariffs on China if China were to “go into...
The US government is taking action against China-based DJI, who drones have allegedly been used for the surveillance of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and other ethnic minorities. DJI told on Wednesday that US Customs and Border Protection has stopped the imports of some its drones from entering the American market. It should be noted that...
China hosted a global media summit in Xinjiang this week, bringing together over 500 participants to discuss artificial intelligence, but also used the event to criticize Western reports about the forced labor of Uyghurs and an ongoing genocide were “fabricated lies.” Representatives from over 200 media outlets — including executives...
First China, now India! For Ottawa, this is starting to look like a pattern rather than bad luck. Washington can easily get Canada in serious trouble, but it won’t offer much help. Last time, what looked like a routine arrest-and-extradition request from the United States for Huawei’s No 2 turned...
ISLAMABAD: As global internet freedom declined for the 14th consecutive year, Pakistan has joined the ranks of almost two dozen countries that have been declared ‘not free’ for doling out harsh punishments and imposing curbs on the internet. In its report Freedom on the Net 2024, Freedom House — a...
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers has urged the government of Pakistan to consider reviewing the proposed 26th constitutional amendment. In a letter to the federal government on Oct 14, Margaret Satterthwaite feared that the proposed constitutional package may pose a real risk to judicial...
WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is opening an investigation into the Department of Energy (DOE) after uncovering new information that suggests America’s most advanced scientific institution, Los Alamos National Laboratory, is using machinery linked to the Chinese military. According to recent evidence...