US, Japan agree China represents greatest shared strategic challenge

Both the United States and Japan consider China to be the greatest shared strategic challenge that Washington, Tokyo, and their allies currently face, US State Secretary Antony Blinken said after the 2+2 ministerial meeting with Japanese counterparts. “We agree that the PRC [the People’s Republic of China] is the greatest shared strategic challenge that we and our allies […]

China’s occupation of Tibet has “consequential effect” on culture of Tibetans: Report

China’s “forceful occupation of Tibet has had consequential effects on the centuries-old and revered indigenous culture of the Tibetan population,” Tibet Press reported. China has maintained its territorial control over the Tibetan region and has tried to “sincize” the population that preaches the Tibetan culture since the invasion of Tibet. […]

China subjects Covid protesters to intense surveillance, interrogation

The Chinese protesters who demonstrated against the zero-Covid policy were subjected to intense surveillance measures and aggressive interrogations in police custody, reported Cate Cadell and Christian Shepherd in The Washington Post. Even though China revoked its Zero Covid Policy following the protests, China unleashed its police equipped with the latest […]

TikTok is “digital fentanyl”, says incoming GOP China committee chair

Highlighting the negative impact of TikTok on young minds, GOP Rep Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, the incoming chairman of a new House select committee on China on Sunday (local time), termed it as “digital fentanyl” that acts like an addictive drug China’s government is providing to Americans, reported CNN. Gallagher in an interview programme […]

WHO asks China to share specific, real-time data on Covid situation

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met with Chinese officials and again asked for specific and real-time data on the epidemiological situation in China, according to the statement released by the WHO website. In the high-level meeting, WHO asked for more genetic sequencing data, data on disease impact including […]