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Report Highlights Chinese Transnational Repression Against Tibetans in Exile

The Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) published a report titled “Chinese Transnational Repression of Tibetan Diaspora Communities.”  This is the first report of its kind on the issue of the Chinese government’s transnational repression against the...

MAC reports on Chinese intimidation

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) deployme...

Drone 007: Chinese military plans to replace human agents with machines in special operations overseas

A newly developed drone could be used for special forces missions to avoid putting human agents in danger.

FEATURE: Nation attempts to root out China’s spies

In November last year, a court heard accusations that two serving soldiers had accepted bribes from Chinese agents to record a video declaring their loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and...

South China Sea: how Beijing uses pinyin translations to double down on territorial claims

It comes amid an increased number of flare-ups with the Philippines in the hotly contested waterway.

China’s Human Rights Record Comes Under Public Scrutiny

The human rights record of China was examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on January 23, 2024 in a meeting in Geneva. The first, second and third...

China builds world’s most detailed human genome with ‘enormous’ implications for disease treatment

Experts hail milestone for potential benefits in precision medicine, especially among Han, the largest ethnic group in the world.

China to more tightly control ethnic minority discussion online and in print to temper ideological ‘risks’

Article in Communist Party’s Qiushi journal calls for greater oversight and for officials to ‘promptly and appropriately’ address grievances involving issues related to ethnic minority groups.

Video Shows Villagers Confronting China's Soldiers at Disputed Border

Chinese soldiers tried to drive local herders away at a disputed area along the China-India border, a local official said.

China: Religious Regulations Tighten for Uyghurs

Click to expand Image Over 5000 students pledge loyalty to the “Motherland” in a July mass ceremony in Hotan, Xinjiang. © Hotan Prefecture state television (New York) – The Chinese government’s revised regulations in the Xinjiang region tighten controls...

Japan Again Calls Out Chinese Government’s Rights Abuses

Click to expand Image Chen Xu, China’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 23, 2024.  © 2024 Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP Photo Last week, during China’s fourth Universal Periodic...

Myanmar: Military Abuses Against Civilians Intensify

Click to expand Image Destruction at a school in Namsham, Shan State, after Myanmar military airstrikes on January 9, 2024. © 2024 Private (Bangkok) – Myanmar’s military junta has increasingly carried out unlawful airstrikes harming civilians in its military...

Overzealous China school principal makes dash to home of sick pupil, orders mother to send child to class or risk his future

An indignant school principal in China marched to the home of a student whose mother had called in to school to say he was ill, then berated his parents for not caring about their child’s future job prospects.

Critics Assert Retraction of Unethical Studies on Chinese Minority Groups Lags Behind

Yves Moreau became suspicious upon encountering a genetics paper on Tibetans in China. Published in PLoS ONE in 2022, the report detailed a research team's collection of blood samples from hundreds of individuals in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, focusing on genetic markers on their X chromosomes. The study suggested the utility of this analysis for forensic identification and paternity testing.

Stories of ‘beating the odds’ in China draw dark responses from wary public

Wave of online scepticism about two stories of survival and success in China point to deeper public dissatisfaction.

Why China is wary of opening up Afghanistan’s new road to Xinjiang

Observers said the Taliban’s hopes that the completed project will become a link to China’s vast network are unlikely to be shared by Beijing.

China Blasts India for 'Provocations' at Border

A Chinese expert accused India of unfairly targeting Chinese companies by linking their border dispute with broader economic relations.

The World’s Newest Nation Is Unraveling

The world's newest country was founded in 2011 to great democratic hopes. But the country is still ruled by the autocratic Salva Kiir.

China’s ethnic affairs officials urged to promote integration of minority groups

Senior policy directors gather for meeting to outline goals for Beijing’s ethnic affairs policies for this year, including addressing ‘hidden dangers’ and launching cultural initiatives that ‘reflect the commonality of the Chinese nation’.

2 strong earthquakes hit western China in a month: is the Earth getting restless?

It is not unusual to see strong quakes in quick succession and scientists have not seen any long-term pattern.

Most Japanese do not have ‘friendly feelings’ towards China amid Beijing’s aggression in South China Sea, Taiwan: poll

Some 86 per cent of the 3,000 respondents in the annual Cabinet Office survey had negative feelings about China and were concerned about Chinese aggression in the South China Sea, Taiwan and the Diaoyu Islands.

World News | Western Countries Use UN-backed Review to Press China on Its Treatment of Activists and Minorities

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Western countries used a regular UN-backed review of China's human rights record Tuesday to press Beijing to do more to allow freedom of expression, protect the rights of ethnic minorities...

India News | Members of Tibetan Parliament in Exile Meet Telangana Deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The members of the Tibetan Parliament in exile led by Tsering Yangchen met the Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana, Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu at the secretariat on Tuesday and expressed gratitude...

China’s human rights record criticised at UN as it faces rare scrutiny of policies

UK, US and others use universal periodic review to speak out over Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong KongThe UK, the US and several other countries criticised China’s human rights record on Tuesday as the country was subjected to rare scrutiny...