International

Uyghur News Recap: Sept. 22-29, 2023

US Adds 3 Chinese Firms to Uyghur Forced Labor List in Crackdown The United States on Tuesday added three Chinese companies to its forced labor entity list regarding Uyghurs. These companies — Xinjiang Tianmian Foundation Textile Co, Ltd.; Xinjiang...

Trial Updates Offer Little in the Way of Justice

In the span of a week, court cases targeting individuals from a variety of backgrounds have demonstrated the repressive and arbitrary nature of the Chinese judicial system. Journalists, activists, intellectuals, and monks from mainland China, Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong...

For first time, China sends security chief to Germany for key talks as Beijing eyes closer cooperation with Berlin

Communist Party’s top security official Chen Wenqing takes part in high-level bilateral meeting previously attended by deputies, urging two sides to address ‘real threats’ and promote ’mutual trust and clarity’.

What you need to know about the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 stadiums

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 matches will be hosted at 10 stadiums across India.

Book review: Taiwanese recipes with a side of politics

In Taiwan’s English-speaking circles, quite a few people are familiar with the names Clarissa Wei (魏貝珊) and Ivy Chen (陳淑娥). California-born Wei has been writing about local food and other subjects ...

EDITORIAL: India is a partner worth pursuing

India has long been touted as one of the world’s top emerging economies, and was a BRIC nation — Brazil, Russia, India and China — when it formed in 2001, expanding to BRICS in 2010 with the additi...

‘A jealous god’: China remakes religions in its own image

Authorities are violating religious freedoms across China as the leadership seeks to assert control.

Taiwan and the new ‘Great Game’

When Rudyard Kipling wrote the novel Kim in 1901, he popularized British intelligence officer Arthur Conolly’s phrase, “The Great Game.” The game was the 19th-century geopolitical struggle b...

India protests after 3 athletes unable to enter China for Asian Games

Female martial arts athletes are from India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, a region that is claimed by China.

Bringing Its ‘Asian Coachella’ to Guangzhou, U.S.-Based 88rising Tries to Bridge China Divide

88rising is bringing its flagship Head in the Clouds music festival to Guangzhou, but it’ll have to navigate the risks of delicate geopolitical tensions and historic censoriousness.

China bars three female Indian athletes from Asian Games: Reports

Trio are from northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, region claimed almost in full by Beijing as 'South Tibet'.

Minister Wu returns from St Kitts and Nevis

Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) on Wednesday returned from Saint Kitts and Nevis, where he attended the celebration of the nation’s 40th anniversary of independence and signed an agreem...

What Biden’s Xi remarks mean

During a news conference in Vietnam on Sept. 10, a reporter asked US President Joe Biden about the possibility of China invading Taiwan. Biden replied that Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) is too...

New China-Nepal trade route to open soon as Tibet facility gets green light

Lizi Port, some 4,600 metres above sea level, has passed an inspection by the commerce ministry. With Nechung, 12km away in Nepal, it will be the fourth trading channel along the border.

Education ban on Afghan girls is a worsening crisis

Two years after the Taliban banned girls from school beyond sixth grade, Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education. Now, the rights of Afghan women and chil...

China and Russia strengthen cooperation as G7 pushes Beijing to rein in Moscow on Ukraine

Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi and Russian security chief Nikolai Patrushev vow closer coordination in law enforcement, non-proliferation and governance of emerging technology as Group of Seven foreign ministers ask China to press Russia to end war.

Top US general offers ‘rational’ take on China’s military progress, analyst says

Mark Milley’s impartial view may be good sign of desire in Washington to ease tensions with Beijing, observer says.

Love Is Being There

How mindfulness practice can help us make time to love The post Love Is Being There appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

1,000 Buddhas on a Native American Reservation

A special connection between Tibetans and Native Americans in western Montana is helping a Buddhist peace garden thrive. The post 1,000 Buddhas on a Native American Reservation appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Hollywood relies on China to stay afloat. What does that mean for movies?

Red Carpet author Erich Schwartzel says that film studios increasingly need Chinese audiences to break even — which can result in self-censorship. Originally broadcast Feb. 21, 2022.

Never-before Seen Arc of Plasma Uncovered in Astronomy Photography Awards

Winners of the competition captured brand new discoveries out in the depths of space, as well as beautiful images of our solar system neighbors.

China unlikely to launch invasion

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) domestic problem is essentially economic in nature. Unlike other market economies, which might collapse if faced with the deep and dangerous economic problems Chin...

Tibet can play ‘greater’ role in China’s carbon neutrality goals, regional chief says

Achievement shows Tibet could play a significant role in helping China achieve its dual carbon targets, regional head Yan Jinhai tells ecological development forum.

Book review: Out of Taiwan

Two theses underlie this book and the views of its contributing writers. First, that Taiwan is essentially an indigenous society that has been colonized by settlers, the Chinese included. Second, that...

U.K. Parliament's China Spy Probe—What Do We Know?

A researcher arrested on suspicion of spying for China has links to the U.K. minister for Security and the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee.