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The Newsweek | 19 Jan 2021 | Read the original news here The United States became the first country to officially declare Chinese government of Uighur Muslims an act of "genocide," announcing findings Tuesday which found China's policies toward the minority group are "crimes against humanity." Outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said U.S. More

Sutirtho Patranobis for Hindustan Times and Edited by Vinod Janardhanan. Read the article here. The exercise involved ground assault forces as well as the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) aviation unit, which deployed attack helicopters for the drill, China’s official military media reported. More

IRENE JIANG, Business Insider. JAN 18, 2021. Read original news here. Rory Truex, an assistant professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University, told students not to take his course on Chinese politics if they currently reside in China. Truex told the Daily Princetonian the course covers subjects the Chinese government may consider sensitive and could endanger students. More

The panel found it was "clear" that "public health measures could have been applied more forcefully by local and national health authorities in China in January." Agence France-Presse, republished in NDTV News. January 18, 2021. Read original news here. More

THOMAS COLSON, Business Insider. JAN 17, 2021. Read original news here. A leading member of the European Parliament has raised significant concerns about the EU's landmark investment deal with China over its alleged human rights abuses and fears that it could harm relations with the new Biden administration. More

Times of India. Read the article here. WASHINGTON: Outgoing US Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday urged President-elect Joe Biden's administration to exercise 'eternal vigilance' especially when it comes to the US-China relations. More

Brahma Chellaney | Project Syndicate | 12 Jan 2021 | Read the original news here China's recent encroachments on Indian territory in the Himalayas could pose a significant threat to Indo-Pacific stability. More

Written by Manish Shukla and Edited by Ananya Das for Zee News. Read the original article here. The Chinese Communist  Party (CCP), under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, craves to establish China as a global power, a dominant force in the international arena. More

Reuters | 13 Jan 2021 | Read the original news here BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - China will strike back against any moves that undermine its core interests, its foreign ministry said on Friday, after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Taiwan “has not been a part of China”. More

Brahma Chellaney, Times of India. January 13, 2021. Read original news here. America’s Tibetan Policy and Support Act (TPSA), which became law recently, highlights Tibet’s geostrategic importance, including as the source of Asia’s great rivers. More

Reported by Times of India. Read the article here. WUHAN: A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrived in Wuhan on Thursday to start highly politicised probe into the origins of the coronavirus, as China reported its first death from COVID-19 in eight months. More

Reuters | 13 Jan 2021 | Read the original news here (Reuters) - China had an “appalling year” for human rights in 2020, a leading advocacy group said on Wednesday, with a crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong, repression of Muslim Uighurs and the silencing of people reporting on the coronavirus outbreak. More

BBC News. January 14, 2021. Read original news here. Comedian Nigel Ng has deleted a video and apologised to his fans after featuring a YouTuber who has criticised the Chinese government. Nigel Ng has three million subscribers on YouTube where he plays the character Uncle Roger and gives a running commentary on Asian recipe videos. More

Human Rights Watch lists persecutions in Xinjiang, Mongolia, Tibet and Hong Kong but notes new willingness to condemn Beijing Helen Davidson in Taipei, The Guardian. 13 Jan 2021. Read original news here.  HRW report says China’s government displayed authoritarianism and repression in 2020. More

Sriram Lakshman, The Hindu. JANUARY 13, 2021. Read original news here. The 10-page document outlines objectives and strategies with regard to China, North Korea, India and other countries in the Indo-Pacific region Washington: With days to go before its end, the Trump administration has declassified a sensitive document on the U.S. strategic framework for the Indo-Pacific’ from 2018. More

Britain said last year there was credible, growing and troubling evidence of forced labour among Uighur Muslims. Reuters, republished in NDTV News. January 12, 2021. Read original news here. British ministers are also looking to impose tougher export controls on goods and technology to China. More

MARCO RESPINTI | 11 Jan 2021 | Read the original news here In 2011, the Dalai Lama moved to transform the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) into a full-blown democratic government. Tibetans who are able to register and vote—currently, those residing abroad, hopefully one day those in Tibet too—elect 45 members of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE). More

The Chinese embassy’s post drew criticism from tens of thousands of users after which the social media network removed the tweet citing policy violation. Written By Bhavya Sukheja, Republic World. January 12, 2020. Read original news here. More

Sandipan Deb for Live Mint. Read the article here. Whether it be the intrusions of hackers, a major explosion at the World Trade Center, or a bombing attack by Bin Laden, all of these greatly exceed the frequency bandwidths understood by the American military. More

By Palden Sonam for The Diplomat. Read the article here. Recently, Chinese authorities declared a “major victory” in poverty alleviation in Tibet. It is imperative to assess how the anti-poverty campaign has been carried out, in view of the recent reports of Xinjiang-like coercive labour training being implemented in the region. More