With threats and intimidation, China coerces Uyghurs in Turkey to spy on each other.
After Yasinjan and his family moved to Istanbul in 2016, the police back home in Xinjiang tried to keep in touch. They wanted to know all about the clientele at the modest barbershop he opened in the Zeytinburnu district, home to a large Uyghur immigrant population. The police contacted him on his phone. He refused to talk to them. They sent threats through his relatives. He ignored them. They imprisoned his father-in-law. He didn’t budge. Then, this January, the police tried something new: They sent him a customer. The nervous young Uyghur man was an indiscreet spy. He walked into...
China buckles debt talks on Lanka’s Road to IMF gateway: Report
It is a long, long way on the Chinese belt road for Lanka to arrive at IMF’s gateway to recovery. The moment the nation clears one...
Chinese tactics in suppressing Tibetan’s quest for freedom falling flat
“Our parents who came in 1959, they never expected to live, let alone die in India. They always thought they would go back to Tibet.” Said...
Tibetan Rights Groups condemn Thermo Fisher Scientific for supplying DNA kits to CCP: Report
Tibetan rights groups Free Tibet Organisation, Students for Free Tibet (SFT) and International Tibet Network (ITN) have launched a week of global action against Thermo Fisher...
Chinese property market crisis not over: IMF
China is still facing a real estate crisis and its government has a lot of work to do to fix the problems, the International Monetary Fund...
Beijing Stands Firm Against Reports of Uyghur Detentions: VOA report
Beijing on Friday accused U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken of propagating an “egregious lie” about Xinjiang in his remarks to the International Religious Freedom Summit....
US shoots down Chinese spy balloon off eastern coast
A U.S. fighter jet on Saturday shot down off the South Carolina coast a suspected Chinese spy balloon that had flown over the United States for...
Why China may resort to more policy U-turns.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier in January, Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He declared that after three years of pandemic isolation, China was open for...
Myanmar starts pilot electric vehicle project with Chinese-made cars
Myanmar was implementing a one-year electric vehicle (EV) pilot project starting from Jan 1 until Dec 31 this year after importing 40 Chinese-made electric cars last...
Philippines Says Four Chinese Vessels Tailed Its Navy Ship
Two Chinese coast guard ships and two militia vessels tailed a Philippine warship near Mischief Reef in the South China Sea, the Southeast Asian nation said,...
China FO Presser, Feb 3, 2023
China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning held a Regular Press Conference on Feb 3, 2023 Some excerpts Shenzhen TV: It is learned that the Export-Import Bank...
China FO Presser, Feb 2, 2023
China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning held a Regular Press Conference on Feb 2, 2023 AFP: The US and the Philippines announced a deal today that...
China FO Presser, Feb 1, 2023
China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning held a Regular Press Conference on Feb 1, 2023 Excerpts Yonhap News Agency: Starting today, China will require nucleic acid...
China FO Presser, Jan 30, 2023
China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning held a Regular Press Conference on January 30, 2023. Excerpts CCTV: The seventh Summit of the Community of Latin American...
No respect to Taliban until they respect human rights: US State Dept
“The Taliban cannot expect the respect and support of the international community until they respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Afghans including women...
State Dept Press Briefing on Feb 1, 2023
Vedant Patel, Principal Dy Spokesperson of the State Dept held a press briefing on Feb 1, 2023. He fielded a wide range of questions. His answers...
State Department press briefing, Jan 27, 2023
Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson fielded a wide range of questions especially on Israel – Palestine relations, Iran, Syria and Ukraine war. Some excerpts MR PATEL:...
State Dept Press Briefing, Jan 26, 2023
The State Dept held a Press Briefing on Jan 26 afternoon with Principal Deputy Secretary Vedant Patel fielding a wide range of questions including on India,...
Pak Urdu Media Digest, Sept 19, 2022
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Pak Urdu Media Digest Sept 15, 2022
EDITORIALS: Terrorists killed three soldiers of the Pakistan Army in Kharlachi area of Kurram district. They entered Pakistan from across the border. According to the spokesman of...
Pak Urdu Media Digest, Sept 14, 2022
EDITORIALS: Reports of lawlessness including street crime and other major offences keep pouring in media offices even in times when we are grappling with floods. Police...
Pak Urdu Media Digest, Sept 13, 2022
EDITORIALS Digital Flood Dash Board is welcome. It will bring transparency in the relief work undertaken by the federal government amongst the flood affected people. Simultaneously,...
Pak Urdu Media Digest, Sept 12, 2022
EDITORIALS To safeguard the country from natural and environmental disasters, we need to form comprehensive water plans. Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has emphasized the...
Xi Jinping’s Power Grab Is Paying Of
f February 5; Foreign Policy Popular narratives about Chinese leader Xi Jinping are in flux. Just a few months ago, he was widely seen as an...
China’s mega-rich move their wealth to Singapore
Singapore is seeing an influx of ultra-wealthy families from China looking to protect their wealth from a Communist Party that increasingly views them with suspicion, reports...
The Jack Ma test for China’s promised shift
This month Liu He, China ’s economic tsar, sought to reassure global elites and the heads of some of the world’s biggest companies of two things....
China Job Market: Graduates Swell in Numbers
After the number of Chinese college graduates exceeded 10 million for the first time in 2022, the number of Chinese college graduates is expected to hit...
Is China’s ‘wolf warrior’ diplomacy in retreat? Perhaps in words, but not actions
In recent years, “wolf warrior” has become a catchphrase describing an increasingly assertive and combative style of Chinese diplomacy. Named after a series of nationalistic Chinese...