Beijing, March 17 (IANS) Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping’s long-term ambitions regarding Taiwan remain unchanged as he continues to strengthen political control over People’s Liberation Army (PLA) which operates more as the CCP’s military arm than a national institution, a report has detailed citing details from the ChinaPower Project at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Xi’s yearslong purge of senior military and defence officials, it me…
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Washington, March 14 (IANS) A US senator has introduced legislation aimed at blocking Chinese nationals and companies linked to Beijing from handling sensitive American military freight, arguing that current laws leave a major national security loophole.Senator Tom Cotton has unveiled the Trucking Security and CCP Disclosure Act, a bill that would require strict national-security screening for companies transporting Department of War cargo and prevent firms linked to China’s military or the Ch…
Beijing, March 13 (IANS) The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has expressed grave concern over China’s newly approved law on “Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress,” adopted during the annual parliamentary session of the Chinese Communist Party, warning that it could intensify repression against Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Southern Mongolians. The organisation cautioned that the legislation may further strengthen state control and assimilation policies targeting ethnic minorities in China.The organisa…
Colombo, March 9 (IANS) China’s Spring Festival Gala robot performance turned out to be more of a carefully “staged deception” than a celebration of innovation thus exposing the Chinese Communist Party’s obsession with optics, its readiness to weaponise propaganda for profit, and its disregard for the festival’s cultural authenticity, a report has highlighted. According to a report in Sri Lankan media outlet Daily Mirror, the scandal has raised doubts about both the robots and the credibilit…
Taipei, March 4 (IANS) Chinese authorities’ campaign of “sexual insinuation and reputational manipulation” against the Dalai Lama reflects a broader pattern of authoritarian tactics. These actions demonstrate that when authoritarian regimes face globally recognised non-coercive symbolic challenges, they resort to disruption to maintain political control, a report mentioned. “The Dalai Lama, on February 1, made history by winning his first Grammy Award for his spoken word album Meditations. The…
Male, March 3 (IANS) China’s treatment of religious and spiritual communities has once again come under scrutiny in the US Congress following remarks by a former senior American official who condemned the Chinese Communist Party’s policies as a “war on belief systems”, a report said on Tuesday.Addressing US lawmakers recently, Sam Brownback, former US Ambassador‑at‑Large for International Religious Freedom, accused the Chinese Communist Party of waging a worldwide persecution campaig…
Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) Two senior Republican senators have urged the US Department of Justice to investigate what they described as foreign-operated surrogacy centres exploiting American citizenship laws, raising concerns that the practice poses a “serious national security risk”.In a letter dated February 26 to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Senators Tom Cotton and Rick Scott requested that the Department of Justice “investigate surrogacy centers operated by foreign nationals”.“We wri…
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) has called on the international community, including the United Nations, to take principled, coordinated action against what it described as Beijing’s ongoing “institutionalisation of a coercive security-and-control system” in East Turkistan, also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. The exiled authorities call the region “an occupied country” currently under China’s “colonial rule”. The E…
Abuja, Feb 23 (IANS) As Chinese President Xi Jinping aims for an unprecedented fourth term as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), analysts suggest he may be uncertain of his complete control over the armed forces. Without a clear succession plan, concerns persist about other aspirants positioning themselves to step into Xi’s role, with potential threats emerging from the senior Generals in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), a report said on Monday. “Eyebrows were raised …
Washington, Feb 20 (IANS) Two senior Republican lawmakers have written to NASA and the FBI raising concerns over what they describe as potential Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked research collaborations involving US taxpayer-funded grants, including a NASA award.In letters dated February 12 to FBI Director Kash Patel and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley and House Select Committee on the CCP Chairman John Moolenaar said they were pursui…