Washington, July 1 (IANS) A bipartisan group of 14 members of the US House of Representatives has urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to publicly condemn China’s new Ethnic Unity Law, calling it a tool of “forced assimilation, ideological control, and transnational repression” targeting Tibetans, Uyghurs, Southern Mongolians and other ethnic minority communities.The appeal, led by Congressmen Jim McGovern, Chris Smith and Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna, comes a day before the law takes e…
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Brussels, June 29 (IANS) China’s evolution from former President Jiang Zemin’s message of peaceful narrative to the current leadership, Xi Jinping’s nuclear assertiveness, reflects not just a policy shift but a rejection of the principles Jiang articulated in Tokyo during his 1998 State Visit to Japan.The promise of a “peaceful rise” has given way to a strategy centred on “deterrence and dominance”. For Asia and the wider world, the message is clear: Beijing’s rhetoric cannot be accepted at …
Washington, June 27 (IANS) State governments across the United States have emerged as the new frontline in Washington’s strategic competition with China, with lawmakers and security experts warning that Beijing is increasingly targeting local institutions, universities, critical infrastructure and state legislatures.The issue took centre stage during a hearing of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, where witnesses argued that Chinese influence operations had expanded well …
Washington, June 27 (IANS) A bipartisan Congressional panel has warned that China is expanding its economic espionage and political influence operations far beyond Washington, targeting state governments, universities, businesses and local communities across the United States through an increasingly sophisticated campaign to advance Beijing’s strategic interests.At a hearing of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, lawmakers from both parties agreed that China poses a growin…
Abuja, June 25 (IANS) China’s Inner Mongolia stands as a warning of how authoritarian governance can suppress peaceful minority communities, not because they pose a security threat but because they represent diversity, a report has highlighted. With advanced algorithms steadily marginalising Mongolian voices in the digital sphere, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) assimilation campaign reveals an underlying premise, that cultural distinctiveness is a problem to be managed. The consequences…
Taipei, June 14 (IANS) Civic groups slammed China for its law on promoting ethnic unity and progress set to be promulgated on July 1, saying that it amounted to forced assimilation and cultural cleansing, local media reported on Sunday. The groups said on Saturday that the law will impose a single national identity, weaken the identities of non-Han ethnic groups and promotes the “integration” of different ethnic groups through policies across several sectors such as education, housing, populatio…
Naypyidaw, June 13 (IANS) The politicisation of Qingming and other traditional festivals reflects a wider effort to embed Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authority within China’s cultural and emotional fabric, making political loyalty appear as natural and cyclical as the seasons. Historically, Qingming was a family-centred spring ritual combining tomb-sweeping, ancestor veneration, and outdoor excursions. Imperial and early modern records describe it as a time for “honouring the dead and rememb…
Washington, June 12 (IANS) China is moving aggressively to dominate biotechnology and is already implementing many of the policies recommended by a US national security commission, raising concerns that Washington could lose its long-held leadership in a sector increasingly seen as critical to economic and military power.A new analysis released on Thursday by the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is advancing biotechnology acros…
Washington, June 11 (IANS) Asserting that a network linked to the Chinese Communist Party is working to undermine the buildout of American AI infrastructure, Senator Tom Cotton has called on the Justice Department to open an investigation into foreign influence efforts targeting data-centre development. In a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday (local time), the Arkansas Republican said reports point to a coordinated effort by foreign actors to shape US policy and public o…
Washington, June 11 (IANS) A senior Republican lawmaker has introduced an amendment aimed at reinforcing US policy that the succession of the Dalai Lama is a religious matter to be determined solely by Tibetan Buddhist authorities, warning that China could seek to install a successor loyal to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).Speaking during a House Foreign Affairs Committee markup this week, Chairman Emeritus of the committee, Michael McCaul, urged lawmakers to back the amendment, saying it wou…