New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The European Union is preparing to tighten its stance on Chinese-made equipment by pushing for a mandatory phase-out from critical infrastructure, including telecom networks and solar energy systems, a report has said.The move could directly impact Chinese companies such as Huawei and ZTE, which are currently used by several European telecom operators, according to a report by the Financial Times.At present, the EU has a voluntary framework in place to restrict so-called…
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New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Driven by Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) investments and deepening bilateral security cooperation, the Nepali government’s increasing adoption of Chinese surveillance infrastructure, has created conditions in which Tibetan refugees in the country now face unprecedented levels of monitoring and control, a report has warned.Researcher Tenzin Dalha writes in online magazine Bitterwinter.org that the “surveillance cameras monitoring Tibetan communities in Kathmandu do no…
New York, Jan 10 (IANS) US-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to make human rights abuses by Chinese authorities a central focus of his China visit scheduled for January 13-17. According to HRW, Carney’s trip to China — the first by a Canadian Prime Minister in more than eight years — comes amid strained Canada-China relations as Chinese President Xi Jinping has intensified repression both at home and abroad.The Chinese government…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Nepal Telecom is in the eye of a storm over the placement of an NPR 5 billion order for a hi-tech billing system with a Chinese company that is seen as lacking in transparency and in violation of competitive bidding norms.The order, which is among Nepal Telecom’s most expensive technology investments in recent years, has been linked to AsiaInfo Linkage Technologies (China) Inc., also known as AsiaInfo Yunghang Software (Beijing) Ltd, according to a report in Kathmandu-…