Beijing, Jan 25 (IANS) China’s sedentarisation of Tibetan nomads in Amdo, Qinghai, and Sichuan, being showcased as modernisation and ecological protection, has become a story of displacement, cultural erosion, and contested hope, a report has stated. The policy demonstrates the tension between state-led development and the resilience of Tibetan identity, a report has stated. “Beginning in the early 2000s, China accelerated the ‘Nomadic Settlement Project’ under the Opening of the West campaign…
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New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) China’s rural banks are stuck with hundreds of foreclosed homes that couldn’t get auctioned even at steep discounts, signalling deep stress in the property sector and financial system, a report has said.The report in Modern Diplomacy said that the stress in the property sector spilled into local bank balance sheets and could widen into a major non‑performing‑asset disposal cycle.It cited UBS estimates, which showed “the volume of foreclosed properties nationwide co…
Washington, Jan 8 (IANS) Half a dozen members of an underground Protestant church based in Sichuan’s Chengdu have been arrested by the Chinese authorities, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) mentioned in a statement. This is the latest in a series of arrests of members of prominent unofficial “house churches” in China in the past year, it stated. On January 6, the Early Rain Covenant Church stated that police conducted raid at the home of its current leader, Li Yingqiang, in Deyang and took him away. …