China has imposed sanctions on nine UK citizens ~ including the five parliamentarians ~ who are among its most vocal critics in the UK. The government in Beijing said it was sanctioning the group for spreading what it called “lies and disinformation” about China.
This has promptly been countered by Hong Kong’s security minister, John Lee, who has addressed a robust signal to Washington and has thus quite obviously played to the Beijing gallery ~ “Hong Kong’s government cannot be threatened and will push ahead with the new laws.”
The WHO’s non-recognition of Taiwan is not only endangering Taiwan’s need for possible assistance in times of emergencies but also prevents any assistance Taiwan may be able to provide to the rest of the world.
Chinese leaders had conceptualised the ‘one country, two systems’ for Taiwan in the first instance. The system was, however, implemented in Hong Kong.
Khan arrived in China to attend the closing ceremony of the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing and to pay a working visit to China.
In Xinjiang, for instance, an estimated 1.5 million Uighur Muslims are locked up in camps which the party has labelled as “vocational training centres”.
In a recent statement from New York, the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje (OTD), regarded as the most influential Tibetan…
El Salvador on Tuesday became the latest country to cut ties with Taiwan and establish diplomatic relations with China, acceding that the self-ruled island is not a country.
