Category: Business
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UK academics investigated over China-linked research: Report
The Times newspaper says the British government suspects group may have unwittingly helped China build weapons of mass destruction. Nearly 200 British academics at more than 12 universities in the United Kingdom are being investigated on suspicion of unwittingly helping the Chinese government build weapons of mass destruction, The Times newspaper reported on Monday. The…
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US sanctions under Trump: A legacy that could box in Biden?
Former US President Donald Trump’s administration unleashed a torrent of economic sanctions during his single term – a legacy that could box in newly minted US President Joe Biden on key foreign policy issues. Former United States President Donald Trump’s administration unleashed a torrent of economic sanctions on individuals and entities during his single term…
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Philippines Cancels Massive Chinese-Led Airport Project
President Duterte has surprisingly little to show for his much-vaunted “pivot to China.” A Philippine province has officially put the nail in a decision to award a $10.2 billion airport development project to a consortium led by a Chinese firm that was recently blacklisted by the U.S. government. The consortium of the China Communications Construction…
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Hong Kong’s Present Echoes Tibet’s Past
In both 1959 Tibet and 2019 Hong Kong, popular dissent became a flashpoint for the end of meaningful autonomy – just as Beijing had planned. The current socio-political re-engineering in Hong Kong — called the “Second Handover” by some — is following a script reminiscent of the happenings in Tibet in 1959. Per Beijing’s official…
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Xinjiang’s shadow – Before leaving office, Mike Pompeo accused China of genocide
I N ONE OF his last acts as Donald Trump’s secretary of state, Mike Pompeo declared that China’s repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang was an act of “genocide”. Antony Blinken, President Joe’s Biden nominee to succeed Mr Pompeo, said he agreed. In the fog of a presidential transition, America thereby adopted the harshest language of…
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The world this week
Governments in Britain and across the European Union rushed to approve a post-Brexit trade agreement before December 31st, the date on which Britain’s transition period ends. The deal, which was announced on Christmas Eve, covers goods, but says little about financial services. Some disruption for business is expected. The EU ’s member states back the…
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CPEC remains on grounds even after five years; China slowly moving out while Pakistan slipping in debt-trap
About five years ago, the China- Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was launched with much fanfare, the implementation of the project is going through mill. It spells trouble for the future of the big-ticket project as Chinese have been fast-losing interest in it, which has been impelled for variety of reasons. The global concerns China’s predatory…
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Why did Mount Everest’s height change?
Here is why China and Nepal agree on a new standard height for Mount Everest. The world’s highest mountain is now officially a little higher – and that might not be the end of the story. China and Nepal agreed this week on a new standard height for Mount Everest, the rugged Himalayan peak that…
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Citing Forced Labor Concerns, US Issues Ban on Xinjiang Cotton
U.S. businesses should not be allowed “to profit from slave labor,” a U.S. official said of the ban. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that Customs and Border Protection (CPB) personnel will ban all cotton and cotton products from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) and any of its subordinate…
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Uighurs forced to eat pork as China expands Xinjiang pig farms
Former detainees claim that the forcible feeding of pork is most rampant in re-education camps and detention centres. It has been more than two years since Sayragul Sautbay was released from a re-education camp in China’s westernmost region of Xinjiang. Yet the mother of two still suffers from nightmares and flashbacks from the “humiliation and…