Category: China
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China’s Funeral Services Scam a “Grave” concern
China has multiple companies offering funeral services to locals that makes it a very big and profitable operating sector. These companies take care of all the pre-requisites during a funeral – from arranging the mourners to managing the cemetery operations. Everything is systematic and involves big moolah to keep the event tip-top. But even though…
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China’s Web of Influence by manipulation in South Asia for Geopolitical Gain
In recent years, China has aggressively expanded its presence and influence across South Asia, employing a multifaceted strategy that combines economic coercion, propaganda, and political meddling. While Beijing frames its engagement through initiatives like the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as mutually beneficial cooperation, a closer examination reveals a pattern of manipulation aimed at advancing…
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China and the US duke it out for Africa.
The growing presence of China in Africa has captured the attention of both Africa and the West. As Chinese trade and investments have eclipsed those of Europe and the United States, their leaders have warned that Beijing is exploiting African resources, threatening African jobs, buttressing African dictators, and showing general disregard for human rights, good…
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Youth unemployment is rising in China as more graduates enter the labor market.
China’s youth unemployment surged to 17.2 per cent in July, the highest level in the eight months since the National Bureau of Statistics adopted a new method of counting. The jobless rate for 16- to 24-year-olds – excluding students – was up from 13.2 per cent a month earlier and ended three months of declines, according…
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Recent study finds China-owned TikTok algorithms actively suppress criticism of Chinese regime
A recent study claims that TikTok, a short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance, is using its algorithms to suppress content exposing China’s human rights violations to shape the views of its targeted users. Researchers from America’s Rutgers University and the school’s Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) found that the China-owned video-sharing app’s…
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Nations wake up to Chinese attempts at espionage, cyber-attack
China is reported to be using all kinds of methods, from social media to cyber attacks, for espionage; and also to spread misinformation sow confusion in countries it considers its adversaries and to influence elections to help bring into power governments sympathetic to China. Governments in different countries have taken preventive measures to thwart these…
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Fury in China as deliveryman kneels before guard.
Chinese authorities have called for gig workers to be treated with kindness after videos of a delivery rider kneeling before a security guard led to protests by dozens of riders. Guards stopped the rider from leaving a building in Hangzhou on Monday – saying he damaged railings while scaling them during a rushed delivery. Worried…
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Turkish journalists on the China-sponsored Xinjiang tour provide glowing reviews.
Diverging narratives In a video posted Tuesday by the Chinese Embassy in Turkey, Tunç Akkoç, founder of digital media organization Harici, expressed surprise at what he perceived as a stark contrast between his experience in Xinjiang and the reports from Western media. “It is totally a different impression and a different reality from what we…
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Purges of Officials in Xinjiang underscore plight of Uyghur
China’s latest crackdown on the Uyghur peoples of Xinjiang targets officials who are labelled as “two-faced”. More than 70 Uyghur have been detained in Korla, the second largest city by population. These officials have been purged, in what may be seen as a continuation of Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign being extended to Xinjiang. The latest…
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China is monitoring Britain for indications of a thaw as the incoming Labour administration considers its options.
China is hoping the advent of a new British government will offer a chance to reset the volatile relationship between the two countries, but it is unlikely to be plain sailing. State media has latched on to reports that the new Foreign Secretary David Lammy is “considering” a visit at some point. Zhao Junjie, a member of…