Proxy war – Sensing change in Washington, China is mustering allies at the UN
W HEN AMERICA withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council in 2018, China expressed regret.…
Uighur family freed after three years, and reunited in Australia
Chinese authorities banned Sadam Abdusalam’s wife Nadila Wumaier and their son from leaving Xinjiang by…
South Korean Director Kim Ki-Duk Passes Away; Here’s A Look At Some Of His Best Movies
Korean director Kim Ki Duk, who was one of the best-known directors of the Korean…
Policing in China: a cocktail of inefficient apparatus and brutal power
Four Chinese policemen are now under the strict public scrutiny as they failed to save…
Bangladesh Begins Relocating Rohingya Refugees to Island
International aid agencies and the U.N. have vehemently opposed the relocation since it was first…
5 Predictions for Beijing’s Assault on Internet Freedom in 2021
China has long been home to the world’s most sophisticated system of internet controls. Indeed,…
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…
Understanding Vietnam’s Military Modernization Efforts
Between 2003 and 2018, Vietnam’s military expenditure increased by some 687 percent. However, the figure…
China uses big data to select Muslims for arrest in Xinjiang: HRW
A big-data program in China’s Xinjiang “arbitrarily selects” Muslims for detention, flagging behaviour such as…
Japan’s ‘Misunderstanding’ About a Biden Administration
Now that Vice-President Joe Biden is set to become the next U.S. president in January…