Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, accused the Chinese company Huawei of being a national risk due to its practice of routing network information to Beijing. Though Schmidt isn’t sure how exactly the process is carried out, he is confident that it indeed does happen and that the company is a major security risk ...
In May, the Chinese government passed the proposal to implement a national security law in Hong Kong. Beijing wants to target people who are involved in activities like promoting democracy, freedom of speech, and so on with charges of secession, terrorism, subversion, etc. And now, it seems as if Beijing will even be able to ...
The recent India-China border fight left numerous soldiers dead on both sides. The conflict started off after China set up tents in a region where such structures were not allowed. At present, both countries have mobilized forces at the border. However, no one actually expects a full-blown war between the two nations, especially since the ...
With Beijing deciding to impose the National Security Law in Hong Kong, damaging the democratic foundations of the city, many Hongkongers are planning to flee to other nations. And to many people desperate to leave Hong Kong, Taiwan is a natural destination since it shares a similar culture and values. The government recently announced a ...
While the world is trying its best to keep the COVID-19 spread in check, another virus from China is creating problems for Taiwan. Decapod Iridescent Virus 1 (DIV1) has apparently affected a number of shrimp and crayfish hatcheries across the island nation. As a result, thousands of these creatures have been culled following the direction of ...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says more countries are rejecting doing business with tools of the Chinese Communist Party’s surveillance state, such as telecoms equipment giant Huawei. Due to security concerns, Pompeo has long fought a campaign against Huawei, which was recently named by the Trump administration as being one of 20 companies owned ...
A recent report by Human Rights Watch warns that China is pushing the Tibetan language to extinction through its policy of bilingual education. The policy has been implemented in the Tibetan region for more than a decade and has fostered the growth of Chinese language schooling at almost all education levels, sacrificing the study of ...
Since Wikipedia is a website people access to get a general overview of a topic, being represented correctly is a necessity for countries like Taiwan. For some time, pro-Chinese groups have insisted that it could only be referred to as a “state” in East Asia. However, after an intense debate, the editors of Wikipedia seem ...
Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary-General of NATO, recently warned that China’s increasing influence was triggering a fundamental shift in global power that cannot be overlooked. He wants the NATO alliance to be involved deeply in global political affairs, as well as aid nations in the Asia-Pacific region to counter China’s dominance. The China threat Stoltenberg stated ...
A relationship with all the bitterness (and no tenderness) of a lover’s quarrel — what would happen if North and South Korea decided to unite to form a unified Korea? Some analysts have pointed to a “glorious” future where Korea would have the world’s largest army, and an economy that bests Japan. If the huge ...
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