China Expresses Disappointment at Milei Victory in Argentine Presidential Race
Milei, a right-wing libertarian known for his critical stance towards China and Brazil (Argentina’s top trade partners), has drawn attention for his unconventional political stance and outspoken criticism of major international players. According to Bloomberg, the president-elect previously likened the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to “an assassin” and protested the lack of civil rights and freedom in China.
Fear in the Forbidden City
Last September, the Chinese authorities sentenced ex-national police chief Fu Zhenghua and multiple other former senior officials in the PRC security establishment to lengthy prison terms; Fu and the others have known ties to the Jiang faction.
Governments Utilizing Mine Waste to Beat China on Green Energy Goals
The largest such project, however, is currently underway in Australia, where the manufacturer of mineral sands, Iluka, is preparing to process 1 million tons of stockpiled by-products that have been accumulating at its Eneabba site since the 1990s.
China Spotlighted in Kenya’s Presidential Race
“The deputy president and the presidential contender William Ruto and his allies have made China a talking point in their campaign, and they’re most critical of the role of China in the country,” Cliff Mboya, a Kenyan researcher at the China Global South Project think tank, told VOA.
Understanding “Made in China 2025”
And some boast about brutal efficiency, claiming that an authoritarian regime is in a better position to get things done than a democracy. Tsinghua University’s Li Donghong said, “Compared with Europe, America, Japan and other developed countries, China has its own institutional advantages. It is able to do big things by collecting all resources under a clear top-level design, so as to achieve high efficiency across the country when promoting specific projects around a common goal.
‘Covert, Corrupt, and Coercive’: Report Details Beijing’s Bid to Establish New Global Media Order
Chinese state media set up English- and regional-language pages on Facebook in 2013. Eight years on, they have topped world’s media in term of following, with four major outlets—CGTN, China Daily, Xinhua, and People’s Daily—having between 86 million to 116 million followers each at the time of the French report’s publication, or about 2.5 to 3 times larger than that of CNN’s.
Human Rights Groups Urge IOC to Block China From Hosting Olympics
<!–[CDATA[ VISION TIMES Several human rights groups have written a joint letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) asking them to block China from hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics due to the country’s gross human rights violations. Beijing is looking forward to hosting the event as a way to showcase to the world how technologically advanced and […]
A Prisoner’s Human Rights Report
Tang Jingling | China Change This article was first published on China Change web site on August 28, 2016 The Chinese version was published on May 20, 2016 “I can’t help but sigh over how much more civilized the South African apartheid regime of 50 years ago was compared to the Chinese Communist regime of today.” – Tang Jingling […]
The Real China and the Rule of Law
<!–[CDATA[ Yongfeng Peng | China Scope You probably have read from newspapers that China has been moving towards the rule-of-law. Trust me, it is not true at all. In fact, China is not even moving towards rule-by-law. The first thing I want to tell you is that China has been ruled by lies. Many would […]