SINGAPORE/BEIJING, Feb 24: Thousands of apps running code built by Chinese Internet giant Baidu have collected and transmitted users’ personal information to the company, much of it easily intercepted, researchers say.
Read moreThe Guardian | February 23, 2016
Another writer is behind bars in China, the world’s leading jailer of journalists
A prominent Tibetan blogger known by the single name of Druklo has been sentenced to three years in prison on charges of inciting separatism and endangering social stability.
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Reuters | February 23, 2016
WASHINGTON – Recent satellite images show China may be installing a high-frequency radar system in the Spratly Islands that could significantly boost its ability control the disputed South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported on Monday.
Read moreSHIMLA, Feb 23: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), which released its 2015 annual report on Friday has documented two prime developments — China’s attempt to include “legal justifications for repression” and the sinister effort of the Chinese government that “prioritised rhetoric over substance”.
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Pat Pheifer, Star Tribune | February 21, 2016
The elderly Tibetan Buddhist said he is in good health.
The stage was filled with flowers, monks in saffron-colored robes and dignitaries in suits, but the crowd at the Minneapolis Convention Center had come to see just one man, the Dalai Lama.
Read moreBy Ralph Jenning, Los Angeles Times | February 19, 2016
Taiwanese authorities asked a close ally of the Dalai Lama, as well as a U.S.-based activist for China’s Uighur minority, not to attend a forum on religious freedom in Taipei
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February 18, 2016
When identifying threats to Himalayan ecosystems, China stands out. For years, the People’s Republic has been engaged in frenzied damming of rivers and unbridled exploitation of mineral wealth on the resource-rich Tibetan Plateau.
Read moreLHASA, Feb 16: China’s State Council, or the cabinet, has approved the application of Shannan in Tibet to become the fifth prefecture-level city in the region, authorities announced on Tuesday.
Read moreBEIJING, Feb 17: New satellite images appear to show China has deployed surface-to-air missiles on an island in the flashpoint waters of the South China Sea.
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GENEVA, Feb 16: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said on Tuesday (Feb 16) he had raised concerns and sought clarifications from Chinese authorities about the recent arrests of lawyers, and harassment and intimidation of government critics and non-governmental organisation (NGO) workers.
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