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DHARAMSALA, 14 Sept: China has reacted sharply as the US is considering a request from Taiwan to change the name of its mission in Washington from Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to Taiwan Representative Office.

DHARAMSALA, 9 Sept: China’s celebrities have been told in no uncertain terms to “oppose the decadent ideas of money worship, hedonism and extreme individualism” by the Chinese Communist Party at an entertainment industry symposium, reports the Mail Online.

DHARAMSALA, 8 Sept: Hong Kong police have arrested four pro-democracy activist leaders from a group that organises the annual June 4 rally to commemorate those who died in the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

DHARAMSALA, 31 Aug: China has issued a new law allowing only three hours of online gaming time a week for its minors that courted criticism from young Chinese gamers on social media while shares of gaming companies have fallen. 

DHARAMSALA, 30 Aug: A court ruling in Botswana has declared that President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi’s decision to deny his predecessor Seretse Khama Ian Khama air transport to honor an invitation by the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in India in 2019 was unlawful.

DHARAMSALA, 24 Aug: US Vice President Kamala Harris has called out China for its continued coercion and intimidation to claim the South China Sea.

DHARAMSALA, 11 Aug: Reacting furiously over Lithuania’s decision to allow Taiwan to open a diplomatic office in the country, China has recalled its own ambassador from the baltic country and demanded that Lithuania recall its Beijing envoy. 

DHARAMSALA, 6 Aug: The US State Department has authorized a proposed sale of 40 self-propelled howitzer artillery systems to Taiwan in a move that is sure to irk China.  

DHARAMSALA, 30 July: The US House of Representatives has passed a bill forbidding the use of any funds to create or procure maps depicting Taiwan as part of the People’s Republic of China.

DHARAMSALA, 27 July: The US has raised the issue of genocide of Uyghurs, human rights abuse in Tibet, and China’s anti-democratic crackdown in Hong Kong with China at a meeting between top diplomats in Beijing.