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DHARAMSALA, 21 Oct: A professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association(NBA) has denounced Chinese President Xi Jinping as a “brutal dictator” and called on the Chinese government to “Free Tibet.”

DHARAMSALA, 22 Sept: Lithuania’s Defence Ministry has advised its citizens to avoid buying and using Chinese mobile phones after it was found that the devices had built-in censorship capabilities

DHARAMSALA, 15 Sept: China’s ambassador to the UK has been barred entry into both the chambers of the British parliament over Chinese sanctions on British lawmakers.

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.