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DHARAMSALA, 5 Dec:  The capital of the Czech Republic and Taiwan will sign a “sister city” agreement hard on the heels of the former cancelling one with Beijing.

DHARAMSALA, 4 Dec: The US House of Representative has overwhelmingly passed a law that calls for a tough response to China’s crackdown on Uighur Muslims in East Turkistan.

DHARAMSALA, 21 Nov: Tuvalu, a small Oceania country has turned down China’s proposal to build artificial islands to fight with its rising sea levels; a disguised attempt to gain influence in the country.

DHARAMSALA, 21 Nov: China has demanded the US President to veto Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, a bill that supports human rights in Hong Kong or face ‘strong countermeasures’.

DHARAMSALA, 21 Nov: US lawmakers have unanimously approved Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act as mass pro-democracy protests have gripped the island since June earlier this year. 

DHARAMSALA, 16 Nov:  Sweden has defied Chinese threat by awarding detained Chinese-born Swedish scholar and bookseller Gui Minhai.

DHARAMSALA, 15 Nov: The US Attorney General William Barr has said that Chinese technology giants Huawei and ZTE “cannot be trusted.”

DHARAMSALA, 15 Nov: A bipartisan congressional commission of the US government has recommended against referring to China’s Xi Jinping as “president” and instead to call him by his party title, “general secretary.”

DHARAMSALA, 14 Nov: Amid mounting concerns over China’s influence in its universities, Australia will now adopt new guidelines to combat it, media reports said.

DHARAMSALA, 12 Nov: Protesting against China’s encroachment, protesters in Nepal have burnt Chinese President XI Jinping’s effigy on Monday.