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DHARAMSALA, 13 June: China has reportedly stretched its long arm by to disrupt the mass protests in Hong Kong against the controversial extradition bill with a massive hacking attack on the Telegram Messenger, an app being used by the demonstrators to organise the protests.

DHARAMSALA, 13 June: The incumbent President of the Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen has clinched her party, Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) nomination for the 2020 Taiwan presidential election.

DHARAMSALA, 13 June: The authorities in Hong Kong have shut some government offices as they press on with the controversial extradition bill in spite of the widespread opposition from the people as they fear it could encroach the city’s autonomy and judicial independence, and enable Chinese authorities to use to crack down on pro-democracy activists and others critical of Beijing. 

DHARAMSALA, 30 May: While the US-China trade war has reached an impasse, a Chinese state TV anchor and a host of from Fox Business appeared for a head to head in a live televised debate on the U.S.-China trade war.

DHARAMSALA, 27 May: The US Ambassador to China has urged China to engage in substantive dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his visit to Tibet.

DHARAMSALA, 22 May: Nepal has banned the use of Chinese digital wallets such as WeChat Pay and Alipay, violators to face criminal investigation.

DHARAMSALA, 21 May: The U.S. Ambassador to China has embarked on a rare visit to Tibet, listed as the least free place on earth after Syria by Freedom House in its 2019 annual review for the fourth year in a row.

DHARAMSALA, 20 May: In yet another significant blow to Chinese tech giant Huawei, it stands to lose access to some Google apps in its new designs of smartphones.

DHARAMSALA, 15 May: China has moved on from partial ban to blanket ban on Wikipedia to block the free online encyclopaedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world in all available languages.

DHARAMSALA, 14 May: Three journalists in Nepal are being investigated by the state for publishing a news item on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s health in April 2019.