People's Republic of China (PRC) : News & Discussions
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Samsung to let manufacturing staff go at last Chinese laptop factory
South Korean firm Samsung will no longer focus on PC assembly and manufacturing at its facility in Chinese city of Suzhou ‘due to fierce market competition’.
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Uighur Man Sends Secret Video, Text Messages From Inside Chinese Detention Center: Reports
The footage and messages offer a terrifying glimpse into the allegedly unsanitary and inhumane conditions inside China’s so-called “re-education centers.”
Mao's China falsely claimed it had eradicated schistosomiasis – and it's still celebrating that 'success' in propaganda today
New research shows China's claim to have eradicated this parasitic disease in the 1950s were false, and part of a big cover up.
'Threats don't fit in here' - German foreign minister warns China, says EU expects respect
The row in Berlin undermined a charm offensive from China after Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Czech lawmaker would pay 'heavy price' for Taiwan visit.
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Human rights groups write IOC to move 2022 Winter Olympics from China
A coalition of human rights groups have sent a joint letter to the International Olympic Committee, calling on the body to move the 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing due to China's record on human rights."
Wow this will really humiliate China and the commie government.
If the games actually get shifted , expect xi to be immediately booted, probably executed. The fragile ego of the politburo will never tolerate this insult.
A coalition of human rights groups have sent a joint letter to the International Olympic Committee, calling on the body to move the 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing due to China's record on human rights."
Wow this will really humiliate China and the commie government.
If the games actually get shifted , expect xi to be immediately booted, probably executed. The fragile ego of the politburo will never tolerate this insult.
Amid growing economic stranglehold by China, Kyrgyzstan elections set for Oct 4
Kyrgyzstan is going to polls on October 4, 2020. About 16 political parties will battle it out for the 120-seat Kyrgyz Parliament 'Jogorku Kenesh'. Close to 3.3 million voters will cast their votes in an election that will be monitored by 24 long-term and 350 short-term observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Every five years there are Parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan and the Member of Parliaments (MPs) are elected on the basis of party lists. To prevent complete dominance of one party a political subject cannot win more than 60 per cent of 120 mandates in the Parliament as per provisions.
A 7 per cent national vote threshold is what any party contesting the election has to get for an assured seat in the Kyrgyz Parliament. Currently, the Birimdik Party leads with 28 MPs, followed by Mekenim Kyrgyzstan with 15 and Kyrgyzstan party with 14 MPs. While 100 incumbent MPs are contesting the elections under different party banners.
According to the trends the Birimdik Party- backed by the President - will in all probability emerge as the single largest party and form a new government in coalition with Mekenim Kyrgyzstan and Kyrgyzstan Party.
Kyrgyzstan has strong business ties with China which also happens to be its largest creditor. Chinese debt constitutes 45 per cent of Kyrgyzstan's total foreign debt which is why analysts believe that Kyrgyzstan may be slowly entering into a Chinese debt trap.
The massive debt has forced Kyrgyzstan to request China for a deferment but the Chinese are playing the delayed tactics. This hints towards China mounting pressure in return for some favour, which otherwise would have been difficult.
The stance taken by China towards Kyrgyzstan has made the people of the country - already reeling under huge unemployment - wary about China. Speculations are rife that the government is slowly becoming addicted to Chinese loans. However, China is more than forthcoming to provide further loans to cover the interest of existing loans.
For all the concerns in recent years that Kyrgyzstan was falling into a Chinese debt trap, through the first half of 2020 Bishkek had been meeting their commitments to Beijing.
The story of Kyrgyzstan's debt started with the government borrowing large sums from China's Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) to finance infrastructure around 2010. Since 2016 the Kyrgyz government has been trying to repay the amount to the bank, but it, unfortunately, borrows an equal amount of money thus keeping the debt to Eximbank at the same level. The Eximbank owns more than two-fifths of Kyrgyzstan’s nearly USD 4 billion foreign debt and has financed major transport and energy projects in the country.
The growing discontent could most likely be exploited by extremist groups like the state-supported traditional Kyrgyz Islam. According to Kyrgyz government data (May 2019), there has been a five-fold growth in the number of people accused of terrorism or extremism in the last 7 years.
Amid growing economic stranglehold by China, Kyrgyzstan elections set for Oct 4
Kyrgyzstan has strong business ties with China which also happens to be its largest creditor.
Well turn the question around a bit... is it necessary that what is good for US is always bad for India? Is there necessarily a zero-sum situation? Is it necessarily that US has to be wrong on what is good for us or rather for both of us? The more and more I look at it, the more and more I see that there is worth in hammering out an alliance with USA.
Has Ajit Doval said that an alliance with USA is simply out of the question? The best we have is the circumstantial evidence of US marketing the alliance, thats all. I hazard a guess that there is some negotiation might be underway. US wants more values and is pushing a higher cost. I just hope that Indian negotiators hammer out a good deal for us. We will know details in 10 years or so.
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The two camps are already drawn up. Russia + China vs USA.
India is too less powerful to be a pole of its own.
I hope we do not play this game again with stratagems of 1950s or 60s. They failed us entirely.
