The leader of the Early Rain Covenant Church is reportedly suffering from liver cancer. His family, who have long been denied prison visits, have received no official news. Despite summits between Trump and Xi, China is intensifying its crackdown on believers and prominent figures within Protestant communities.
Beijing gets the right to explore a 10,000 square kilometre area at the bottom of the sea between Africa and India. It will be able to exploit any deposits found in the future. Rapid deep-sea exploration technology could ignite a new for rush for the seabed.
The Chinese authorities the northern province of Xinjiang post pictures of the last two Uyghurs killed in cold blood a few days ago on its website and warns: "They could be taken alive." Analysts explained: "A clear message: those who rebel will be shot."
He suffered isolation and hunger. To overcome loneliness and isolation, he drew a picture of the Blessed Sacrament on the wall of his cell, praying for a long time. The government wants to force him and other priests to register and subscribe to the PA, which wants to build a Church independent of the pope.
A human rights activist, she has turned an online protest into concrete action. For this reason, the authorities arrested her in March and plan to try her for “creating a disturbance”. Activists launch a petition to free her.
Japan’s Defence Ministry releases its annual paper on its region’s military situation, warning against China’s growing military power, which aims at expanding its sphere of influence. Beijing protests and issues threats.
The State Council calls on the authorities to act in a "transparent" manner. Attempts to appease distrust in public opinion. But experts note that the rigid censorship of the news on the train wreck continues and they demand the freedom to speak about it.
China and Vietnam agree to “peaceful measures” to settle their border dispute through cooperation and bilateral relations. Tensions between Beijing and Manila are up as China threatens the Philippines after Manila builds a military structure on one of the Spratly Islands.
Beijing, Moscow and Asian exchanges give the thumbs down to US decision to raise its debt ceiling yesterday. The governor of China’s central bank has doubts about US economic stability. Asian markets lose 2 per cent. Putin calls the US a “parasite” living “beyond its means.”
Drivers protest costs of car rental and license fees paid to companies. They also complain about the rising cost of fuel and traffic congestion, which cut into their earnings. Taxi drivers have been striking on and off for months across China, but the authorities have only granted small improvements.
Merging markets and opening borders has undoubtedly had great benefits for the world, but not for those nations which - like China – exercise an authoritarian power and economic development. Without democracy and social equity Beijing will collapse. The analysis of the great Chinese dissident.
Lead in drinking water in the area of Kumbum monastery, a place of special devotion for Tibetans, because of waste from mine and local foundry. The authorities falsify the analysis, the police hunt protesters, while the residents fall sick and hundreds of children have too much lead in their blood.
The leader of the ethnic Uyghur comments on the recent incidents of violence that occurred in the northern province to AsiaNews, "China censors the independent media, we do not know what's going on. And if it is terrorism, then it is to be condemned. But the Chinese government has imposed a crackdown on my people driving them to despair: it is its own fault. "
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