AvatarDon LloydChina Why do Muslim states stay silent over China’s abuse of the Uighurs? The Guardian - Nick CohenCountries that could not tolerate Rushdie's magical realist novel can live with the mass sterilisation of Muslim women When China imposed trade sanctions on Norway in 2010 for honouring the imprisoned
AvatarDon Lloyd While the world wasn’t looking, Beijing re-wrote the rules in Hong Kong at startling speed Quartz - Mary HuiCompared to last year, the streets of Hong Kong over the past few months have been largely quiet. Gone are the massive protests, as people stayed home to stave off the pandemic. But away from the global
AvatarDon Lloyd Exclusive: Internal Chinese report warns Beijing faces Tiananmen-like global backlash over virus ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation,
AvatarDon Lloyd Xi Jinping has buried the truth about coronavirus The Guardian - Ma JianThe reaction to the outbreak has revealed the unreconstructed despotism of the Chinese state Over the past 70 years, the Chinese Communist party has subjected its country to a succession of manmade catastrophes,
AvatarDon Lloyd Why China can’t recover quickly from the coronavirus outbreak like it did with SARS Los Angeles Times - David PiersonBuoyed by Lunar New Year bonuses, Chinese consumers are supposed to be spendthrift this time of year — splurging on gifts, trips to the movies and lavish foreign vacations. But the spread of a deadly in
