North Korea’s Kim Jong-un gets ‘first official portrait’
North Korea has unveiled what’s thought to be the first official painting of Kim Jong-un, lifting the leader to a new level of personality cult.
Monthly Archives: November 2018
Xinjiang: China’s Muslim camp spending ‘revealed’
China massively increased security spending in 2017 in the far-western region of Xinjiang, where hundreds of thousands of Muslims are alleged to have been detained, a new report says. Spending in areas “that explain nearly all security-related facility construction” rose by 213% between 2016 and 2017, said the US-based Jamestown Foundation.
UN human rights panel express concern over China
US and European delegates to the UN Human Rights Council have expressed concern about reports that ethnic Uighurs are being arbitrarily detained in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The council held a hearing on Tuesday on human rights situations in China at the UN European headquarters in Geneva.
US postpones talks with N.Korea
The United States has postponed a meeting between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a senior North Korean official scheduled for Thursday. The US State Department said in a statement on Wednesday that Pompeo and vice chairman of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party Kim Yong Chol will meet when their schedules permit. The statement does not give a reason for… Read more »
UN envoy calls for a halt to Rohingya repatriation
A United Nations’ special envoy is calling to stop plans to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled ethnic violence in Myanmar for Bangladesh. The 2 countries have agreed to start the return of the ethnic minority in the middle of this month. But Yanghee Lee, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar… Read more »
China’s top political advisor meets Cuban president
BEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) — China’s top political advisor Wang Yang met with visiting Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel here on Wednesday. China and Cuba are good friends, good comrades and good brothers, said Wang, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
East Asian News
Last Tuesday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said China will adhere to the principal of of multilateralism, to push for the in-depth development of globalization. China believes that multilateralism is the only way to grow as a nation. China is willing to work with other countries so they can grow. China will be making a step towards promoting economic globalization. China’s opening-up… Read more »
China backs WTO reforms
BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday said China supports reforms of the World Trade Organization (WTO), but reforms should not be conducted unilaterally or by creating any new organization. He made the remarks when holding a roundtable meeting in Beijing with the leaders of six major international economic and financial institutions. Talking about WTO reforms,… Read more »
China’s electronic giant to construct technology park in India
MUMBAI, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) — Midea Group, Chinese electrical appliance manufacturing company, has started construction of a Science and Technology Park in western India. The Chinese consumer appliances maker said on Monday that it will invest 184.63 million U.S. dollars over the next five years in Ahmednagar in western Maharashtra state to set up a technology park. During the last… Read more »
Japan’s central gov’t, Okinawa agree to hold talks on controversial U.S. base relocation
TOKYO, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) — Japan’s central government and Okinawa prefecture agreed Tuesday to hold discussions for around a month on the contentious issues of the relocation of a U.S. military base within Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. The talks held in Tokyo between Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki and Japan’s top government spokesperson Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga come at… Read more »