China is not known to play coy. It has always been clear about its global ambitions, which started off slowly and steadily in its own near backyard. In direct contrast to the Washington doctrine – Beijing has been happy to invest economically while asking no awkward questions on human rights. This transactional approach underscores what the Chinese have long referred to as their brand of Communism coming complete ‘with Chinese characteristics’, a term coined during…
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by Tahir Khan in DAILY TIMES, June 10, 2017 ISLAMABAD: All Chinese nationals, who were linked to a Korean language centre in Quetta, have been evacuated after gunmen kidnapped two Chinese nationals last month, sources said on Friday. The Islamic State claims it has killed Chinese pair abducted on May 24. Both China and Pakistan have to verify the claim as yet. The slain Chinese were teachers at a centre being run by a South…
By Tom Hussain in The South China Morning Post, June 9, 2017 The reported murder of two Chinese citizens by Islamic State terrorists in Pakistan on Thursday underscores the complications Beijing faces by massively expanding its economic and diplomatic presence in Southwest Asia. The two Chinese language teachers were kidnapped on May 24 from the western city of Quetta, the dusty capital of Balochistan province, a fault line of regional geopolitics that Beijing is increasingly…
by Tracy Hu in South China Morning Post, June 9, 2017 at 7:23pm Police in Jiangsu have broken up a gang of 200 for illegally trading airguns and pellets, following a tip off from a an express company, Tencent News reported. Several packages which were found to contain air gun components including an 80cm barrel, were found by the courier in December. A description of contents provided by the sender of the parcels showed the…
by Nectar Gan in South China Morning Post, June 10, 2017 A disgraced disciplinary official of the Communist Party helped exiled billionaire Guo Wengui secure huge business gains by interfering in a number of cases in exchange for bribes, according to a court verdict on his corruption case released last week. Meng Huiqing, formerly with the party’s top graft agency and now serving a 12-year jail term for taking 6.5 million yuan (US$956,000) in bribes,…
Report in The Daily Star, June 10, 2017 Bangladesh is facing challenges from fundamentalists and religion-based groups, and the young generation will have to come forward to rebuild the society, speakers at a discussion said yesterday. According to them, a large number of youths still believe the situation can be changed by waging a cultural and progressive movement. They stressed the need for organising a mass upsurge like the Gonojagoron Mancha. Sanglapsutra, a newly-floated platform…
Report in Prothom Alo, Jun 10, 2017 Rajashahi: A madrasah teacher was chopped to death by miscreants at Khanpur village in Bagmara upazila of Rajshahi on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, 35, a physical education teacher of Khanpur Dakhil Madrasah and son of Moyez Uddin of the village. Officer in-charge (OC) of Bagmara police station Nasim Ahmed said two people called Kalam out of a tea shop at Khanpur Bazar while…