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EU leaders have an opportunity to stop treating repression as a side issue and instead make human rights more central to their engagement with China.

EU leaders have an opportunity to stop treating repression as a side issue and instead make human rights more central to their engagement with China.

EU leaders have an opportunity to stop treating repression as a side issue and instead make human rights more central to their engagement with China.

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Europe’s China debate has long been shaped by the assumption that China’s power would continue to grow almost automatically and that this rise would lead to liberalization. When this did not happen, Europe thought it could get away with adapting and managing risks.

Europe’s China debate has long been shaped by the assumption that China’s power would continue to grow almost automatically and that this rise would lead to liberalization. When this did not happen, Europe thought it could get away with adapting and managing risks.

[Op-ed by Paul Mwirigi, a Kenya-based writer specializing in African affairs. He holds a degree from the University of East Africa and has developed a strong foundation in building scalable and efficient digital solutions to issues around the continent.]

[Op-ed by Paul Mwirigi, a Kenya-based writer specializing in African affairs. He holds a degree from the University of East Africa and has developed a strong foundation in building scalable and efficient digital solutions to issues around the continent.]

cross-posted from https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/55642443

Op-ed by Kolas Yotaka, a Taiwan-based adviser and former senior government official. A former spokesperson for Taiwan’s Presidential Office and, before that, Cabinet spokesperson under Premier (now President) Lai Ching-te, she currently holds an affiliated research position at Keio University’s Global Research Institute in Tokyo.

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China managed to secure Taiwan’s exclusion from a Track 2 platform designed to address maritime ecology. It’s a worrying escalation of China’s political warfare.

China managed to secure Taiwan’s exclusion from a Track 2 platform designed to address maritime ecology. It’s a worrying escalation of China’s political warfare.

China managed to secure Taiwan’s exclusion from a Track 2 platform designed to address maritime ecology. It’s a worrying escalation of China’s political warfare.

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/66369698

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Op-ed by Rowena He, research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and author of “Tiananmen Exiles: Voices of the Struggle for Democracy in China.” As a scholar of Tiananmen, she was denied a work visa to return to her associate professor position at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Op-ed by Rowena He, research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and author of “Tiananmen Exiles: Voices of the Struggle for Democracy in China.” As a scholar of Tiananmen, she was denied a work visa to return to her associate professor position at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

An interview with Professor Aleksandra Gasztold of the University of Warsaw in Poland during her visit in Taiwan. She discusses what East Asia and Eastern Europe can learn from one another about democratic resilience, hybrid threats, AI-driven security, and the future of modern conflict.

An interview with Professor Aleksandra Gasztold of the University of Warsaw in Poland during her visit in Taiwan. She discusses what East Asia and Eastern Europe can learn from one another about democratic resilience, hybrid threats, AI-driven security, and the future of modern conflict.

Internships are mandatory for the roughly 4 million children who graduate from secondary vocational schools each year. But some internships involve hazardous conditions – and even death.

Internships are mandatory for the roughly 4 million children who graduate from secondary vocational schools each year. But some internships involve hazardous conditions – and even death.

The meeting will be a stark display of Trump and Xi’s shared anti-human rights vision of transactional geopolitics. Accountability will have to come from elsewhere.

The meeting will be a stark display of Trump and Xi’s shared anti-human rights vision of transactional geopolitics. Accountability will have to come from elsewhere.

On May 7, in a historic verdict, Peter Wai and Bill Yuen were found guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service under the U.K. National Security Act. Their convictions send an unambiguous message: transnational repression by the Chinese Communist Party has no place on British soil. Remarkably, on the same day, the United States and Norway delivered that message too. That three liberal democracies acted against Beijing’s long arm on a single day was not coordinated – but perhaps it should have been.

On May 7, in a historic verdict, Peter Wai and Bill Yuen were found guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service under the U.K. National Security Act. Their convictions send an unambiguous message: transnational repression by the Chinese Communist Party has no place on British soil. Remarkably, on the same day, the United States and Norway delivered that message too. That three liberal democracies acted against Beijing’s long arm on a single day was not coordinated – but perhaps it should have been.

These 4 countries now manufacture approximately. 40GW of solar panels per year. That’s enough to power around 20 million EVs (maths below). That’s far in excess of new car sales in those 4 countries, which come in at 3-4 million cars per year.

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Over the past month, several reports offered new details on the scale and tactics of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s foreign influence operations.

Over the past month, several reports offered new details on the scale and tactics of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s foreign influence operations.

Over the past month, several reports offered new details on the scale and tactics of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s foreign influence operations.

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Jimmy Lai and countless others in China are paying the price for a West too eager to compromise principles for profit.

Jimmy Lai and countless others in China are paying the price for a West too eager to compromise principles for profit.

The number of Chinese who believe that “hard work is rewarded” has collapsed among those born in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Opinion piece by Li Qiang, founder and executive director of China Labor Watch, and a human rights advocate with over 30 years of experience investigating global supply chains.

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The Asia Center report: Climate Disinformation in Thailand: Negating Indigenous People’s Identities