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Canada’s parliament passes motion saying China’s treatment of Uighurs is genocide

February 25, 2021 sanket

Ottawa: Canada has passed a non-binding motion on Monday saying that China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims is a genocide. This has put pressure on Trudeau’s government to follow suit and take similar action. The parliament voted 266-0 for the motion brought by the opposition Conservative Party. Canadian PM Trudeau and his Cabinet abstained from the […]

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China Deploys Covid-19 Vaccine to Build Influence

February 23, 2021 sanket

Ethiopia: China has set up a vast supply chain network in Ethiopia’s new airport Cargo Terminal. Beginning with vaccine assembling and delivery in a soccer field-sized freezer to store vials in a control room with a wall of monitors, the Chinese and Ethiopian technicians track the temperatures of every batch. More than one million doses […]

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Is Sri Lanka falling to Chinese debt trap?

February 22, 2021 sanket

Colombo: The Sri Lankan government over the past few months has canceled projects with many countries including India, the United States, and Japan. On February 1, 2021, Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa canceled the Colombo Port East Container Terminal (ECT) project with India and Japan. Reportedly, this project had received strong opposition from trade unions […]

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SAARC Diary – Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal

July 24, 2020 sanket

Venkatesh Iyer PAKISTAN During the past two months, China has signed deals worth US$ 11 billion with its proxy Pakistan, at a time when Beijing is buffeted in bitter disputes with several countries, including India and the USA. These deals are aimed at trapping Islamabad into mounting debts to facilitate a speedy colonization of the […]