Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has a message for US President Donald Trump, Europe’s populist right and those who would shut their national borders to migrants and refugees. “A refugee could be anybody. It could be you or me,” he said, pointing at past wars and an increasingly uncertain world order. “The so-called refugee crisis … Read more
Foreign Minister Wang Yi of China told his US counterpart Rex Tillerson that Beijing was ready to work with the Trump administration, according to a Chinese account of their meeting in Bonn. Wang and Tillerson met on Friday at a G20 gathering of foreign ministers — the highest-level Sino-US encounter since President Donald Trump was … Read more
In powder blue and gray military uniforms, red kerchiefs, and caps emblazoned with crimson stars, young Chinese students in the southwestern province of Guizhou perform kung fu exercises in their courtyard to stave off the winter cold. Their small school, Yang Dezhi, is situated in the rural hills of Wenshui town and was established more … Read more
In powder blue and gray military uniforms, red kerchiefs, and caps emblazoned with crimson stars, young Chinese students in the southwestern province of Guizhou perform kung fu exercises in their courtyard to stave off the winter cold. Their small school, Yang Dezhi, is situated in the rural hills of Wenshui town and was established more … Read more
In powder blue and gray military uniforms, red kerchiefs, and caps emblazoned with crimson stars, young Chinese students in the southwestern province of Guizhou perform kung fu exercises in their courtyard to stave off the winter cold. Their small school, Yang Dezhi, is situated in the rural hills of Wenshui town and was established more … Read more
A Chinese professor has been sacked after he criticized Chairman Mao Zedong on his 123rd birthday in an commentary he posted online that enraged leftists. Mao, who died on Dec. 9, 1976, is still officially venerated by the ruling Communist Party as the founder of modern China and his face appears on every yuan banknote. … Read more
India’s human rights watchdog said more than a dozen tribal women were raped by police in restive Chhattisgarh state with the victims’ lawyer slamming authorities over delays in arresting the accused. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said on Sunday at least 16 women were “victims of rape, sexual and physical assault” after it concluded … Read more
This week, the threat of the imminence of a major irreversible water crisis in Ghana resurfaced. The emphasis, this time, has been on the contribution of galamsey activities to the pollution of our water-bodies. This column returns to the issue not because the writer has any hopes of attracting attention and action from the powers … Read more