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Spamouflage Dragon: China’s pursuit of aggressive disinformation strategies for cyber hegemony

Notwithstanding the expansion, sophistication and adoption of newer tactics and targets, the impact of China’s Spamouflage Dragon may not be that high due to its poor content quality, spammy nature and low subscriber base; but the intentions are clear

Vantage | Should companies take sides in war? Lessons from Israel and Ukraine

Navigating the turbulent waters of global conflicts is indeed a tough call for any corporation

Pakistan PM offers Friday prayers at Urumqi mosque in rare visit to China's Xinjiang

War in Our Times | Misreading Chinese intentions can prove costly: Remembering the build-up to 1962

Mao’s role in the 1962 conflict with India was underplayed for years and it was only in the 1990s that a series of good writing from China emerged, revealing Mao’s impatience and irritation with Nehru’s growing influence in the developing world, and India’s unwillingness to let go of Aksai Chin

Uyghur scholar's life imprisonment confirmed six years after detention

Dawut’s scholarship focused on the Uyghur folklore, culture and heritage, and her life sentence, Uyghur rights groups say, reflected China’s intention to annihilate Uyghur culture

Why is China digging another ultra-deep hole into the Earth?

Merely months after launching its 10,000-metre-deep drilling project into the Earth’s crust, China on Thursday began its second ultra-deep drilling venture in the southwestern province of Sichuan. This time, however, the Chinese initiative aims to investigate natural gas reserves at very deep depths

Japan: In a ‘nation of old people’, the rise of Gen Z politicians

Japan’s politics has been likened to the ‘old boys club’. But a few young politicians are shaking things up. The country got its youngest mayor – 26-year-old Ryosuke Takashima, and 34-year-old Arfiya Eri is the first woman of Uyghur descent to be elected to any parliament in the world

Tibet faces 'slow death' under China, exiled leader tells US Congress

Some Tibetan activists lament what they see as a fading focus on alleged abuses in Tibet amid growing concerns in Washington and other Western capitals about China's expanding military, pressure on democratic Taiwan, and crackdowns in Hong Kong and on minority groups in China's Xinjiang region

Joe Biden expresses 'solidarity' with China's Uyghurs

Biden's highlighting of the Uyghurs, who the US government says are being subjected to genocide by the Chinese communist authorities, came at a time of strong tension between Washington and Beijing

China defends Hong Kong, Xinjiang record at United Nations hearing

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s government faces accusations that abuses have multiplied as Beijing tried to crush a pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, carried out mass detentions of Muslim minorities and silenced labour, women’s rights and other activists