China exploits terror threat in West to gain access to foreign tech firms

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China exploits terror threat in West to gain access to foreign tech firms

Special to WorldTribune.com China passed a new anti-terrorism law on Dec. 27 that critics say exploits fears of terrorism in order to extract  sensitive information from technology companies. Tech firms strenuously objected to the law that was unanimously passed by Beijing’s rubber-stamp parliament. The new law states that telecom operators and Internet service providers must […]

Uighurs denounce Xi Jinping policies involving Han Chinese overlords as ‘cultural genocide’

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Uighurs denounce Xi Jinping policies involving Han Chinese overlords as ‘cultural genocide’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com The Chinese Communist Party is implementing a new cycle of “strike hard” campaign to exterminate what Chinese ethnic-affairs cadres call the “cancer cells” of separatism, ethnic radicalism and religious extremism that appear to be spreading in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region (XAR). Since April 2013, riots and disturbances, including […]

With 150,000 ‘Arab Spring’-like incidents from Hong Kong to Xinjiang, are CCP’s days numbered?

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With 150,000 ‘Arab Spring’-like incidents from Hong Kong to Xinjiang, are CCP’s days numbered?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com For years, analysts of domestic Chinese politics have been pondering this important question: With riots and protests increasing to more than 150,000 incidents a year, how close is China from an Arab-style mass uprising that could result in the destruction of the dictatorial Chinese Communist Party (CCP)? Even […]