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on May 23, 2017
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Online Operations Manual for Registering Foreign NGOs (V 1.0)
on May 23, 2017
India and China Will Offset Trump’s Climate Backslide
on May 23, 2017
With the U.S. likely to fall short of its Paris Agreement pledge to reduce carbon emissions, a new analysis released last week claims that overachievement by India and China will ensure progress on climate action is not stymied.
German Political Foundations Register in Beijing
Ministry of Public Security WeChat Posts—May 23, 2017
on May 23, 2017
On May 23, the Beijing Public Security Bureau’s Foreign NGO Management Office presented four German organizations with their representative office registration certificates: Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung, and Hanns Seidel Stiftung. As The China NGO Project previously reported, it was only recently made clear that these political foundations—affiliated with Germany’s major political parties—would be treated as NGOs and permitted to register under the Foreign NGO Law.
Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Crippled U.S. Spying Operations
on May 22, 2017
The Chinese government systematically dismantled C.I.A. spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing or imprisoning more than a dozen sources over two years and crippling intelligence gathering there for years afterward.
Philippines, China Play down Duterte's Talk of War in Disputed Sea
on May 22, 2017
The Philippines and China played down on Monday a warning by President Rodrigo Duterte that China would go to war if the Philippines drilled for oil in the disputed South China Sea.
No Room yet for India in NSG, Says China
on May 22, 2017
Pakistan, China’s close ally, is the other declared nuclear weapon state, which has not signed the NPT. China on Monday said it would oppose India’s unilateral entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), pending a consensus on the membership of the nuclear weapon states that have not signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT).
China and India Make Big Strides on Climate Change
on May 22, 2017
China’s emissions of carbon dioxide appear to have peaked more than 10 years sooner than its government had said they would. And India is now expected to obtain 40 percent of its electricity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2022, eight years ahead of schedule.
Why Soft Power Could Be the Real Value of China’s Massive Belt and Road Project
on May 22, 2017
The real benefits of OBOR to China could be the international clout it stands to gain as its attempts to spearhead international policy and improve relations with OBOR partner countries.