Mesut Özil is facing a permanent blacklisting in China to such an extent that TV commentators are deliberately not mentioning his name during broadcasts of Arsenal matches. Özil played a starring role in Arsenal’s 2-0 victory over Manchester United last week but the commentators on the PPTV streaming channel did not mention his name once, either when running through the team line-ups or when the 31-year-old ...

By Edward Wong  , Jan. 9, 2020 WASHINGTON — When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a news conference this week in which he justified President Trump’s order to kill Iran’s most powerful general, he also took the opportunity to criticize China twice: for its mass detentions of Muslims and for its repressive policies in Hong Kong. China hit back immediately. “It must be pointed out that the wars staged by t ...

In early December, China’s ministry of foreign affairs jumped the Great Fire Wall used by Beijing to block access to many foreign websites, and joined Twitter to communicate directly with the outside world. Its tweets so far have ranged from calling the US a “SUPER LIAR” and upbraiding foreign journalists, to lauding China’s victories: “China’s vast land of 9.6 million km² is free from war, fear, refugees a ...

  The Times, December 26 2019 When war broke out in Yemen in 2015, a Chinese frigate docked at the port of Aden and, under armed guard, evacuated hundreds of Chinese nationals to Djibouti. The successful military operation was a sign of how far China had come: it was once a backwater struggling to feed its population, let alone able to carry out a complex rescue mission for its citizens living thousand ...

Sinicization is defined as bringing people who are not of Chinese descent under the influence of the Chinese culture. Truly speaking, it is a process where societies that are traditionally non-Chinese are put under the influence of the Han Chinese communities, by adapting to their culture, customs, and way of life. Along with Dr Imtiyaz, an area specialist on ethnic and minority studies, I have been calling ...