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London Rally Demonstrates Against China’s ‘Mega-Embassy’

Thousands gathered in London on Saturday for a rally against China’s planned “mega-embassy” project. The demonstrators called out China’s human rights abuses against oppressed groups like the Uyghurs and Tibetans, and said the mega-embassy could become a headquarters for surveillance against dissidents abroad.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 15: Demonstrators protest near Tower Bridge over plans to build a

China Swoops In to Court Africa After Trump’s Lesotho Joke

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters in Beijing on Friday that his government will step up investment, financial assistance, and diplomatic outreach to Africa, seemingly seeking to exploit an opening created by reduced foreign aid under President Donald Trump, and a joke Trump told earlier this week that has rubbed some Africans the wrong way.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at a press conference during the ongoing National

China Jails over 1,500 in Six-Year Crackdown on Dissent

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), a non-governmental human rights organization, released a report on Wednesday that found over 1,500 people have been arbitrarily detained by the Chinese Communist government over the past six years in a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent.

Activists tear a caricature of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest near the Chin