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PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – World news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Tibetan protester dies after setting himself on fire in New Delhi Phuket Gazette / News Wires PHUKET: A Tibetan man died early yesterday morning after setting himself on fire earlier this week in New Delhi to protest against Chinese rule in Tibet, activists and officials said. He is the latest Tibetan to self-immolate in a series of similar protests. Jamphel Yeshi, 27, from the Kham Tawu region in Tibet, set himself on fire on Monday afternoon in front of hundreds of Tibetans who had converged in New Delhi to protest against Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to India. He suffered 98 percent burns to his body, and doctors had given him no chance of survival. According to the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), Yeshi was pronounced dead at 7:30am local time yesterday. A senior doctor at New Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, where Yeshi had been taken to receive treatment, … [Read more...] about Phuket Gazette: Tibetan protester dies; Moral crimes; Sudan border clashes

Video Player Close -- China has set a modest economic growth target for 2021, as the world's second-largest economy is experiencing fundamental changes with its development focus shifting from quantity to quality. -- China is always committed to the people-centered philosophy of development and strives to further improve people's livelihoods through pursuing high-quality development. -- China, in pursuit of stellar scientific and technological achievements, is upholding innovation as the central role in its modernization drive while making itself a country of innovators. -- The government is walking a fine line between economic development and environmental protection. by Xinhua Writers Jiang Tingting, Xie Jiang, Xuan Liqi BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- China has set a modest economic growth target for 2021, as the world's second-largest economy is experiencing fundamental changes with its development focus shifting from quantity to quality. "A target of … [Read more...] about China adheres to high-quality growth on journey to modernization

The West gave up on Hong Kong once before, long ago. Now it’s long gone, once and for all. Who lost Hong Kong? Make no mistake. It is the world’s newest failed city-state. In the last century, it outmanoeuvred Communism and outlasted colonization. In this century, alas, it is a Communist colony. In recent decades, it survived SARS and thrived amid COVID-19 . Now, Hong Kong harbour has been invaded by a more insidious virus as Beijing dropped any pretense of political autonomy, imposing new national security laws giving it the power to suppress protests and dissent. Which is why so many of Hong Kong’s 7 million citizens are thinking of safe harbours overseas. Brace yourself for one of the biggest brain drains in recent memory. The exodus will bleed Hong Kong of its best and brightest, or at least its richest and most mobile, its best connected and most resourceful. More than 300,000 Canadian citizens who live there will be ensuring their passports are up to date, … [Read more...] about Here’s how China lost Hong Kong. And lost itself