Greg

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The Nepal government cancelled a week-long international Tibetan studies conference that'd been 4 years in planning — overriding its own security agencies’ assessment that event posed no threat, reversing public assurance frm Home Min Sudan Gurung it'd go ahead: kathmandupost.com/national/202...

Nepal overruled its own security agencies to cancel Tibetan studies conference under Chinese pressure, officials say

Days after the Home Minister said the seminar would proceed with security vetting, the government’s Chief Secretary personally ordered Kathmandu University to shut it down.

kathmandupost.com

A rare look inside China’s #surveillance systems, & the #risks created by their unchecked sprawl. Each new public security platform is another place sensitive personal data can be left exposed. Important reporting by Lily Kuo on @marchofer.bsky.social research: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/w...

How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners

An unsecured police dashboard was a rare window into how the authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data.

nytimes.com

China has unveiled another high-altitude #UAV research centre in #Tibet, but claims that it is the country’s first deserve scrutiny: Tibet University opened a similar lab in 2021, while a separate test base at #Ngari launched in 2025. www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

New peak in US-China tech rivalry? Tibet drone hub launches on Mount Everest

Centre’s establishment represents Beijing’s first research and application platform dedicated to drones operating at high altitudes.

scmp.com

Indigenous #Iban families in #Sarawak stood their ground when logging threatened their ancestral forest and authorities ordered them to leave. Their resistance helped halt the eviction threat, but formal land recognition is still needed says @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

Sarawak: Defending Indigenous Land from The Bulldozers

On paper, the land around the Indigenous Rumah Jeffery community was covered by company concessions. For the Iban families who live there, it was home.

hrw.org

Internet-connected cameras have been targets for YEARS, for enrolment in botnets (for DDoS, or relay networks) & espionage - makes total sense for them to become a key target asset for surveillance & intel during conflict. (Also see: camera hacking to find Khamenei) www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...

Russia hacks doorbell cameras to spy on Nato bases

Russia has been spying on Nato military bases through civilian cameras connected to the internet, Dutch intelligence services said.

yahoo.com

ICT argues the #Tibetan question is no longer just a human rights issue but a strategic one: linked to European security, #TransnationalRepression, water security, climate, and China’s regional ambitions. It sets out five priorities for Ireland’s EU Presidency. savetibet.org/addressing-t...

Addressing the strategic crisis in Tibet: Five priorities for the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

July 7, 2026 With the completion of the worldwide democratic

savetibet.org

Beijing has reportedly detained U.S. Myanmar analyst Min Zin after research into China’s strategic interests in #Myanmar, according to sources cited by Newsweek. The case is raising alarm among researchers & analysts. www.newsweek.com/chinas-strat...

U.S. citizen Min Zin arrested in China over Chinese Myanmar interests

The arrest of American Min Zin in China, apparently over his influential analysis of China's interests in Myanmar, is a warning

newsweek.com

Yaqiu Wang’s key point: China’s muted AI debate is not consent but control. #Tibet and #Xinjiang show why that matters: AI strengthens #surveillance & #censorship, while “green” western data centres turn coerced frontier regions into infrastructure for China’s AI future:

Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋@yaqiu.bsky.social · last mo.

In @lawfaremedia.org, I argue Chinese AI companies do not operate as independent actors in the way their American counterparts do, and the absence of visible anti-AI resistance among the Chinese public hardly reflects genuine public consensus. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Alien Tort Statute aside, Cisco's complicity in building Great Firewall and enabling the targeting of FLG activists in China is undeniable. While Cisco was eventually supplanted by Chinese competitors, Golden Shield could not have got off the ground without it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US supreme court ends lawsuit alleging Cisco helped China pursue Falun Gong

Suit ⁠alleged California-based company developed technology that allowed China to surveil members of movement

theguardian.com