Contact is taking a holiday!

Contact is taking a break after 25 years of bringing you news of Tibet and Tibetan issues. We are celebrating our 25 years by bringing you the story of Contact and the people who have made it happen, and our archive is still there for you to access at any time, and below you can read the story of Contact, how it came into being and the wonderful reflections of the people who have made it happen over the years.

When and how Contact will re-emerge and evolve will be determined by those who become involved.

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China bans US military visits to Hong Kong over human rights act

Tsukasa Hadano, Nikkei Asian Review. December 3, 2019. Read article here. BEIJING — China suspended visits by U.S. military vessels and aircraft to Hong Kong on Monday and hinted at further retaliatory steps against American legislation supporting anti-government protesters in the city. Beijing also … Continued The post China bans US military visits to read more →

China accuses UN rights chief of emboldening Hong Kong protesters

Aljazeera News. Decemebr 2, 2019. Read article here. China has accused the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of emboldening “radical violence” in Hong Kong by suggesting the city’s leader conduct an investigation into reports of excessive use of force by police. … Continued The post China accuses UN rights chief of read more →

China due to introduce face scans for mobile users

BBC News. December 2, 2019. Read article here. People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country’s hundreds of millions of … Continued The post China due to introduce face scans read more →

It’s been a horrible week for China’s president Xi Jinping and the Communist Party

New Zealand Herald. Read the article here. It’s been a rough week for Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with a series of events putting a dent in his strongman image and that of the Chinese Government. In Australia, one of Beijing’s … Continued The post It’s been a horrible week for read more →

China Has Lost Taiwan, and It Knows It

New York Times, 1 December 2019 Read original news here. “Not a chance,” the president’s tweet said, in Chinese characters. That was the message from Tsai Ing-wen, the leader of Taiwan, on Nov. 5, after the Chinese government announced a string of … Continued The post China Has Lost Taiwan, and It read more →

China Adopts Malicious “Cybersecurity” Rules

by Gordon G. Chang, Gatestone Institute, November 30, 2019, Read original news here. After all these “cybersecurity” rules are in place, no foreign company may encrypt data so that it cannot be read by the Chinese central government and the Communist Party … Continued The post China Adopts Malicious “Cybersecurity” Rules appeared read more →

‘Only Dalai Lama will decide his reincarnation; no govt has any right to interfere in his selection’

 Varinder Bhatia,The Indian Express. November 29, 2019. Read article here.   The president of the Central Tibetan Administration (Sikyong) Dr Lobsang Sangay of the Tibetan parliament in exile tells The Indian Express that reincarnation is a matter of faith and … Continued The post ‘Only Dalai Lama will decide his read more →

‘Tibetans will never accept a Dalai Lama chosen by China’

National Herald. November 29, 2019. Read article here Senior Tibetan religious leaders have adopted a resolution urging the Dalai Lama to reincarnate according to Tibetan traditions and declared that Tibetans will never accept a spiritual leader appointed by China. The … Continued The post ‘Tibetans will never accept a Dalai read more →

Dalai Lama says reincarnation can wait, cites own health

The Mainichi. November 29, 2019. Read article here.   DHARAMSALA, India (Kyodo) — The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, indicated Friday that he is in no hurry to look for his successor because he is in excellent health. “I am … Continued The post Dalai Lama says reincarnation can wait, read more →

Simon Cheng: UK media watchdog receives ‘China forced confession’ complaint

BBC News, November 29, 2019. Read the article here. Simon Cheng, a Hong Kong citizen who worked for the UK government for almost two years, was detained for 15 days on a trip to mainland China in August. Mr Cheng … Continued The post Simon Cheng: UK media watchdog receives read more →

Donald Trump signs Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law, brushing off China’s warnings

 Robert Delaney and Owen Churchill, South China Morning Post. Read the article here. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law legislation that could bring diplomatic action and economic sanctions against Hong Kong, brushing off multiple warnings by China … Continued The post Donald Trump signs Hong Kong Human read more →

High priests say only Dalai Lama can pick successor, not China

Nikkei Asian Review, 28 November 2019 Read original news here. DHARAMSALA, India (Kyodo) — Orange-robed senior religious figures representing four schools of Tibetan Buddhism unanimously endorsed on Wednesday the Dalai Lama’s sole authority to choose his successor, guaranteeing legitimacy that … Continued The post High priests say only Dalai Lama read more →

Tibetans tell China that the Dalai Lama should choose his successor

INEWS, 27th Novemeber 2019, Read original article here. Already embroiled in diplomatic spats with Britain, the US, Taiwan and Australia, China was reminded of its simmering feud with Tibet, as 150 religious leaders in the autonomous region declared that their spiritual leader, … Continued The post Tibetans tell China that the Dalai read more →

Dalai Lama should reincarnate following traditional Tibetan practices, Tibetan religious leaders say

By International Campaign for Tibet|November 27, 2019, Read original article here. Senior Tibetan religious leaders today adopted a resolution urging the Dalai Lama to reincarnate according to Tibetan traditions and declaring that Tibetans will never accept a Dalai Lama appointed by … Continued The post Dalai Lama should reincarnate following traditional read more →

Tibetans firm on continuation of institution of Dalai Lama

Lalit Mohan, Tribune News Service, 27 November 2019 Read original article here. Dharamsala, November 27 The 14th Tibetan Religious Conference today began here today at the headquarters of the Central Tibetan Administration. The conference that is being attended by heads of … Continued The post Tibetans firm on continuation of institution read more →