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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Interview: Beijing should respect human rights of Tibetans and democracy in Hong Kong, says exiled leader Lobsang Sangay

Shri Ram Shaw, Hong Kong Free Press, 17 November 2019 Read original news here. For the last 60 years, there have been uninterrupted protests. There has been a clampdown, but the protests have continued for the last six decades. That shows that … Continued The post Interview: Beijing should respect human rights read more →

An inquiry into a post-death Buddhist meditative practice

Seethalakshmi S. , Rahul Nandan, Livemint, Read original news here.  It’s a rainy morning in the picturesque Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Karnataka’s Bylakuppe town, about 70km from Mysuru and home to one of the largest Tibetan settlements in India. Six Russian scientists … Continued The post An inquiry into a post-death Buddhist read more →

Shanxi: 135 Church of Almighty God Members Arrested in 2 Days

by Zhang Feng, BitterWinter, 15 November 2019 Read original news here.  Captured during an operation against China’s largest Christian new religious movement on September 9-10, 98 believers remain in detention and are indoctrinated. Shanxi police are interrogating in a detention … Continued The post Shanxi: 135 Church of Almighty God read more →

Pompeo: No US response ruled out in Hong Kong

BY LAURA KELLY, The Hill, 15 November 2019 Read original news here. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said all options are on the table for U.S. intervention in Hong Kong if China uses military action against protestors. Extreme anti-government protesters … Continued The post Pompeo: No US response ruled out read more →

Australia issues guidelines for universities on foreign meddling amid China fears

South China Morning Post, 14 November 2019 Read original news here. A supporter of Hong Kong’s anti-government protests posts a note on a makeshift ‘Lennon Wall’ at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. Photo: AFP Australia unveiled new guidelines for universities … Continued The post Australia issues guidelines for universities on read more →

Australia Universities Adopt Guidelines to Foil Foreign Interference Amid Concerns Over China’s Activities

By Colin Packham, The Epoch Times, 14 November 2019 Read original news here. SYDNEY—Australia laid out new guidelines on Nov. 14 to counter foreign powers exerting influence in its universities, amid mounting concerns over China’s activities. Universities committed to the … Continued The post Australia Universities Adopt Guidelines to Foil read more →

For Tibetans, 60 years of Chinese rule has been a story of repression and occupation: Tsewang Gyalpo Arya

By Shri Ram Shaw, Daily Hunt, Read original news here. New Delhi, Nov 13 (HS) : “For Tibetans, the sixty years of Chinese rule has not been a story of progress, development and religious freedom. On the contrary, it has been a … Continued The post For Tibetans, 60 years of Chinese read more →

Dreams and Infrastructure – Common Destiny, the first Belt and Road movie

PandaPawDragonClaw, 13 November 2019 Read original news here. Common Destiny, a movie-documentary about the modern Silk Road, tells the story of lives transformed by dreams realised through persistence and the enabling power of infrastructure development. In many ways the movie … Continued The post Dreams and Infrastructure – Common Destiny, read more →

Hong Kong university under ‘siege’ from police as violence spreads

James Griffiths for CNN. Read the article here. Hong Kong (CNN)Hong Kong woke to a third consecutive day of travel chaos and debris littering the streets Wednesday, following fiery clashes across the city overnight and a prolonged and violent standoff at a university … Continued The post Hong Kong university under ‘siege’ from read more →

Hong Kong faces more protests after clashes at university

Hong Kong, 13 November 2019 Read original news here. Hong Kong is facing another day of anti-government action after a night of pitched battle at a top university. At the Chinese University of Hong Kong police fired tear gas and … Continued The post Hong Kong faces more protests after read more →

Uighur activists say China running hundreds more camps

Fled by Al Jazeera. Read the article here. A group said it assessed images from Google Earth and found 182 suspected ‘concentration camps’. Uighur activists said they have documented nearly 500 camps and prisons run by China to detain the ethnic group, alleging … Continued The post Uighur activists say China running hundreds read more →

China’s Grand Plan To Take Over The World

John Mauldin for Forbes. Read the article here. When the US and ultimately the rest of the Western world began to engage China, resulting in China finally being allowed into the World Trade Organization in the early 2000s, no one … Continued The post China’s Grand Plan To Take Over read more →

An ode to Tibet

Nirtika Pandita, Asian Age. Read the article here. Artist Sudhir Katkar adds modern elements to traditional Tibetan Thangka art, which usually has a religious undertone. Spiritual, intricate, and alluring are among the words that define Thangka, a Tibetan Buddhist art … Continued The post An ode to Tibet appeared first read more →

China, Greece agree to push ahead with COSCO’s Piraeus Port investment

Reuters, Read original article here. 12 November 2019 ATHENS (Reuters) – China and Greece agreed on Monday to push ahead with a 600 million euros investment by COSCO Shipping into Greece’s largest port, Piraeus, as part of efforts to boost … Continued The post China, Greece agree to push ahead read more →

How Xi Jinping’s brand of authoritarianism is stifling China

By John Pomfret, The Washingon Post, November 7, 2019 Read original news here. China’s president, Xi Jinping, should be feeling pretty pleased with himself. Since assuming power as the chief of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, Xi has only grown … Continued The post How Xi Jinping’s brand of authoritarianism read more →