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 is using Facebook to build a huge audience around the world

Print edition | Graphic detail Apr 20th 2019 Source: The Economist  THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY’s approach to Facebook is, ahem, two-faced. At home, to stop citizens sharing messages it cannot read, it blocks the site. Clever users can defy the ban, but only 3m do. It is easier to use read more →

New European Parliament resolution says China’s criminal law is being abused to persecute Tibetans and Buddhists

European Parliament, Read the original news here. Brussels, 18 April 2019– In a resolution adopted at its plenary session today in Strasbourg, the European Parliament has singled out China for its persecution of Tibetans and other ethnic and religious groups … Continued

Being Tracked While Reporting in China, Where ‘There Are No Whys’

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. It took four days in Kashgar, China, for the secret police to get access to my dreams. I wish I were … Continued

Chinese Authorities Detain Tibetan Student Who Decried Lack of Government Jobs in Tibet

Reported by Lobsang Gelek for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Joshua Lipes. For original news click here. Chinese authorities have detained a Tibetan student after an essay he wrote for his civil service exam … Continued

200 Members of Parliament want Bharat Ratna for Dalai Lama

Tribune News Service, For original news click here. The Parliamentary Forum for Tibet has demanded that the Centre confer Bharat Ratna on the Dalai Lama. A member of the forum and former Chief Minister Shanta Kumar, in a press release … Continued

After India, Bhutan too likely to skip BRI Forum

Filed by Sachin Parashar, The Times Of India. Read the original article here. While India has rejected China’s invite for Belt and Road Forum meet, most of its neighbours including the Maldives, SriLanka, Nepal and Bangladesh have confirmed participation in … Continued

Nitish Kumar Joins Bharat Ratna for Dalai Lama Chorus

By Madan Kumar, For original news click here. PATNA: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday endorsed former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s call to confer Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian honour, on Nobel Laureate and Tibetan spiritual leader the … Continued

In Tibet, An Atheist Regime Talks of Reincarnation

By Claude Arpi, Read the original article here. China is the land of dichotomies, not to say contradictions. On March 31, 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet crossed the Indo-Tibet border in the Kameng Frontier Division, north of Tawang; he … Continued

Dalai Lama Says He Feels ‘Almost Normal’ After Being Discharged From the Hospital

By Rishi Lekhi, For original news, Click here. (NEW DELHI) — The Dalai Lama said he felt “normal, almost normal” as he left the New Delhi hospital where he had been treated for a chest infection. The 83-year-old Tibetan spiritual … Continued

Maze of half-truths

Filed by Claude Arpi, The Pioneer. Read the original article here Despite the propaganda that the Tibetans took ‘their destiny in their own hands’ in 1959, Beijing still does not trust local cadres in governance. For the past several weeks, … Continued

‘Cured’ Dalai Lama set to be discharged from hospital on Friday

AFP | April 11 2019 Read original article here NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama is “doing very well” and will likely be discharged from hospital in New Delhi on Friday as he recovers from a chest infection, his spokesman told AFP on Thursday. The … Continued

EU Calls Out Beijing on Human Rights but Activists Want Harder Line Against China’s Xinjiang and Tibet policy

By Keegan Elmer. Read original article here. Campaigners demand that China ‘close the camps’ holding Uygurs Human rights groups want EU to put direct questions to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang The European Union called out China on human rights abuses at … Continued

China’s extreme repression breeds self-immolations of Tibetans: ICT President

Filed by Jayashree Naraayan, Delhi Post. Read the original article here. When Thubten Ngodrup set himself on fire in Delhi on April 27, 199,8 and later succumbed to it calling for freedom of Tibet, it was registered as the first … Continued

Will the U.S. continue to put national interest over China’s human rights violations?

–Filed by Charles Kraus, The Washington Post The human rights crisis in Xinjiang, a region in northwestern China home to several Muslim minority groups, is being compared to Soviet atrocities in Ukraine and the horrors perpetrated by Nazi Germany. Upward … Continued

Monks at Tibet’s Sera Monastery Told to Show ‘Gratitude’ to China, Obey its Laws

Tibetan monks belonging to Lhasa’s Sera monastery are being ordered to strictly follow Chinese laws and “stand against separatism” in a new campaign aimed at strengthening the restive region’s ties to Beijing, according to Chinese media reports. Speaking on March … Continued