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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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

Chinese Regime Tightens Control on Lawyers

Epoch Times, 8 April 2019 Read the original article here China’s Ministry of Justice recently announced an updated evaluating system for lawyers, mandating that all who practice law must support the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) socialist rule. The Ministry of … Continued

Taiwanese Protest Against Beijing’s Proposed Takeover of Taiwan Under ‘One Country, Two Systems’

TAIPEI, Taiwan—About 3,000 people took to the streets of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan on April 7 in protest of Beijing’s proposal to rule the island under the “one country, two systems” model. The model is currently used in Hong Kong, since the … Continued

In China, an App About Xi Is Impossible to Ignore — Even if You Try

By Javier C. Hernández, Read the original news here. CHANGSHA, China — Inside a fishing gear store on a busy city street, the owner sits behind a counter, furiously tapping a smartphone to improve his score on an app that … Continued

China imparting ‘patriotic education’ to Tibetan monks and nuns infuriates region’s religious leaders

Six decades after establishing its hold on the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), China has now started meddling with the religious training imparted to the Buddhist monks and nuns residing in the area. They are later made to undergo tests, ostensibly … Continued

One Trump Victory: Companies Rethink China

By Keith Bradsher, Read article here, 5 April 2019 BEIJING — Whatever deal Washington and Beijing reach over the trade war, President Trump has already scored a big victory: Companies are rethinking their reliance on China. The two sides are nearing an agreement, … Continued

China’s dire clampdown on religious freedom

By JONATHAN MANTHORPE, Asia Times, Read article here, 5 April 2019  Containing and controlling religion has always been a vicious, violent and frequently deadly objective of the Chinese Communist Party. And that contest has become ever more emotionally charged in recent … Continued

Tibetan nomads forcibly ‘resettled’ by China struggle with loss of an over 8,000-year-old heritage

Ambika Choudhary Mahajan, The First Post, Read article here Apr 06, 2019 For more than 8,000 years, Tibetan nomads have lived in perfect harmony with their surroundings. They have been the virtual custodians of the vast grasslands of Central Tibet, Amdo … Continued