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Existing education system does not guarantee a happy world: Dalai Lama
By Express News Service, Read the original news here. The framework and curriculum will be made globally available for free in twelve languages on a learning plarform. In anticipation of the global launch of the new Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning … Continued
Dalai Lama to Launch Emory’s Ethical Values Learning Program in Delhi
By Phil Bolton, Read the original article here. The Dalai Lama is to preside over the launch of Emory University’s SEE (Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning) program in New Delhi, India, April 4-6. The SEE Learning program provides educators with a framework for inculcating social, … Continued
Inspired by Dalai Lama, SEE learning curriculum aims at peace
By Express News Service, Read the original news here. NEW DELHI: The Emory University on Thursday launched a global Social, Emotional and Ethical (SEE) learning curriculum based on ethics and basic human values, in collaboration with The Dalai Lama Trust. The curriculum … Continued
Learning Programme to Instil Compassion
TNN I Read the original news here. NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama reiterated on Thursday that he was not seeking ‘Independence’ for Tibet. “I prefer Tibet remaining within the zone of China. Some kind of reunion,” the Tibetan spiritual leader … Continued
Dalai Lama to Launch Emory University’s SEE Learning Program in New Delhi
By Tenzin Khando, Read the original news here. NEW DELHI: Emory University, in association with The Dalai Lama Trust and the Vana Foundation of India, unveiled Emory’s international SEE Learning (Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning) program here on Thursday. The … Continued
Social Emotional and Ethical Learning Curriculum Set for a global launch in Delhi
Read the original article here. After the Happiness Curriculum, the Delhi government is now set to combine it with the Social Emotional and Ethical Learning curriculum. A programme which aims to bring compassion and ethics to the classrooms, the curriculum … Continued
Bolton Builds Anti-China Campaign at the U.N.
By Colum Lynch, Read the original article here. The U.S. national security advisor, who has largely ignored the United Nations, is suddenly concerned that Beijing has too much influence there. John Bolton, the U.S. national security advisor, is leading a … Continued
China’s Belt-and-Road Initiative Puts a Squeeze on Pakistan
By Saeed Shah, Read the original article here. Huge building program was supposed to fuel an economic boom for key ally, but economic crisis stalls projects, prompts Islamabad to ask for aid ahead of Beijing forum on infrastructure policy ISLAMABAD—The huge … Continued
Abhishek Majumdar: the playwright fighting death threats with ice cream
Arifa Akbar, The Guardian. Read the original article here. His plays get banned and shadowy figures follow him in the street. But Abhishek Majumdar will not be silenced. As his drama about riots in Tibet is finally staged, we meet the … Continued
Newt Gingrich: We must stop China from gaining control of the Internet
What will it be like if the Internet that America invented and designed is replaced in the next technological cycle by one that is controlled, developed, implemented, and managed by the Chinese? This is a real possibility we must confront … Continued
Beijing’s white paper aimed at preventing revival of Tibet issue, keeping human rights violations by China under wraps
By Tara Kartha. Read the original news here. Beijing has just brought out a more than usual self-congratulatory document. The State Council Information Office issued the “Democratic Reform in Tibet — 60 Years On” highlighting its role in helping Tibetans become … Continued
UN: China Responds to Rights Review with Threats
Human Rights Watch, 1 April 2019 Read article here (Geneva) – China used pressure and warnings to stifle criticism of its poor human rights record throughout the United Nations Human Rights Council session that concluded on March 22, 2019, in Geneva, Human … Continued
What Does the Punishment of a Prominent Scholar Mean for Intellectual Freedom in China?
-A ChinaFile Conversation. Read the original article here. This week, Xu Zhangrun, a law professor at Beijing’s Tsinghua University who in recent months has penned a series of essays critical of policies of the Chinese Communist Party and of its current … Continued
Our love for the Dalai Lama should be affirmed by the government
Recent Indian governments have been too wary of openly honouring him, for fear of offending the Chinese By Ramachandra Guha for The Telegraph India. Read the original news article here. In the last week of March 1959 — exactly 60 years … Continued