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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60 years after Dalai Lama fled, China defends Tibet policies

By Christopher Bodeen | AP, March 10 2019 Read original news here BEIJING — China is defending its often-criticized rule in Tibet 60 years after the Dalai Lama fled into exile amid an abortive uprising against Chinese control, saying those who question … Continued

Rallies in India mark 60 years of Tibet uprising

Aljazeera, 10 March 2019 Read original news here Dalai Lama supporters gather at Dharamsala temple and in New Delhi to commemorate 1959 rebellion against Chinese rule. Huge crowds have gathered at the Dalai Lama‘s temple in India to commemorate 60 years of the … Continued

The Dalai Lama Has Been the Face of Buddhism for 60 Years. China Wants to Change That

By Charlie Campbell | Photographs by Ruven Afanador for TIME, March 7, 2019 Read original news here Morning has broken on the cedar-strewn foothills of the Himalayas. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama sits in meditation in his private chapel in Dharamsala, a … Continued

The Dalai Lama on Why Leaders Should Be Mindful, Selfless, and Compassionate

The Dalai Lama with Rasmus Hougaard, Harvard Business Review,  Over the past nearly 60 years, I have engaged with many leaders of governments, companies, and other organizations, and I have observed how our societies have developed and changed. I am … Continued

China’s Cultural Revolution Might Soon Reappear in Tibet

By Flora Yan Recently, The Print used satellite images to prove that at least three “re-education camps” are currently under construction in Tibet. The author of the survey, Vinayak Bha, is a colonel retired from the Indian military intelligence unit … Continued

Lobsang Sangay: “China can control Africa”

The head of Tibet’s central administration warns against Beijing’s growing influence. Paris Match. You have invited to Dharamsala a delegation of opponents from Congo-Brazzaville. Why? Lobsang Sangay. I met Andréa Ngombet at an international conference abroad. He never went to … Continued

Why is China so terrified of Tibetan language classes?

By Sang Jieja The notice warns that monks, monasteries offering free lessons to children during winter break will be punished The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently banned Tibetan monasteries from offering Tibetan language classes, prompting international human rights organizations to request … Continued

Prague Mayor to meet Tibetan PM in Exile

Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib has announced that he is scheduled to meet with the head of the Tibetan government in exile Lobsang Sangay, who will be in the Czech capital to attend the opening of the One World International Human … Continued

China’s Communist Party Runs This U.S. TV Station. How Independent Can It Be?

By Paul Mozur, Feb. 28, 2019 Read original news here It broadcasts forced confessions to American audiences. It avoids subjects that displease Beijing. It cuts away when wind musses the hair of Xi Jinping, the Chinese president. China Global Television Network America, … Continued

The perils of Chinese ambiguity: how and why the US mistrusts and misunderstands China

Billy Huang, South China Morning Post, Read original news here Reclusive Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has recently been taking the limelight and talking to the international media. In an interview with CBS that aired on February 19, he promised that … Continued

Trump is headed for a bad trade deal that China won’t honor

By Josh Rogin, Columnist, The Washington Post, February 27 2019 Read original news here A stunning debate unfolded in the Oval Office between President Trump and his top trade negotiator last Friday in front of the cameras and a visiting Chinese trade delegation. The … Continued

China Warns Party Members To Stick To Marx, Not ‘Ghosts And Spirits’

Reuters February 28, 2019 Read original news here BEIJING: China’s ruling Communist Party warned party members to stick to Marx and Lenin and not believe in “ghosts and spirits” or practice “liberalism”, in the latest effort to root out superstitious practices and … Continued

Farewell tech utopia: how governments are readying the web for war

Sunday Morning Herald, Read original news here As Australia loses its internet innocence in a state of mild surprise and confusion, other countries already have moved far beyond the concept of a worldwide web. There are five key points. First, … Continued

China, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela in hot seat at U.N. rights forum

Reuters, Stephanie Nebehay, FEBRUARY 22, 2019 Read original news here GENEVA (Reuters) – China is lobbying hard to thwart scrutiny of its mass detention camps for Muslim Uighurs in the Xinjiang region at the U.N. Human Rights Council’s main annual session … Continued

China suddenly takes BBC news off air after Muslim detention camps mentioned

Source: www.independent.co.uk Over a million ethnic Uighurs are being held by the authorities for ‘re-education’ China censored a TV report about its detention of more than a million Uighur Muslims in “re-education camps” by suddenly cutting off the broadcast, according to a BBC reporter. Stephen McDonell filmed the moment the World read more →