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Dangers of China building the Belt and Road into South Asia: David Brewster for Inside Policy
By David Brewster, January 29, 2018 Read original story here China’s Belt and Road Initiative will result in important strategic consequence for the countries of South Asia, writes David Brewster. But its impact on China itself should not be ignored. … Continued
Theresa May declines to endorse China’s Belt and Road initiative
George Parker – Financial Times (original story here) Theresa May will raise western concerns over President Xi Jinping’s flagship Belt and Road initiative this week, in a move that is likely to cast a shadow over her three-day visit to … Continued
China in ‘takeover’ of Tibetan Buddhist monastery, rights group says
South China Morning Post – 25 January 2018 Original story here Chinese officials are engaging in a “takeover” of one of the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries with a plan to put Communist Party officials in charge of its administration, … Continued
China and India: are war clouds gathering over Doklam again?
By Debasish Roy Chowdhury, South China Morning Post Read original story here Vinayak Bhat has been working hard these past months. The retired Indian colonel’s assiduous analysis of satellite images of Himalaya’s Doklam plateau has shredded the veil of peace laboriously … Continued
Amaravati Buddhist Conclave
New Indian Express, 25 January 2018 Read original story here VIJAYAWADA: Vijayawada is all set to create a world record by orchestrating global chant for world peace with around 1,000 monks during Amaravati Buddhist Conclave from February 3 to 5, … Continued
China sticks firmly to its path to globalisation
By James Kynge – Financial Times – Read Original Story Here Growing discord between Beijing and the west presages a clash of systems The Davos splash made last year by Xi Jinping, China’s leader, derived from his apparent defence of … Continued
Marriott and other firms bow to China to protect business interests
By Abha Bhattarai and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post – Read Original Story Here For Marriott, it was the wording of a survey emailed to members of its rewards club. At fashion brand Zara, it was a drop-down menu on … Continued
India should be alert as China has encircled it, says head of Tibet’s government-in-exile
Sunday Guardian, 20 January 2018 Read original story here On completing 60 years of the arrival of the Dalai Lama to India this year, Tibetans will start a “Thank You India Campaign” to express their gratitude to India. On completing … Continued
Make Tibet ‘core’ issue of your policy: Tibetan govt-in-exile president to India
Times of India, 18 January 2018 Read original story here NEW DELHI: President of the Tibetan government-in-exile Lobsang Sangay today appealed to India to make Tibet a “core” issue of its policy. Inaugurating a year-long ‘Thank You India’ campaign marking … Continued
Tibetans launch Thank You India campaign
This Week India, 19 January-2018 Read original story here President Dr. Sangay announces year-long events to mark 60 years of the Dalai Lama and Tibetans in India The President of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Dr Lobsang Sangay officially launched the … Continued
China must curb its dam-building and respect the right of downstream nations
Brahma Chellaney, The Washington Times, 16 January 2018 Read original story here China’s hyperactive dam building is a reminder that, while international attention remains on its recidivist activities in the South China Sea’s disputed waters, it is also focusing … Continued
University rejects Chinese Communist Party-linked influence efforts on campus
By Josh Rogin – The Washington Post – Read original Story here As part of a broad effort to interfere in U.S. institutions, China tries to shape the discussion at American universities, stifle criticism and influence academic activity by offering … Continued
China’s Strategy to Psych Out the West Is Paying Off
Wall Street Journal, 9 January 2018 Read original story here SHANGHAI—To those it seeks to influence, the Chinese Communist Party can be an intimidating presence. The China scholar Perry Link once called the party it “the anaconda in the chandelier.” … Continued
China shuts Marriott’s website over Tibet and Taiwan error
BBC, 11 January 2018 Read original story here China has shut down the Chinese websites of Marriott International for a week, after the firm listed Tibet and others as separate countries. The hotel group has apologised for the error and … Continued
Tibetan PM-in-exile cautions India against China
The Tribune – 11 January 2018 Tibetan “Prime Minister-in-exile” Lobsang Sangay on Thursday cautioned New Delhi against China’s deceptive policies, warning that what happened to Tibet could happen to India as well. “The Doklam stand-off and the repeated cross-border incursion … Continued