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Don’t waste a good crisis: New India had a sophisticated game at Doklam. But watch out for the new China
Indrani Bagchi, Times of India, 8 September 2017 Read original story here The atmosphere in the room was slightly tense. Not angry or sullen, just uncomfortable, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping faced each other in Xiamen, … Continued
A mesmerizing blend of Tibetan, Japanese and Indian sounds coming to Wauchope Arts Hall Saturday September 16
Camden Haven Courier. Read original story here, A mesmerizing evening of traditional Tibetan, Japanese and Indian sounds by Tenzin Choegyal, Taro Terahara and Shen Flindell is coming to Wauchope Arts Hall. Born to a family of Tibetan nomads, Tenzin Choegyal was … Continued
Inspired to ‘build trust and work together,’ Tibetans and Vietnamese hold human rights conference in Little Saigon
LA Times, 2 September 2017 The Tibetan leader, draped in a silky, traditional loose coat, joined a group of monks in prayers with a single purpose: charting a path toward peace. Near Lobsang Sangay, the Harvard-educated ruler of the Tibetan … Continued
Flooded Tibet: struggling to adapt to the new reality
By Zamlha Tempa Gyaltsen* – Tibetpolicy.net On 30 August 2017, a massive landslide buried nine people in Golok Machen region of north eastern Tibet. The horrifying disaster occurred in the early hours of the day (4:30am) while residents were still … Continued
Doklam Is PM Modi’s Biggest Geo-Strategic Win To Date
NDTV, 30 August 2017 Read original story here After a brief diplomatic tango necessitated to settle the question of who withdrew its ground troops first – India or China – it is now public knowledge that both sides agreed to simultaneously withdraw from the Doklam region. India withdrew first, but read more →
Mutual understanding on Doklam issue is ‘India’s victory’: Prakash Javadekar
ANI, The Business Standard, 29 August 2017 Read original story here Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday welcomed the Indian and Chinese troops’ decision to withdraw from Doklam, and said that the mutual understanding has proved to be a ‘victory for India.‘ “The mutual understanding between both read more →
Learning Mandarin and Tibetan Made Compulsory for ITBP Recruits
The Wire, read original story here, The new rule has been put in place to make communication with Chinese Liberation Army soldiers at the India-China border smoother. Only around 150 personnel in 90,000-member force speak the language at the moment. Credit: PTI New Delhi: The Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has read more →
China orders internet comments linked to real identities
Engadget, 28 August 2017 Read original story here China isn’t slowing down in its bid to silence online political opposition. As of October 1st, the country will require that tech firms hold on to records of the real identities of everyone posting comments on internet message boards. This is to discourage “false rumors, read more →
At Beijing book fair, publishers admit to self-censorship
South China Morning Post (AFP) Just days after the world’s oldest publisher briefly caved in to Chinese censorship demands, international publishing houses are courting importers at a Beijing book fair, with some admitting they keep sensitive topics off their pages. The censorship controversy that hit Cambridge University Press (CUP) sent read more →
Chinese Communist officials to run Tibetan Buddhism center
The Washington Post, Read original story here. BEIJING — China has appointed Communist Party and government officials to manage one of the world’s largest centers of Tibetan Buddhist learning, raising concerns over strengthened ideological control over religion that critics say is draining such institutions of their vitality. The appointments at read more →
There is no place in academia for craven submission to Chinese censorship demands
Paul Mason, The Guardian, Read original story here Imagine if the British government could eradicate the miners’ strike from history. Not just by deleting all news coverage but by preventing the academic study of it. Imagine if, at university courses on the history of modern conservatism, all mention of it was banned. read more →
Nothing Rong in Tibet
Sophie Richardson, Human Rights Watch, 24 August 2017 Read original story here Addressing its abusive past has never been a strength for the Chinese Communist Party, particularly in hotspots like Tibet. If anything, the party has become increasingly strident in defending its record in that region. In 2009, for instance, authorities read more →
Is China using water as a potent weapon against India?
Rajesh Singh, 23 August 2017, Wion News Read the original story here A few days ago, the Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson informed that China had not shared hydrological data with India on the Himalayan rivers this year. He sought to downplay the development by explaining that “sometimes, due to read more →
View: China is all set to pay a heavy price for its Doklam blunder
By Kanwal Sibal, The Economic Times, 23 August 2017 Read the original story here. China has begun to believe that like America, it too has become an “indispensable nation,” at least for the global economy, and that its position as virtually the biggest trade partner of most major economies limits read more →
China’s desperate desire to keep its people in the dark
The Editorial Board, The Washington Post, 21 August 2017 Read original story here THE CAMBRIDGE University Press has rightly abandoned its plan to censor the prestigious China Quarterly journal at the behest of the Chinese authorities. It was indefensible for the journal to remove some 300 sensitive articles and book reviews from its website for a read more →