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The Chinese Are About to Take Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump to the Cleaners
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast By James Mann, The Daily Beast – For a good example of how our system of government is in danger of devolving into a quasi-monarchy, consider this: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, President Trump’s son-in-law and daughter, will be visiting China this fall to lay the groundwork for a subsequent visit read more →
Leader in exile: Tibetan president calls for Australia’s support
Tibetan president Lobsang Sangay in Sydney on Saturday. Photo: Brook MitchellBy By Finbar O’Mallon – Sydney Morning Herald – 6 August 2017 The president of the Tibetan government-in-exile called on the Australian government to lobby for full Tibetan autonomy in China. Dr Lobsang Sangay is set to make a speech read more →
How Mao and Khrushchev fought over China-India border dispute
Chinese leader Mao Zedong with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in August 1958. Photo 1958 South China Morning Post – 5 August 2017 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visited China at the end of September 1959 to hold a summit with the Chinese leadership. A little over a month earlier, several Indian read more →
China Tears Down the Tibetan City in the Sky
Steve Shaw, The Diplomat, 3 August 2017 Read the original story here. At the eastern end of the vast Tibetan Plateau lies a sprawling monastery named Larung Gar, which is the largest Tibetan Buddhist institute in the world and a monumental landmark to Tibetan culture, religion, and history. It is read more →
What will be the Dalai Lama effect on Botswana?
Mmegi Online, 28 July 2017 It has been reported that Chinese Embassy officials in Botswana have been “scrambling to stop Botswana from opening its doors to the Dalai Lama.” Beijing has indicated that allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Botswana would set back relations between the two countries. This has read more →
Tibetan Government in Exile says Chinese action a reflection of its expansionist policy
Economic Times – 02 August 2017 The comments on Dokalam by the highest political authority of Tibetan government are significant and are likely to cause discomfort in Beijing. NEW DELHI: India-based Tibetan Government In Exile (TGIE), for the first time since the Dokalam standoff, has come out with a public read more →
Theme for the Chinese dream
ROCKY ROAD TO PEACE: The highway in north Sikkim needs upkeep. Photo by the writer By Pravin Sawhney – Tribune THE crucial meeting between the National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and the Chinese leadership has not resolved the Doklam crisis. The two sides discussed “bilateral and major problems”, suggesting that read more →
Mining in Tibet poses threat to black-necked cranes
IANS – Vishal Gulati – 2 August 2017 Mineral exploitation, infrastructure development and changes in agricultural practices are severely threatening the survival of the black-necked crane that is endemic to the Tibetan Plateau in the Himalayas, says a new international study. It calls for effective and powerful conservation measures by read more →
The Tibetan Roots of the China-India Border Dispute
ELLEN BORK – The American Interest The border standoff between China and India is in its second month. In June, Peoples Liberation Army troops were found building a road in disputed territory at the junction of Chinese-occupied Tibet, Bhutan, and India. India’s national security advisor is visiting Beijing in an read more →
India Raised Tibet, Stapled Visa Issues With China: Sushma Swaraj
Press Trust of India, NDTV, 28 July 2017 New Delhi: There is no quid pro quo with China on the issue of “sufferings” of the Tibetan people and stapled visas being given to Arunachal Pradesh residents by Beijing, government said on Thursday. There is no quid pro quo with China read more →
India Today ruffles China’s feathers by excluding Taiwan and Tibet from map
Taiwan News, 27 July 2017 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — In a bizarre reversal of fortune, instead of the usual erroneous inclusion of Taiwan in a map of China, the cover of the latest issue of the magazine India Today, not only excludes Taiwan from Chinese territory, but it also carved read more →
Tibet: Liverpool FC Announces Exploitative Water Company as Partner in China
UNPO, July 27 2017 On 25 July 2017, Liverpool Football Club announced Tibet Water Resources Limited (TWRL) as their new Official Regional Water Partner in China. TWRL is commercially exploiting Tibet’s water resources, thereby further undermining Tibet’s right to self-determination. While the Chinese company profits from Tibet’s resources, water bottling read more →
Botswana confirms Dalai Lama visit despite China anger
AFP, Channel News Asia, 25 July 2017 GABORONE: Botswana on Tuesday (Jul 25) confirmed it will allow the Dalai Lama to visit next month as “a foreign dignitary” in the face of China’s fierce opposition to the Tibetan spiritual leader. Beijing views the Dalai Lama as a dangerous separatist campaigning read more →
China’s Other Big Export: Pollution
The New York Times Read original story here While President Trump rolls back environmental protections and announces the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate accord, China is trying to position itself as the world’s climate leader, pledging to cooperate with other countries to build an “eco-civilization.” China read more →
Prayers to Chinese Pop: The Story of Larung Gar Nuns
Marking the first anniversary since the demolitions at Larung Gar began, the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) is releasing a 2-min video titled “Prayers to Chinese Pop: The Story of Larung Gar Nuns.” Watch the video here. On July 20 last year, the Chinese read more →