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China bears ‘heavy responsibility’ for Liu Xiaobo’s death: Nobel committee
AFP, The Times of India, 13 June 2017 OSLO: The Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Thursday that China bears a “heavy responsibility” for the “premature” death+ of 2010 Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. The prominent democracy advocate, 61, died+ while still in custody following a battle with cancer. Officials ignored international pleas+ to let him spend his final read more →
Liu Xiaobo, Chinese Dissident Who Won Nobel While Jailed, Dies at 61
Chris Buckley, The New York Times, 13 July 2017 Read the original story here.https://nyti.ms/2vgB9ff BEIJING — Liu Xiaobo, the renegade Chinese intellectual who kept vigil at Tiananmen Square in 1989 to protect protesters from encroaching soldiers, promoted a pro-democracy charter that brought him a lengthy prison sentence and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prizewhile read more →
Will Not Forcibly Relocate Residents From Tibet Area Declared UNESCO Heritage Site: China
By Reuters, The Wire, The Chinese national flag is raised during a ceremony marking the 96th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, July 1, 2017. CNS/He Penglei via REUTERS/Files Beijing: China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday read more →
White House urges China to release ailing Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo
Firstpost, 13 July 2017 Read the original story here Washington: Concerned that China’s cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo is not free to seek the medical treatment of his choosing, the US has urged China to grant him full parole and release his wife from house arrest. “We understand the Chinese hospital treating read more →
China’s habit of playing foul
By Kanwal Sibal, The Shillong Times, 13 July 2017 Read the original story here China’s current provocation in the Tibet-Bhutan-Sikkim tri-junction area adds to the long list of its taunting conduct against India in recent years. India, however, has been extremely restrained in reacting to Chinese provocations. Unfortunately, this has read more →
China’s propaganda war over dying Nobel Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo
Read the original story here. Stephen McDonell, BBC News, 11 July 2017 He is China’s number one dissident, described in the press here as a criminal, for others a hero of Chinese democracy. Either way, Liu Xiaobo’s collapsing body is at the heart of a struggle to control the message read more →
NZ’s first Tibetan refugee launches autobiography on Auckland’s North Shore
By LAINE MOGER, North Shore times, New Zealand, New Zealand’s first Tibetan refugee has penned his remarkable life story. Half a century ago New Zealand welcomed its first Tibetan refugee, Thuten Kesang. Now, he is releasing his autobiography, Tibet – The Home I Left Behind, which tells his remarkable life story beginning in Tibet and ending in Auckland’s read more →
How the whole of Tibet was turned into a hellish prison
Read the original story here. The DailyO, 10 July 2017 Thousands and thousands of people were driven into prisons like sheep, innocent people mown down like hay, rolled like paper, kneaded like hide, crammed into the dark recesses of dungeons; bound with steel wire when there were no handcuffs and read more →
Chinese media protests against unfurling of Tibetan flag in Ladakh
By Saibal Dasgupta, Times of India, BEIJING: Chinese media is criticizing a reported move by the Tibetan government in exile to unfurl a flag representing its idea of “Tibetan national flag” on the shores of Bangong Lake, known as Pangong Lake in India, in Ladakh. The lake is near the read more →
Dalai Lama turns 82, here’s what keeps him young
Associated Press, 8 July 2017 NEW DELHI – Thousands of Tibetans living in exile in India waved white scarves, lit incense and offered prayers Thursday in celebration of the Dalai Lama’s 82nd birthday. The Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of the Tibetan community, cut a cake and watched a performance read more →
Dalai Lama turns 82, followers celebrate in India
By Associated press, USA today, (Photo: RAJAT GUPTA, EPA) NEW DELHI – Thousands of Tibetans living in exile in India waved white scarves, lit incense and offered prayers Thursday in celebration of the Dalai Lama’s 82nd birthday. The Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of the Tibetan community, cut a cake read more →
Around 1000 Tibetans congregate to wish Dalai Lama a happy 82nd birthday
Times of India, BENGALURU: A heart touching performance of the native song of Tibet by students from Tibetan community in the city, a scintillating show of Drogshey – native dance of Nomet tribe from Tibet and a throng of jovial Tibetans had turned the otherwise quiet campus of Tibetan read more →
Dalai Lama’s religion will outlast the Chinese occupation of Tibet
Bill Crews, Brisbane Times, 7 July 2017 I saw the face of Lobsang Lozin on a wall in the Tibetan Museum in Dharamshala. I was struck by the kindness in it. It’s a compassionate face, yet there is an element of devil may care in it too. It’s the face of read more →
The Dalai Lama: The Lamp for Our Path
The Lions Roar, 6 July 2017 In the July 2017 issue of Lion’s Roar, 12 leading teachers, writers, and activists reflect on why we need the Dalai Lama and his message more than ever. Jan Willis reflects on the importance of his life’s example of compassion, peace, and joyfulness. Some people’s very read more →
What’s behind the India-China border stand-off?
BBC, India and China have a long history of border disputes For four weeks, India and China have been involved in a stand-off along part of their 3,500km (2,174-mile) shared border. The two nations fought a war over the border in 1962 and disputes remain unresolved in several areas, causing read more →