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China demands information on COVID status of exiled Tibetans
Radio Free Asia – by Sangyal Kunchok Authorities in western China’s Sichuan province are demanding that local Tibetans report the COVID status of relatives living outside the country, threatening them with the loss of housing subsidies and other support if they fail to disclose the information, RFA has learned. Local read more →
Yesterday’s Tibet, Today’s Ukraine — Who Will Be Targeted Tomorrow?
Japan Forward – by Representative Dr Tsewang Gyalpo Arya The West can’t stop aggression like the invasion of Tibet or Ukraine until it ends the self-centered policy of trade and economic priority for despotic regimes. It has been 27 years since a key figure in Tibetan Buddhism, the 11th Panchen read more →
US slams China for ‘restricting, manipulating’ UNHR chief Bachelet’s visit
-Business Standard The statement of the US department came in the backdrop of widespread criticism of Bachelet’s six-day China visit, which concluded on Saturday. The United States on Sunday expressed concern over Beijing’s efforts to restrict and manipulate the visit of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and her team read more →
India can push for Tibet dialogue, former ambassador says
-By International Campaign for Tibet China’s conquest of Tibet caused long-term difficulties for India, but the Indian government can still push for dialogue between Chinese and Tibetan leaders on Tibet’s future, a former high-ranking Indian diplomat says in a new video interview. “I think that India can do a little read more →
Top U.S. diplomat for Tibetan affairs visits refugees in Nepal
Radio Free Asia – by Lobsang Gelek More than 5,000 Tibetans refugees live in limbo after Nepal stopped issuing ID cards in 1995. Uzra Zeya, the U.S. special coordinator for Tibetan issues, met with Tibetan refugees in Nepal as well as government officials during a recent visit to Kathmandu in read more →
Tibetan monks told to take blame for statue demolitions
Radio Free Asia – by Sangyal Kunchok Authorities in western China’s Sichuan province are forcing Tibetan monks to take the blame for the destruction of sacred statues torn down by China, ordering them to sign affidavits claiming responsibility, RFA has learned. The move follows widespread condemnation of the demolitions in read more →
Visiting US official meets with Tibetan refugees despite Kathmandu’s caveats
-The Kathmandu Post On Friday during a regular press briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sewa Lamsal said that the government was not aware of any meetings between visiting US Under Secretary Uzra Zeya and Tibetan refugee leaders in Kathmandu. The press meet was organised just hours before Zeya’s arrival in Kathmandu, read more →
UN human rights chief’s China visit confirmed, including Xinjiang
-South China Morning Post The UN human rights chief will imminently visit China for “six to seven days”, with her Geneva office confirming the trip after years of negotiations. Michelle Bachelet’s trip will include a visit to Xinjiang, the far western region where the Chinese government has been accused of read more →
Tibet: No Religion Allowed in Social Media Short Videos and Webcasts
Bitter Winter – by Lobsang Gurung, 19 May 2022 President Xi Jinping is obsessed with social media spiraling out of control, as censors are not quick enough when they cancel “dangerous” posts. Everywhere within the borders of the People’s Republic of China new forms of control are created and implemented. read more →
Buddha and the neighbourhood: How Modi’s Lumbini visit aims to curb Dragon’s growing shadow over Nepal
Claude Arpi, May 19, 2022 – First Post India’s foreign relations are changing fast and for the better. During the last few months, Delhi witnessed a flurry of visits by dignitaries from Japan, US, UN, UK, etc, and the successful trip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Europe where he read more →
‘One China’ principle and ‘One Country, Two Systems’ policy are ironical
By ANI – 19 May 2022 Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): China’s ‘One China’ Principle and its policy, ‘One Country, Two Systems’ are ironic to each other. The principle is a desire of China to occupy the island of Taiwan while its policy is a lullaby to promises that Hong read more →
Tibetans forced to move to make way for Chinese power plant
-By Radio Free Asia Tibetans living in a monastery and nearby village have been ordered to relocate ‘regardless of the cost’. Residents of a Tibetan village in northwestern China’s Qinghai province are being forced from their homes to make way for a government-ordered hydropower station, with monks living in a read more →
How 17th century climate change may have doomed a Tibetan kingdom
By Echo Xie, South China Morning Post – 15 May 2022 The collapse of a Tibetan kingdom in the 17th century may have been caused by falling temperatures, researchers have said. The Guge kingdom was founded in western Tibet at the end of the 10th century and flourished for about read more →
Reports of Chinese Panchen Lama visit to Nepal a political gimmick: Penpa
Namrata Biji Ahuja for The Week. The curious case of China’s Panchen Lama trying to visit Nepal on May 16 to coincide his visit with the celebration of Buddha Purnima at the birth place of Gautam Buddha has drawn attention of not just Indian and Nepalese security agencies but some read more →
Tibetans hail PM Modi’s visit to Lumbini, warn Nepal to be wary of Chinese manoeuvres
-By The New Indian Express NEW DELHI: Connected by the noble thread of Buddhism, India and Nepal are deepening cooperation in many spheres, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his first visit to the birthplace of Lord Buddha, Lumbini, on Monday. Besides India and Nepal, Tibetans too were upbeat about read more →