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India should take the lead in handling Tibet issue, says US author
Sify news (ANI) – 10 November 2016 Washington: Author and activist James Rinaldi on the occasion of the launch on his book said Tibet is an issue that should be approached regionally with India spearheading the efforts and not internationally. “The West has had 30 years to free Tibet and read more →
Buying peace? Chinese money brings Tibet growth, apathy
Mail Online, 13 November 2016 Traditional teahouses and fashion boutiques have sprung up in Bayi, one of the liveliest districts of Lhasa, and are owned and patronised by both Tibetans and Han Chinese. But some say increasing prosperity is just Beijing buying peace. Tibet was China’s fastest-growing region last year read more →
Nepali Congress firm on ‘one-China’; denies Deuba met Dalai Lama’s representative
Deccan Chronicle, 11 November 2016 Kathmandu: Nepali Congress (NC) on Friday refuted reports that the party chief and former premier Sher Bahadur Deuba met a representatives of Tibetan Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during his recent India trip, underlining that it is “firm” on the “one-China” policy. In a statement read more →
UML lawmaker Bhattarai seeks govt’s clarification on Deuba’s presence in Goa conference
Repubica, 11 November 2016 KATHMANDU, Nov 11: CPN-UML lawmaker Rajan Bhattarai has sought clarification of the government on Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba’s controversial presence in Goa conference held recently. Speaking at the Parliament meeting on Friday, lawmaker Bhattarai said, “The media have reported about Deuba’s controversial participation in read more →
China builds world’s highest road tunnel to connect Tibet
Press Trust of India, 10 November 2016 China today completed work on the world’s highest road tunnel costing about USD 170 million on the Sichuan-Tibet highway which will shorten the time to reach Tibet by two hours. The seven-km long tunnel, situated 6,168 metre above sea level, passes through the read more →
NC Chief Deuba Firm on ‘One-China’; denies Meeting Dalai Lama
Press Trust of India, 9 November 2016 KATHMANDU:Nepal’s former premier Sher Bahadur Deuba today said the Nepalese government and his party Nepali Congress are “firm” on the “one-China” policy, denying reports that he met Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in India. Deuba, who returned to Nepal after concluding a read more →
High on Tibetan Plateau, Buddhist Spirituality Soars
The New York Times, Yarchen Gar Journal, 8 November 2016 A Buddhist monk looking out on the Yarchen Gar nunnery in China, where thousands of nuns live in makeshift huts. YARCHEN GAR, China — Even by the standards of the phenomenal sights of Tibet, Yarchen Gar is a wonder on read more →
Who will be on the TAR’s promotion list?
By Tenzin Tseten, Tibet Policy Institute In the run-up to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party expected to be convened in the fall of 2017, Tibet Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Autonomous Region also went through the highest-level of leadership reshuffle in the ongoing leadership transition. There has read more →
Slovak press criticises Czech politicians’ pro-China statement
Prague Daily Monitor, 8 November 2016 Bratislava, Nov 7 (CTK correspondent) – The four Czech supreme elected officials have collectively played the role of a humbled servant in their relations to Beijing, Slovak daily Dennik N writes yesterday on their pro-China statement issued during the Dalai Lama’s recent visit to read more →
Pope Francis’ deal with China is a disaster
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Opinion, The Week, The Vatican and China have reached a deal that would be a major step towards normalizing relations between the Catholic Church and the world’s largest formally atheist regime, The Wall Street Journal reports. All that’s needed for the deal to go through is the final read more →
China committing religious oppression by destroying Larung Gar: Tibetan PM
IANS, 5 November 2016 Panaji: China is committing religious oppression by ordering the destruction of the Larung Gar monastary in Tibet, Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay said. “The Chinese government should also respect rights of the Tibetan people. Their basic rights should be restored. At the moment the internationally famous read more →
China names new finance minister, seen maintaining expansionary policy
By Kevin Yao and Elias Glenn, Reuters, 7 November 2016 China appointed a new finance minister on Monday who is expected to maintain an expansionary fiscal policy and push reforms to put a lid on rising debt levels in the economy. Xiao Jie, a former tax chief and Minister of read more →
China protests Sangay’s meeting with UK Parliament Speaker
Press Trust of India, 4 November 2016 China today lashed out at Britain for allowing a meeting between the Prime Minister of Tibetan government-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay and the UK House of Commons Speaker John Bercow, saying it should avoid taking actions that damage bilateral ties. “China is opposed to this read more →
China Protests UK Parliament’s Meeting with Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay
Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay with Rt. Hon Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow at the Parliament House, London, 1 November 2016. China protests UK Parliament’s meeting with exiled Tibetan PM Lobsang Sangay Indian Express, 4 November 2016 China on Friday lashed out at Britain for allowing a meeting between read more →
Will Xi Bend Retirement ‘Rule’ to Keep Top Officials in Power?
Bloomberg News, 31 October 2016 A senior Communist Party policy official dismissed as “pure folklore” a retirement rule widely used to predict Chinese leadership changes, calling into question key assumptions about who will step down after President Xi Jinping’s reshuffle next year. Deng Maosheng, a director with the party’s Central Policy read more →