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China’s Antigraft Enforcers Take On a New Role: Policing Loyalty
Chris Buckley, The New York Times BEIJING — The investigators descend on government agencies and corporate boardrooms. They interrogate powerful officials and frequently rebuke them for lacking zeal. Most of all, they demand unflinching loyalty to President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party. They are the inspectors from the party’s read more →
Why Asian Nations Should Be Cautious About China ?
N.S.Venkataraman, Sri Lankan Guardian (October 22, 2016, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) There is no doubt that China is rapidly emerging as a super power with it’s economy now being second largest in the world . With it’s size, land area and huge natural wealth and aided by rapid economic, industrial read more →
The two most joyful people on the planet have written a book and it’s called “The Book of Joy”
Quartz, 20 October 2016 We should all be grateful that two of the happiest people in the world found each other and formed a beautiful friendship. The Dalai Lama and retired South African archbishop and freedom fighter Desmond Tutu have written a book together to share some of that joy. read more →
The world protests over demolitions and evictions at Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist community
International Business Times By James Tennent October 20, 2016 11:34 BST Activists claim that Chinese authorities are attempting to slash the population of the spiritual epicentre. Protests took place, on 19 October, in cities around the world to campaign against alleged demolitions and forced evictions carried out by Chinese authorities read more →
Milan Honors Dalai Lama as Citizen Over China’s Objections
ABC News, 20 October 2016 Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets his supporters while visiting Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) The Milan city council bestowed honorary citizenship on the Dalai Lama on Thursday over the objections of Chinese Embassy, which said the gesture read more →
Milan makes visiting Dalai Lama honorary citizen, angering China
Reuters, 20 October 2016 Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama poses after receiving honorary citizenship of the city of Milan at the Arcimboldi theater in Milan, Italy October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini Milan welcomed Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Thursday and gave him an honorary citizenship read more →
Universities raise Tibetan flag during Dalai Lama’s visit
Prague Daily, 20 October 2016 Prague, Oct 19 (CTK) – Several Czech universities hung out Tibetan flags at noon yesterday in reaction to an official statement on good Czech-Chinese relations that the country’s four supreme constitutional officials issued after some politicians met the Dalai Lama on Tuesday. The hoisting of read more →
Kashmir is Indian. Is Tibet really Chinese?
The Pioneer, 20 October 2016 Comrades in the Middle Kingdom must learn from their history and be prepared. New Delhi can be ‘neutral’ but also side with the Tibetans, especially if Beijing continues to side with Pakistan’s terrorist activities In April 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping paid his first state read more →
Living in a slum in the name of enlightenment
Sydney Morning Herald, 17 October 2016 Sertar, Garze: In the northern summer of 2001, thousands of Chinese security personnel, backed by an army of labourers armed with sledgehammers, massed at the entry of the Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Institute. In this almost impossibly remote place, sitting high on the Tibetan read more →
Demolition of Larung Gar Monastery by China ‘inhuman’, ‘unconstitutional’: Former Tibetan PM-in-exile
ANI, Business Standard Former Tibetan prime minister-in-exile Samdhong Rinpoche has termed demolition of Larung Gar Monastery and eviction of thousands of monks and nuns in his homeland as inhuman and unconstitutional. Rinpoche said it was not for the first time that Chinese authorities had completely demolished Larung Gar, as a read more →
Chinese Leaders Are Living in a Dangerous Illusion
Arthur Waldron, China Change This is a speech delivered on October 2, the first day of the three-day conference on the prospect of a democratic Chinain New York City, organized and attended by overseas Chinese scholars and dissidents. With Professor Waldron’s permission, we are pleased to post the text of read more →
Czech politicians meet Dalai Lama in contrast to pro-China policy
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech ministers and senior parliamentarians held a private meeting with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday, risking upsetting China just as Prague is trying to boost ties with Beijing. By contrast, the country’s four highest-ranking officials kept their distance from the meeting and issued read more →
Has Xi Jinping changed China?
China Policy Institute, 18 October 2016 Almost as soon as Xi Jinping assumed office as president in March 2013, a few months after becoming leader of the Communist Party, it became apparent that he planned major changes for China. In particular, Xi called for carrying out further market economic reforms, read more →
Czechs welcome Dalai Lama in Prague
Prague Daily Prague, Oct 17 (CTK) – About 1000 people, some of them carrying Tibetan flags or posters reading Free Tibet, came to Prague’s Hradcany Square to welcome the Tibetan Dalai Lama, who arrived in Prague to attend the 20th Forum 2000, which was founded by former president Vaclav Havel. read more →
Tibet’s Thangkas find new fans across China
Her eyes riveted to the canvas, Wulan meticulously applies colour to an image of the Buddha, using pigments made of crushed pearls, turquoise and agate.PHOTO: SPH 17 October 2016 – The Business Times [BEIJING] Her eyes riveted to the canvas, Wulan meticulously applies colour to an image of the Buddha, read more →