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Brahma Chellaney — Asia’s megacities are running out of waterNikk
Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asian Review Asia’s cities are ballooning, and the accompanying upsurge in the consumption of water and production of waste in urban areas is placing new pressures on the environment. Home to 53% of the world’s urban population, Asia has the highest concentration of megacities, including Shanghai, Tokyo, read more →
Xi Jinping May Delay Picking China’s Next Leader, Stoking Speculation
President Xi Jinping of China during a ceremony observing Martyrs’ Day, a holiday that memorializes Chinese who died in battle against foreign powers, at Tiananmen Square in Beijing last week.CreditMark Schiefelbein/Associated Press By CHRIS BUCKLEY – OCT. 4, 2016 New York Times BEIJING — The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, appears prepared to read more →
Stephane Dion: China Tries To Prevent Visits Of Canadian Diplomats To Tibet
China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi (left) and Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Stephane Dion leave following a press conference on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang By Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press, 05 October 2016 OTTAWA — China has for years tried to block read more →
Thailand bars entry to teenage Hong Kong activist whose supporters blame China
REUTERS : By Cod Satrusayang and Venus Wu | BANGKOK/HONG KONG Thailand on Wednesday barred entry to a Hong Kong student activist who helped organize pro-democracy protests in the Chinese-ruled city in 2014, with his supporters blaming China for the move. Bespectacled Joshua Wong, 19, was detained in Bangkok read more →
An international film fest in a town with no cinemas
SundayGuardianLive / By SRIJA NASKAR | | 1 October, 2016 At a time when McLeod Ganj in Dharmasala had only a few video parlours showing mainstream Bollywood and Hollywood films, filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam decided that what this town needs is a full-scale film festival of its own read more →
The Guardian view on the Dalai Lama: don’t squeeze him out
The Guardian : Chinese diplomatic pressure is gradually moving the Tibetan leader away from the world stage. It should be resisted “Spiritual leaders pray for peace” is not a headline to set the pulses racing. It is news only when they pray for war. Even that, unfortunately, is common enough read more →
Why China’s hold on Brahmaputra bothers India
The Times of India, 5 October 2016 NEW DELHI: Within days of India announcing plans to assert its right within the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan, China said it was building as dam on a tributary of the Yarlung Zangbo, as Brahmaputra is known in Tibet. This will be its read more →
Dalai Lama solution, not obstacle: Tibetan PM in-exile to China
Reuters pic (ANI) Financial Express, 3 October 2016 Reprimanding the Chinese government’s recent statement that “countering Dalai Lama is its top ethnic priority”, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Monday said the Dalai Lama is a solution to the issues concerning Tibetans, and not an obstacle. Alleging read more →
The Cultural Revolution in Tibet: A Photographic Record
The New York Times, 3 October 2016 In 1999, the Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser came across Wang Lixiong’s book “Sky Burial: The Fate of Tibet.” On finishing it, she sent Mr. Wang photographs taken by her father, who was with the People’s Liberation Army when it entered Tibet in the read more →
Teaching of Aryadeva’s 400 Verses on the Middle Way Begins
dalailama.com Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India, 3 October 2016 – A buzz of excitement on the western side of the Tsuglagkhang this morning alerted the 5500 people waiting in and around the temple to His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s imminent arrival. Photographers, devotees and well-wishers around the eastern door read more →
China blocks Brahmaputra tributary in Tibet to build dam, may cause concern for India
PTI, Firstpost Beijing: China has blocked a tributary of the Brahmaputra river in Tibet as part of the construction of its “most expensive” hydro project, which could cause concern in India as it may impact water flows into the lower riparian countries. The Lalho project on Xiabuqu river, a tributary of read more →
The Guardian view on the Dalai Lama: don’t squeeze him out
Editorial, The Guardian, Sunday 2 October 2016 “Spiritual leaders pray for peace” is not a headline to set the pulses racing. It is news only when they pray for war. Even that, unfortunately, is common enough to raise little attention these days. But something happened last week, almost entirely neglected read more →
Why India can’t Afford a Chinese Dalai Lama
Indi country’s defence strategy is not made after an enemy attack – steps taken during war time (or signs signalling a war) are more of a tactical nature rather than strategic. Strategy is a long term and comprehensive approach which involves various elements like geopolitics, military strategies, international relations, territorial read more →
The Chinese occupation of Tibet remains invasive, both personally and politically
The Bucknellian, Bucknell University, September 29, 2016 On Sept. 15, the Dalai Lama, the most notable international religious leader other than the Pope, spoke at a congregation of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. He has dedicated his life to the religious and political freedom of his homeland, Tibet, which read more →
China says countering Dalai Lama is top ethnic priority in Tibet
Reuters, Friday Sep 30, 2016 China will make countering the Dalai Lama’s influence the “highest priority” in its work on ethnic affairs in Tibet, the region’s Communist Party boss has said, vowing to uproot the monk’s “separatist and subversive” activities. Beijing says its Communist troops peacefully liberated Tibet in 1950 read more →