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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 →
Time to shuffle the deck: season of political personnel changes in China’s Communist Party goes up a gear
South China Morning Post, 28 September 216 The opening in late October of the Chinese Communist Party’s key sixth plenum – or assembly meeting of all members – is the latest session of the Central Committee’s current tenure and signifies the start of Beijing’s five-yearly political reshuffle season, lasting until read more →
China prepares for Dalai Lama’s death by looking to its own top Tibetan cleric
Simon Denyer, The Washington Post LHASA, China — In the contest for Tibetan hearts and minds, a 26-year-old Buddhist monk is emerging into the spotlight. He is the Chinese-appointed Panchen Lama, and he is being groomed by the Communist Party to fill an important political and religious role in Tibet. read more →
The Dalai Lama is An Anti-Separatist Element
by Han Lianchao (September 29, 2016, Beijing, Sri Lanka Guardian) Some young Chinese friends of mine often criticize me for getting mixed up with the Dalai Lama. They say he’s a separatist element who’s trying to split Tibet from China. I don’t blame them for this, as I once understood read more →
In China, repression buries rule of law
Editorial Board, Washington Post, 27 September 2016 AS CHINA’S economy mushroomed in recent decades, outsiders often pointed out the need to establish rule of law, giving investors and business executives, both at home and abroad, a reliable set of rules upon which to make decisions. In a democratic system, rule read more →
Unbylined: A Q&A With a Chinese Fixer
Piper French, Road&Kingdom In international journalism, a local journalist hired by foreign reporters for his or her special knowledge of the local area, culture, and language is called a fixer. The relatively unsung nature of the fixer’s work belies its difficulty and its importance. Fixers are crucial in helping foreign read more →
Dalai Lama envoy says Canada-China free trade must factor in Tibetan crisis
Stephen Smith, CBC New The self-immolation protests of 144 mostly young Tibetans since 2009 cannot be ignored as Canada embarks on exploratory free trade talks with China, says the Dalai Lama’s special representative to the United States and Canada. “They should look at the reason why people are doing this,” Penpa read more →
‘With thousands of dams upstream, China has water as weapon against India’
The Indian Express, 23 September 2016 NEW DELHI: With China having 87,000 dams, many in Tibet, with strategic benefit against India, experts on Friday urged the “down stream” Asian nations to unite and force Beijing to sign a trans-border water sharing treaty to counter its massive damming policies. Tibet is read more →