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Hong Kong Makes History with First Pro-Independence Rally
Liam Fitzpatrick / Hong KongTIME magazine Updated: Aug. 5, 2016 10:55 PM The gathering comes just 12 days after a poll found that 1 in 6 Hong Kongers support independence from China The first pro-independence rally in Hong Kong history took place Friday in the shadow of the city’s main government read more →
( The Great Indian Prime Minister ) Nehru and the China-Tibet blunder!
Kameng Shambala The truth about the China-India War of 1962 hidden from us by Secularists, Liberals, Nehruvians, Socialists, Leftists and Congress Apologists! The people of India ( esp. the people of Arunachal Pradesh in North East ) will never forget & perhaps never forgive those responsible for the China – read more →
India is Losing an Opportunity With China
By Prem Shankar Jha, The Wire, 1 August 2016 When Delhi ignored Beijing’s quiet demarches to let sleeping dogs lie in Arunachal Pradesh, not only did the Vice foreign minister Liu Zhenmin summon Ambassador Ashok Kantha to express his “strong dissatisfaction and staunch opposition” to Narendra Modi’s visit in February read more →
Himalayan railway connecting Tibet with India feasible: China
Deccan Herald, Beijing, Aug 5 (PTI) Aug 5, 2016 Chinese officials say trans-Himalayan railway connecting Tibet with India and Nepal is economically and technically feasible as Beijing looks to make Tibet an economic and cultural hub connecting China with South Asia. “The construction of a railway crossing the Himalayan mountains read more →
Dam bursts in Tibet
Press Trust of India, 03 August 2016 Heavy rains in China caused a dam to burst in Tibet, inundating three nearby villages. The dam in Lhaze County, Xigaze Prefecture, was breached yesterday as water in the Yarlung Tsangpo River rose. Water from the dam flooded three villages, with more than read more →
China blames ‘dark shadow’ of the U.S. for Hong Kong independence push
By James Griffiths and Vivian Kam, CNN Updated 0848 GMT (1648 HKT) August 3, 2016 Hong Kong (CNN)Beijing has accused the U.S. of working with so-called separatists in Hong Kong and Taiwan to undermine China and plunge it into chaos. In a video posted online by the Chinese Supreme People’s read more →
China’s elevated bus: Futuristic ‘straddling bus’ hits the road
Your eyes are not playing tricks on you, this 2m-high ‘straddling bus’ is exactly what it looks like BBC, 3 August 2016 It may look like something from the future, but China’s long-awaited “straddling bus” ran its inaugural test in Hebei province this week. The 2m-high Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) read more →
In China, a stirring and a new question
By Ashutosh Varshney, Indian Express, 3 August 2016 Peoples’ desire for freedom is greater. Can the government continue to control the flow of information? For the five years that this column has been in existence, it has primarily taken an analytical form. Narratives have been few and far between. This read more →
Japan Slams China Over Sea Strategy
A group of disputed islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea. Photo: REUTERS/Kyodo/File Photo By Chieko Tsuneoka, Wall Street Journal, 2 August 2016 Defense Ministry white paper says Beijing’s actions in South China Sea are ‘highhanded TOKYO—Japan criticized China’s maritime ambitions in read more →
The West kowtows to China through self-censorship
The Washington Post / By Teng Biao July 28 Teng Biao is a human rights lawyer and a visiting fellow at New York University’s U.S.-Asia Law Institute. Two years ago, I was invited by the American Bar Association to prepare a manuscript for a book to be titled “Darkness Before read more →
Hinkley Point: Theresa May’s China
By Carrie Gracie, BBC, 31 July 2016 In explaining its shock decision to delay the deal on Hinkley Point, the government said it needed time to consider all components of the deal, but speculation is growing that China questions may be at the heart of the reassessment. Under the existing read more →
Long Circuit: China-Pak Plotting to Hijack Buddha Legacy
By Ritu Sharma, Indian Express, 31 July 2016 NEW DELHI: With China collaborating with Pakistan and Sri Lanka to create a Buddhist trail and claim the legacy keeping in view its geo-strategic interests, India has moved to form a transnational circuit for Buddhist pilgrims and tourists in cooperation with South East read more →
Xinhua journalists directed to leave India for allegedly meeting anti-Dalai Lama faction
Economic Times, 27 July 2016 NEW DELHI: It was not just meetings between the three Chinese journalists and the Tibetan community that had irked authorities here leading to refusal of visa extensions. The genesis is in sectarian divide in the Tibetan movement and the three scribes from state-run Xinhua who read more →
Neuroscientist Richie Davidson Says Dalai Lama Gave Him ‘a Total Wake-Up Call’ that Changed His Research Forever
ABC News, 27 July 2016 Dr. Richie Davidson, a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been meditating for more than 40 years, but it was the Dalai Lama himself who convinced him to dedicate his life to researching the effects of meditation on the brain. “He challenged me, saying, read more →
Tibet, Xinjiang, and China’s Strong State Complex
The Diplomat, 28 July 2016 China’s refusal to change its ethnic policy reflects a historical mindset. A former judge in the western region of Xinjiang was sacked from his position and expelled from the Communist Party in early June for “being lenient on terrorists suspected of endangering local security and read more →