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China: Disregard the South China Sea ruling. The Philippines: No
Emily Rauhala, 19 July 2016 BEIJING: Not a week after the Permanent Court of Arbitration issued a sweeping rebuke of China’s maritime claims, irking Beijing and boosting Manila, the foreign ministers of China and the Philippines met on the sidelines of a Europe-Asia summit. You can guess what they talked read more →
The Obama Doctrine
The Atlantic The U.S. president talks through his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world. Friday, August 30, 2013, the day the feckless Barack Obama brought to a premature end America’s reign as the world’s sole indispensable superpower—or, alternatively, the day the sagacious Barack Obama peered into the Middle read more →
China should respect South China Sea ruling, says Philippines
BBC News, 14 July 2016 The Philippines has said China should respect an international tribunal’s rejection of its claims in the South China Sea. In a statement, it said Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay would raise the issue at a major two-day Asia-Europe summit starting on Friday, attended by China’s read more →
No religion teaches violence, killings, says Dalai Lama
Tribune News Service, 14 July 2016 Rewalsar, July 13: Concerned over the mass killing of innocent people by militant groups in the name of religion in different parts of world, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama today said that no religion teaches violence and killing of innocent people. Dalai Lama arrived read more →
Masters of Strategy and the Containment of China
Francis P. Sempa, 7 July 2016 The U.S. Naval War College held its annual Current Strategy Forum on June 14 and 15, on its picturesque campus in Newport, Rhode Island. This Forum brought together policymakers, expert analysts, War College students, and interested civilians to discuss varying aspects of U.S. strategy. read more →
US claims China bribes UN news outlet for positive stories
By Lobsang Tenchoe DHARAMSALA, July 8: United States has raised suspicion over China’s alleged involvement in bribing a news outlet focused on United Nations to push positive stories about China. Chinese officials were involved in developing South-South News, a New York-based English language media outfit focused on the U.N. and read more →
War Is Coming
Sudoscript, 4 July 2016 Something dark is swelling up in the world. A fear, a dangerous fear, boiling over into anger and hate. The kind of fear we’ve seen before. The kind that leads down a road we know too well. The signs are happening everywhere, all at once. People read more →
Arunachal celebrates Dalai Lama’s birthday
The Times of India, 8 July 2016 Itanagar: The 81st birth anniversary of the Dalai Lama was celebrated at Thubchog Gatsel Ling Monastery (Lower Gompa) at Bomdila in West Kameng district on Wednesday. The day-long programme started with a special prayer session, ceremonial sangsol and serkyem offering at the Lower read more →
‘Himalayan Viagra’: Tibet’s Gold Rush May Be Coming To An End
High on the Tibetan plateau, on the sides of steep green valleys dotted with herds of grazing yaks, beneath forbidding snow-clad peaks, a line of adults and children crouch and crawl across the slopes. They are hunting – not for game but for a tiny brown shoot poking just an read more →
Dalai Lama’s 81st birthday celebrated
MOS Home Kiran Rijiju at the 81st Birthday celebrations of the Dalai Lama at the tibetan settlement camp in New Delhi on wednesday. Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal New Delhi Indian Express, 6 July 2016 The 81st birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was celebrated with artists and read more →
Dalai Lama may be remembered but not publicly in Lhasa even on birthday
By Sutirtho Patranobis, Hindustan Times, Lhasa, 06 July 2016 “In my heart,” the sun-burnt Tibetan said of his plans to observe the Dalai Lama’s 81st birthday before quietly fading into a crowd of tourists and believers heading into the Sera monastery outside Lhasa on Wednesday morning. Elsewhere in the read more →
Comic tribute to Dalai Lama on his 81st b’day
Lalit Mohan, Tribune News Service, Dharamsala, July 6 As the Dalai Lama turns 81 today, a special tribute was paid to him by Hindi author Vijay Kranti by releasing a cartoon book illustrating the life of the Tibetan spiritual leader. The author today released, a first of its kind, a read more →
Still young at 81, it’s to do with peace of mind, says Dalai Lama
By Vishal Gulati, 5 July 2016 Dharamsala, July 5 (IANS) Eighty-one and still young. The Dalai Lama believes it’s to do with peace of mind. Turning 81 on July 6, his age is no bar to campaign for global peace, happiness and, of course, saving the small blue planet from read more →
China-India Relations After the NSG Plenary
By Deep Pal, Published in The Diplomat, 27 June 2016 Make no mistake: India’s failure to win membership in the NSG will shape Sino-Indian relations. Few analysts following developments at the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary in South Korea expected India’s membership bid to sail through. As the dust settles, read more →
Tibetan director detained, hospitalized in China: film guild
Reuters, 29 June 2016 An award-winning Tibetan film director has been detained and suffered serious injury while in police custody, a Chinese film directors’ guild said on Wednesday, though police said he was only lightly injured being taken away from a luggage dispute. Pema Tseden, a renowned Tibetan filmmaker best read more →