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How McMahon Drew His Line, and Why China Wants It Changed
By Pradip Phanjoubam on 20/05/2015 Prime Minister, Narendra Modi was virtually silent on the vexed border issue during his just concluded visit to China, belying the expectations of many in Arunachal Pradesh. While there were 24 bilateral agreements signed, a majority of them business related, both the countries for the read more →
If Tibet is part of China, Why are Tibetans treated so badly? Rose Tang
Saturday, 23 May 2015 17:19 Rose Tang, Tibet Post International Rose Tang delivering her speech at the Tibetan National Uprising Day rally in Chicago, US, on March 10, 2015. Photo: TPI Brooklyn, US – If Tibet is part of People’s Republic of China, as the Chinese government insists, then why read more →
Tibetan Festival Organizer is Detained by Police in Sichuan
Tibetans display banned images on flags at prayer gathering, Ngaba, Sichuan, March 4, 2015 (RFA) Radio Free Asia, 22 May 2015 Police in western China’s Sichuan province have detained a Tibetan man suspected of organizing a prayer festival in March in which flags bearing photos of Tibetan exile leaders were read more →
China denying passports to restrict critics, minorities
By Christopher Bodeen, AP, 20 May 2015 BEIJING (AP) — Hand your passport to police or it will be canceled, read the notice to all 4.4 million residents of far-northwestern China’s Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. The demand would now seem outrageous to most Chinese, who more than a decade since read more →
Once More, With Feeling
By Nirupama Rao, The Wire, 16 May 2015 Summit meetings between global players like India and China are closely watched for new strategic directions or policy guidance. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China has been no exception. Was it the same tea poured into new cups, tales of Buddhist read more →
Tibetans seek release of Panchen Lama
The Tribune, 17 May 2015 Tibetans and their supporters today observed the International Solidarity Day to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Panchen Lama going missing from Tibet. In a press release issued here today, spokesperson for the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said six-year-old Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, was read more →
China urged to release Panchen Lama after 20 years
BBC, 17 May 2015 Tibetan exiles are calling for China to release a high-ranking monk who disappeared 20 years ago when he was just six years old. The boy was detained by the Chinese authorities just three days after the Dalai Lama declared him to be the reincarnated Panchen Lama. read more →
Modi’s assertive approach makes China take note of new India
By Danvir Singh, Sify News, 17 May 2015 Days before the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to leave for China on a three-day state visit, India formally registered a protest against the recently signed $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The Chinese envoy in Delhi was summoned to the read more →
Nepal’s devastating earthquake underlines the risks of China’s Tibet dam-building binge
By Gwynn Guilford, 14 May 2015, Quartz http://qz.com/404310/nepals-devastating-earthquake-underlines-the-risks-of-chinas-tibet-dam-building-binge/ The earthquake that rattled Nepal on April 25, killing thousands, also cracked a huge hydroelectric dam and damaged many others. Things could have been much worse, though. The collapse of one of these could have let loose a deluge of water and read more →
Nepal earthquake highlights dangers of dam building in Tibet
Hydropower development in Tibet is fraught with huge risks because of the danger of major earthquakes. What’s more, the projects might not be needed, say experts. The Zangmu Hydropower Station. This is Tibet’s biggest hydropower project, standing more than 3,300 metres above sea level. Image: TibetanReview thethirdpole.net Thursday 7 May 2015 read more →
Tibet Shaken Again by Nepal Quakes
The Wall Street Journal, 12 May 2015 China reported a new death and more destruction in Tibet on Tuesday following the latest earthquakes in Nepal, after last month’s temblors in the Himalayas had also badly shaken parts of the plateau. China’s state news agency Xinhua said one person died in read more →
India’s New Government May Change Their Stand on Tibet
11.05.2015 Voice of America/Tibetan Professor Kuldip Chand Agnihotri, Vice Chancellor of the Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Shahpur, said that the new government of India headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi may change its stand on Tibet. “India has sent several messages to the Chinese government regarding its stand on read more →
China newspaper hits out at PM, accuses Modi of ‘playing little tricks’ over border issues
It says Indian government should completely stop supporting the Dalai Lama, and stop making the Tibetan issue a stumbling block. Press Trust of India, The Indian Express, 13 May 2015 Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China, a Chinese columnist in a state-run newspaper said that Modi is read more →
A political awakening for Buddhists? 125 U.S. Buddhist leaders to meet at the White House.
By Michelle Boorstein May 12, The Washington Post Are we about to enter the era of the political Buddhist? On Thursday about 125 U.S. Buddhist leaders from across the spectrum will gather in Washington for what organizers say may be the biggest conference ever focused on bringing their faith communities into read more →
Will China Crumble?
We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of articles on the future of the Chinese regime. Those articles sparked a heated debate, so we decided to ask a broad pool of experts to state whether they agree or disagree with the following statement and to rate their confidence read more →