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Britain has ‘moral obligation’ to speak up on Hong Kong, says ex-governor Chris Patten
[The South China Morning Post] Vetting of chief executive in future elections ‘more or less’ what happens in Iran, says Patten as he urges London to speak up Chris Patten pictured in Hong Kong in March. The former colonial governor says the UK has a “duty” to speak up on read more →
At Lhasa, Tibetans still pray for Dalai Lama’s return
While no photographs or video can be taken inside, there appear to be few other restrictions on visitors. Photo: Suhasini Haidar [The Hindu] By Suhasini Haider Lhasa’s Norbulingka isn’t a temple or a monastery, even so, thousands of Tibetan Buddhists stream in here everyday, to offer scarves for the 14th read more →
Beijing Abandons Pragmatism on Hong Kong
[The Wall Street Journal] By Andrew Browne BEIJING—Distrust of the Chinese Communist Party runs deep in Hong Kong, a city built largely by refugees from famine and party-sponsored political violence in mainland China. Deng Xiaoping understood this, and deftly worked around it. His formula for recovering Hong Kong from Britain read more →
China Is Sending Military Vehicles To Hong Kong Ahead Of Expected Protests
A soldier of the People’s Liberation Army stands guard in front of a statue of the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping at an exhibition commemorating the 110th anniversary of his birth, in Hong Kong, on August 21,2014/Reuters photo Hong Kong (AFP) — Hong Kong democracy advocates expressed alarm read more →
Kailash yatra breaks all past records
[Hindustan Times] Giving a reason for officials to smile, more than 900 pilgrims have visited Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) this year, setting a new record of sorts. The yatra is an annual affair which passes through Uttarakhand and goes till Kailash Mansarovar in TAR under China. The read more →
Double threat for Tibet
[Nature.com] Climate change and human development are jeopardizing the plateau’s fragile environment. By Jane Qiu 19 August 2014 LHASA A comprehensive environmental assessment of the Plateau of Tibet has found that the region is getting hotter, wetter and more polluted, threatening its fragile ecosystems and those who rely on them. The read more →
New Zealand politician rejects pro-China Tibet document
By John Sudworth [BBC News, Shanghai] The former mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, Sir Bob Parker, says he is not happy to be associated with the document which China is calling the ‘Lhasa Consensus.’ Sir Bob said he did not sign up to the pro-government document produced by China Produced read more →
China promotes mixed marriages in Tibet as way to achieve ‘unity’
[The Washington Post] by William Wan and Xu Yanglingjing BEIJING — During their controversial six-decade-rule of Tibet, China’s Communist Party leaders have been accused by human rights groups of trying to tame the restive region by imprisoning Tibetan political prisoners, keeping in exile their leader the Dalai Lama and repressing Tibetan religion read more →
‘Permanent, negotiated solution for Tibet in China’s interest’
By Ananth Krishnan [The Hindu] BEIJING: While there remain serious differences between the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama on the major political questions surrounding Tibet’s future, it would be in China’s interest to achieve a permanent, negotiated political solution for Tibet, N. Ram, Chairman, Kasturi & Sons Ltd., said read more →
UK politician’s Tibet visit under fire
Lord Davidson is a Labour party front-bencher in the House of Lords, the UK’s upper house By John Sudworth BBC News, Shanghai Given that the UK Labour Party says that it is “deeply concerned” about the human rights situation in Tibet, it might seem odd that one of its senior read more →
China’s Power Politics
By John Garnaut [The New York Times] SYDNEY, Australia — The four Chinese characters that heralded President Xi Jinping’s war against corruption in a speech by a political ally in December 2011 can easily lose impact in translation. “Life-and-death struggle,” while idiomatic in English, is too passive. “Do-or-die” lacks the necessary read more →
Illegal coal mine encroaching on nature reserve in north-west China
Despite tough new environmental protection laws, Beijing seems to be unable to stop the expansion of massive Muli coal mine into the Tibetan plateau in Qinghai, according to Greenpeace.A fox searches for food at the bottom of the Qilian mountains. In the background, an opencast coal mine belonging to the read more →
It’s in Chinese interest to give Tibetans more autonomy: Lobsang Sangay (IANS Interview)
By Vishal Gulati Dharamsala, Aug 4 (IANS) Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay says the people in Tibet will be happy if they are given more autonomy by China “within the Chinese constitution”. The 46-year-old Harvard educated elected head of the Central Tibetan Administration, who completes three year in office Aug read more →
Chinese control of Tibet rivers will be disastrous: Dr Sangay
R Dutta Choudhury [Assam Tribune] DHARAMSHALA, Aug 3 – Chinese control of the major rivers originating in Tibet may prove to be disastrous for the South East Asian countries, including India, warned the Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile, Dr Lobsang Sangay. Talking to The Assam Tribune, Dr Sangay pointed out that most of read more →
Don’t block the tap
[Hindustan Times] By Thubten Samphel Michael Buckley points out that China’s relentless exploitation of Tibet’s resources could spell environmental disaster for Asia. The Dalai Lama was the first to suggest that tackling Tibet’s looming environmental crisis deserves precedence over efforts to resolve its protracted political problem. According to WikiLeaks, in read more →