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Himalayan handshake for India’s Modi
By M K Bhadrakumar Asiatimes After an interlude of some 54 years, China is making another overture toward India. Relations are once again at a crossroads. In 1960, then Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai took the initiative to visit Delhi even as storm clouds were gathering on the horizon over the read more →
Golog Jigme Speaks About His Arrest and Escape from Chinese Prison
May 28, 2014 5:20 pm Tibet.net/CTA DHARAMSHALA: Golog Jigme, a Tibetan political prisoner and social worker, who recently escaped to India from Tibet, spoke about the horrific details of physical torture and mental trauma that Tibetan political prisoners are put through by Chinese officials. He also urged the Chinese government read more →
Global events to mark 25 years of Dalai Lama’s Nobel Prize
By Vishal Gulati IANS (Gulfnews.com) Nobel Peace laureates will attend a programme in India in October Dharamsala: Nobel Peace laureates will attend a programme in India in October to mark the silver jubilee of the conferment of Nobel Peace Prize on Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, an organiser said read more →
What you may have missed: Narendra Modi’s message to China
By Sandipan Deb (Live Mint & The Wall Street Journal) Through his diplomatic gestures and one specific ministerial appointment, Modi has sent a clear declaration of intent to Beijing In the last 36 hours, we have seen intense discussion and speculation on the future of India-Pakistan relations in the wake read more →
Modi invite to PM-in-exile thrills Tibetans
By Vishal Gulati, Times of India Dharamsala, May 27 (IANS) Cyberspace was abuzz Tuesday with gratitude to the government for inviting Tibetan prime minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay to the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Tsering Dorjee, a Facebook friend and Sangay’s admirer, wrote: “wow for the read more →
I, Too, Will Stand Up for Tiananmen
The New York Times SYDNEY, Australia — On May 6 three of my friends were arrested in Beijing on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” They are Xu Youyu, a scholar and former researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Prof. Hao Jian of the Beijing Film Academy, read more →
Historical texts reveal Tibetan solution
[Asia Times Online] By Jampa Tenzin This year is the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Simla Agreement at the conclusion of a tripartite convention held in Simla between Tibet, British India and China in 1914. Today, May 23, marks the completion of 63 years since Tibet and read more →
Panchsheel: A Diplomatic Gimmick or Strategic Surrender? ( A Tibetan Perspective)
By Lobsang Yeshi The year 2014 marks the 60th anniversary of the Panchsheel Agreement between India and China and the Governments declared year 2014 as ‘India—China Year of Friendly Exchanges’. For the Tibetans, each such ‘celebration’ or the reiteration of the so-called Panchsheel principles in every Sino-Indian Joint communiqué is read more →
China’s Government: Weak or Strong?
Original Published: 28 April 2014, by Kerry Brown, The Diplomat While foreigners tend to think of the Chinese state as a powerful behemoth, the Chinese people bemoan its weakness. It was a tough question, but it sounded innocuous enough when first asked by a Chinese guest. “Why,” the guest said, read more →
Updated: The Dorje Shugden Conflict: An Interview with Tibetologist Thierry Dodin
[Source: info-buddhism.com] What is the Dorje Shugden conflict actually about? This conflict arose in the 17th century and since then has played out on many levels. In essence, the question is whether the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism, – Nyingmapa, Sakyapa, Kagyupa and Gelugpa – are equal or whether one read more →
Himachal Pradesh University debates 100 years of Shimla Convention
[The Times of India] SHIMLA: It was 100 years ago that Sir Henry McMahon marked ‘McMahon Line’ as the Sino-Indian border. As the historic decisions was taken during Shimla Convention held in the erstwhile summer capital of India, on Monday Himachal Pradesh University organized a seminar ‘Revisiting Shimla Agreement – 1914′ to read more →
‘Economic engagement the way forward’
[The Tribune] Shimla, May 12: Increased economic engagement between India and China is the only solution to controversial McMahon Line to demarcate international boundaries between India, Tibet and China. The geopolitical and socio-economic situation, demography, governance and strategic issues has changed drastically in the past 100 years. This was stated by read more →
Dalai Lama Urges Outside Inquiry Into Spate of Self-Immolations Among Tibetans
[The New York Times] By Rick Gladstone and Henrik Pryser Libell The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader in exile, on Friday called for an outside inquiry into the self-immolations of more than 130 Tibetans in anti-China demonstrations over the past five years, and he suggested that in some cases, such read more →
Unofficial welcome awaits Dalai Lama
(www.newsinenglish.no) May 6, 2014 Public interest in the Dalai Lama’s visit to Oslo this week is so high that police are beefing up security measures and Members of Parliament are being warned that it will be standing-room-only at an “unofficial” reception on Friday. Norway’s government continues to endure harsh criticism read more →
Oslo Snubs the Dalai Lama
Under pressure from China, Norway’s prime minister does not plan to meet the Tibetan religious leader this week. [Asian Wall Street Journal] By MATTEO MECACCI AND ELLEN BORK May 6, 2014 Under pressure from China, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg and other key officials have declined to meet the Dalai Lama when read more →