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Spain court scraps probe of ex-Chinese leaders over Tibet under new universal jurisdiction law
[Associated Press] MADRID – Spain’s National Court has scrapped an investigation into several former Chinese leaders for alleged genocide in Tibet, a probe that had angered Beijing. A court statement late Monday said the court dismissed the investigation because it did not comply with a new law that curbs Spanish read more →
Taming the west
[The Economist] The Communist Party deepens Tibet’s integration with the rest of the country [June 21, 2014|Lhasa|From the print edition] WHEN it opened eight years ago, the railway from Golmud to Lhasa was one of the most ambitious rail ventures ever attempted. At a cost of $4 billion, tracks were read more →
US professors urge Western universities to end ties to China’s Confucius Institutes
By Peter Foster, The Telegraph In a serious blow to China’s soft-power outreach, a leading association of American professors warns that Confucius Institutes break basic standards on academic freedom Chinese soft-power diplomacy has suffered a major rebuke after the leading association of American university professors accused China’s network of Confucius read more →
FRESH OVERTURES—CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER’S INDIA VISIT
[Centre for China Analysis & Strategy] By JAYADEVA RANADE, President, CCAS June 2014 During his 2-day (June 8-9) visit to New Delhi, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, was received by India’s new Minister for External Affairs Ms Sushma Swaraj (June 8), recently-elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee read more →
Monk tortured in jail as China clamps down on Tibet
[The Sunday Times] By Nicola Smith and Lhakpa Kyizom, Dharamsala Published: 8 June 2014 Sonam Rabga says the beatings have left him with kidney failure A TIBETAN monk has revealed how he was beaten and tortured in a Chinese jail amid signs of a relentless clampdown by Beijing on read more →
US urges China to hold unconditional talks with Tibetan leadership
June 7, 2014 12:30 pm (Tibet.net) DHARAMSHALA: The US has urged China to engage in unconditional talks with His Holiness the Dalai Lama or his representatives as the Tibetan administration in India reinvigorated its effort to achieve genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people through the Middle Way policy. The Department read more →
The Rise of Narendra Modi and the Tibetan hopes? (Tibetan Perspectives)
Mr. Lobsang Yeshi, Member of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile The widespread Indian euphoria and the global interest in the stunning victory of Mr. Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India is followed not only with the routine greetings from the world leaders but also historic conglomeration of the SAARC leaders in read more →
Border Makes China and India Bristle, Even as They Seek Closer Ties in Trade
As Indian police officers stood guard on Sunday, Tibetan exiles in New Delhi attended a protest of a visit by China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi. Mr. Wang arrived for trade talks this week. Credit Tsering Topgyal/Associated Press By Ellen Barry [The New York Times] NEW DELHI — China’s state news read more →
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 →