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Statement of the Deutsche Buddhistische Ordensgemeinschaft (DBO, German Buddhist Monastic Association) on the Protests against the Dalai Lama by the International Shugden Community (ISC)
Berlin, Schneverdingen, HannoverMay 1st, 2014 The Deutsche Buddhistische Ordensgemeinschaft (DBO) formally dissociates itself from the protests against the Dalai Lama, which are being staged worldwide, and also in Frankfurt (Main). The DBO remains of the conviction that opinions among Buddhists should be expressed in a peaceful, respectful, truthful and reasonable read more →
Tibet Tweets to China and China Tweets Back
By Thubten Samphel, Director, Tibet Policy Institute Published on The Huffington Post, 04/29/2014 Official Chinese view of the Dalai Lama is well known. Successive party officials have called the Tibetan leader a “wolf in monk’s robes” or “a devil with a human face, but with a heart of a beast.” read more →
Norway: Hundreds rally to welcome Dalai Lama
[Views and News from Norway] About 400 people rallied outside the parliament building in Oslo on Tuesday to show their support for the Dalai Lama’s visit in early May. Those gathered voiced their anger at the Norwegian government for cowing to the Chinese and refusing to meet the exiled Tibetan read more →
60 years on: Unforgiving legacy of the Panchsheel Agreement
Jawaharlal Nehru releases a dove as a symbol of peace on November 18, 1954, during a ceremony held on his 65th birthday at the New Delhi stadium. Photograph: Getty Images. It is a dark legacy bequeathed by Nehru to India. In its DNA lies the subconscious fount of India’s schizophrenic read more →
Tibet’s long road to peace with China has an end if suspicions are put aside
South China Morning Post, PUBLISHED : Monday, 28 April, 2014 By Tenzin Norgay (This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as China’s Tibet problem could be solved if it puts aside its long-held suspicions) Modern China has a wide range of problems. Hardly anyone doubts that read more →
Chinese spies keep eye on leading universities
The Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2014 John Garnaut, Asia Pacific editor for Fairfax Media China is building large covert spy networks inside Australia’s leading universities, prompting Australia to strengthen its counter-intelligence capabilities. Chinese intelligence officials have confirmed to Fairfax Media that they are building informant networks to monitor Australia’s read more →
Capitalism and the Dalai Lama
Arthur C. Brooks, Contributing Op-Ed Writer, International New York Times WHAT can Washington, D.C., learn from a Buddhist monk? In early 2013, I traveled with two colleagues to Dharamsala, India, to meet with the Dalai Lama. His Holiness has lived there since being driven from his Tibetan homeland by the read more →
China calls on Russia, central Asia allies to tighten Internet controls
By Roman Kozhevnikov DUSHANBE Fri Apr 18, 2014 12:39am IST People use computers at an Internet cafe in Hefei. Credit: Reuters/Stringer/Files (Reuters) – China on Thursday urged Russia and Central Asian partners in a six-nation security alliance to tighten control over the Internet and take other steps to prevent “external read more →
China angered by Britain’s report on human rights, cancels talks
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron leaves Downing Street in London December 19, 2012.Credit: Reuters/Neil Hall (Reuters) – China accused Britain on Tuesday of interfering in its domestic affairs after the British government criticised Beijing’s human rights record. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Britain’s annual human rights made “irresponsible read more →
Doing China’s Bidding in Nepal
Nepalese police in riot gear keep watch at the Boudhanath Stupa during the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in Kathmandu on 10 March 2013. by the Editorial Board, International New York Times, 12 April 2014 A Human Rights Watch report released this month shows how read more →
The Diplomat speaks with the prime minister of Tibetans in exile
Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay DIIR Photo/ Tenzin Phende by Anuradha Sharma, The Diplomat, Published 7 April 2014 On April 26 it will be three years since you won the historic elections that made you the first political leader of the Tibetans, a post relinquished by the Dalai Lama. What has read more →
China drills 7km borehole in ‘roof of world’ in oil and gas hunt
South China Morning Post China drills 7km borehole in ‘roof of world’ Chinese exploration teams have drilled their deepest borehole yet in the “roof of the world”. They have punched a seven-kilometre borehole into the Tibetan Plateau in their bid to tap the region’s oil and natural gas resources. It read more →
Taiwan’s thaw with China turning to slush
Initial high hopes for ties with China have led to disenchantment, fueling student protests, a stagnating economy and criticism of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou. By Don Lee TAIPEI, Taiwan — For decades, relations between Taiwan and its giant neighbor China have been one of the great success stories of the read more →
Japan, China and the Ripple Effect from Crimea
U.S. Response to Crimea Worries Japan’s Leaders The New York Times By HELENE COOPER and MARTIN FACKLER APRIL 5, 2014 TOKYO — When President Bill Clinton signed a 1994 agreement promising to “respect” the territorial integrity of Ukraine if it gave up its nuclear weapons, there was little thought then read more →
I unequivocally support the middle-way approach advocated by Dalai Lama: Karmapa
Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa or head of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, has for the first time slammed Beijing’s totalitarian rule in Tibet and come out in open support of Dalai Lama’s middle-path approach, or ‘meaningful autonomy’ to resolve the Tibetan crisis. In an interview with read more →