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Will China shake the world again?
By Robert Peston [BBC] Unless you are an aficionado of the great moments of Chinese Communist history, you probably won’t have heard of Wuhan (it is the site of Chairman Mao’s legendary swim across the Yangtze). But perhaps more than any other Chinese city, it tells the story of how read more →
About a Tibetan at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C
[tibetreport.wordpress.com] By Bhuchung K Tsering Those who are familiar with the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., particularly its Asian Division, would be aware of its documents on Tibet, whose Tibetan-language collection is said to be one of the largest in the West. The collection ranges from Tibetan Buddhist scriptures read more →
Taiwan and China Edge Ever Closer
OP-ED [The New York Times] By Jonathan Sullivan NOTTINGHAM, England — Government officials from China and Taiwan met last week for the first time in an official capacity in more than six decades. The talks were uneventful — producing modest agreements to establish communication channels and other practical arrangements — read more →
Boots joy for Tibetan team
[Fairfax NZ News] Shane Kidby’s passion for football has taken him to the hometown of the Dalai Lama to train its team of budding players. The New Plymouth man sold his house and gave up his job as a sales representative to volunteer his time as a coach in Dharamsala, read more →
After Winding Odyssey, Tibetan Texts Find Home in China
[The New York Times] By Andrew Jacobs A Tibetan law student at the E. Gene Smith Library in southwest China. Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times CHENGDU, China — Decades ago, the thousands of Tibetan-language books now ensconced in a lavishly decorated library in southwest China might have ended read more →
China for border code of conduct, India mum
[The Times of India] By Indrani Bagchi NEW DELHI: China has suggested drawing up a code of conduct with India on the disputed border. This is expected to govern the behaviour of troops and personnel of both countries on the border. The proposal was made during the recent read more →
Book review: Jeff Smith decodes the complex China-India rivalry in Cold Peace
[First Post] By Uttara Choudhury New York: US strategic analyst Jeff M. Smith’s new book, Cold Peace, is a wonderfully nuanced analysis of the complex India-China relationship bedeviled by rivalry for almost six decades, but steeped in surprisingly steady cooperation in the diplomatic and economic spheres. Book cover from Amazon.com read more →
Tibet’s Climate Is Getting Wetter, British and Chinese Scientists Report
Lhasa, Tibet/Photograph by Imaginechina via AP Images [Businessweek] By Christina Larson The climate of Tibet has been anomalous over the past fifty years, although perhaps not in an expected way: The high plateaus of northeastern Tibet have seen some of their wettest years in several millennia over the past five read more →
Allow greater interaction between Indian, Chinese people: VP
[PTI] NEW DELHI: India and China must throw their doors wide open for people-to-people contacts as a “meeting of minds” would help build solid and friendly bilateral ties, Vice President Hamid Ansari has said. “We are neighbours. We are strategic partners. We are ancient civilisations. Historically, there was much that bound us read more →
Boosting science, math, technology, and ethics in Tibetan communities
Project aims to create science learning centers in India, while also fostering solar power and clean water. David L. Chandler, MIT News Office A teacher explains sustainable and organic farming to students of different Tibetan schools in Dehradun.PHOTO COURTESY OF DALAI LAMA CENTER To many Westerners, science, monks, read more →
China pressuring Spain on human rights case: Tibetan monk
Tibetan monk Thubten Wangchen (C) takes part in a protest calling for the release of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, in front of China’s consulate in Barcelona, May 17, 2011.CREDIT:REUTERS/GUSTAU NACARINO [AFP] Madrid — A Tibetan monk who pushed a human rights case against former Chinese leaders through read more →
China and Taiwan in first government talks
[BBC] China and Taiwan have begun the highest-level talks since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949. Wang Yu-chi and Zhang Zhijun, the top cross-strait officials from each side, are both attending the four-day talks in Nanjing. No official agenda has been released for the talks, which are read more →
Children of Tibetan refugees can now vote
[The Indian Express] By Shalini Nair MUMBAI: The Election Commission (EC) has ordered all states to include children of Tibetan refugees in the electoral list. This is for the first time in 55 years that voting rights will be conferred on Tibetans in exile in the country. According to the read more →
Spain orders arrest of former Chinese officials over Tibet
China’s former President Jiang Zemin looks up while President Hu Jintao gives his speech during the opening ceremony of 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, November 8, 2012. (Reuters) – Spanish High Court Judge Ismael Moreno on Monday read more →
China and Japan caught in the delicate manoeuvres of a Russian embrace
Keith Zhai, South China Morning Post Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes his meetings with the leaders of China and Japan at the Sochi Winter Olympics will push his country further into Asia, analysts say. President Xi Jinping met Putin on Thursday, while Japan’s Shinzo Abe met him yesterday. Abe said read more →