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India’s Tibetan dilemma on China: The elephant in the Himalayan room
By Probal Das Gupta– First Post, 4 February 2022 During the fiery summer of 2020, Indian troops outsmarted the Chinese PLA to secure tactical heights along the southern bank of Pangong Tso lake in eastern Ladakh, which triggered two outcomes. One, it revealed to the nation the presence and ability read more →
India announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics over Galwan row
Shubhajit Roy for Indian Express Calling Beijing’s move to pick a Chinese soldier involved in the Galwan incident as an Olympic torchbearer “regrettable”, India Thursday said that its envoy will not attend the opening or closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics beginning Friday in Beijing. This, in effect, means that New Delhi read more →
INTERVIEW | Tibet’s Tsewang Gyalpo Arya: Boycott Will Save the Olympic Spirit from China
Japan Forward – 3 February 2022 In late January, JAPAN Forward met with Dr. Tsewang Gyalpo Arya, the representative of the Liaison Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Japan and East Asia. Dr. Arya has appeared in JAPAN Forward’s pages before, and is also affiliated with the read more →
China announces further restrictions on Buddhism on the internet
-Tibet Watch Online WeChat groups promoting Tibetan Buddhist culture ordered shutdown after new regulation is adopted. In further restrictions to the already shrinking space for religious communities in China and Tibet to freely practice their religion, the Chinese state on 20 December 2021 announced a new regulation: Measures on the read more →
Chinese police arrest three Tibetan pilgrims for state secrets
-Radio Free Asia The trio had content on their phones related to a destroyed Buddhist statue in Sichuan. Chinese authorities in Sichuan province have arrested three Tibetan Buddhists they claim were in possession of “politically sensitive information” as they returned from a pilgrimage, Tibetan sources in exile say. Asang, Dodra, read more →
Opinion: Olympic movement has sold its soul by not challenging China on human rights abuses
Nancy Armour for USA TODAY The Olympic Games can never be seen in the same way again. Once aspirational, radiating hope and the promise of all that could be, they have been tainted by the crass calculations of their leaders. The International Olympic Committee has sold the people of China read more →
Japan parliament adopts resolution on human rights in China
Reuters – 1 February 2022 TOKYO, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Japan’s parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution on the “serious human rights situation” in China, and called Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government to take steps to relieve the situation, as the Beijing Winter Olympics loom just days ahead. Japan has read more →
Tibetan former political prisoner in failing health still watched by police
-Radio Free Asia A Tibetan monk jailed for six years for taking part in Tibetan freedom protests is still being watched by police years after his release despite being crippled by beatings while in custody, Tibetan sources say. Geshe Tsewang Namgyal, formerly a monk at the Draggo monastery in Sichuan’s read more →
How a tiny European country took on China over Taiwan
30 January 2022 – CNN A curious spat has unfolded in recent months between Lithuania, a small, Eastern European nation of fewer than 3 million people, and China, a superpower with an economy that could soon exceed that of the United States. It all started last year, when Lithuania poked read more →
‘Your only right is to obey’: China’s thousands of disappeared
By Philip Sherwell, Asia Correspondent – The Times UK – 22 January 2022 Determined to avoid embarrassment at the Winter Olympics, Beijing is crushing dissent with a system of ‘black jails’ into which tens of thousands have vanished When the police came for Xie Yang, he knew what to expect. read more →
Further details emerge about Gendun Lhundup a year after his arrest
-Tibet Watch A source inside Tibet has shared further details about Gendun Lhundup’s arrest which was previously reported by another source living in exile in India. Speaking to Tibet Watch under the condition of anonymity, the latest source reported that the Tibetan monk and writer was last seen by a read more →
Chinese nationalists call for Matrix boycott after Keanu Reeves joins Dalai Lama-associated concert
supchina.com – 21 January 2022 Calls to boycott The Matrix Resurrections, the latest installment of The Matrix franchise, have sprung up on Chinese social media after lead actor Keanu Reeves confirmed his participation in a benefit concert associated with the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan spiritual leader is considered a dangerous read more →
Tibetan online religious groups banned in Qinghai
-Radio Free Asia Authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province are banning Tibetan social media groups tied to religion, warning group members they will be investigated and jailed if they continue to use them, sources say. The order will take effect March 1, according to a Jan. 20 announcement by a read more →
Expert draws parallels between China and Taliban as Xi destroying Tibetan culture
Reported by Indian Express LHASA: Drawing similarities between Taliban and Xi Jinping, Strategic expert Brahma Chellaney said that Chinese authorities demolished a 99-foot statue of Lord Buddha in a Tibetan region of Sichuan in the same manner when the Taliban destroyed the Bamiyan Buddhas. China is working to annihilate Tibetan read more →
US broadcaster urged to expose China’s oppression in Tibet
Tribune News – January 22, 2022 An advocacy group working to promote democratic freedom for Tibetans has written to the NBC, the US broadcaster of the Olympics, urging it to include China’s oppression in Tibet in their coverage of the Games. “With just weeks to go before the 2022 Winter read more →