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China’s Brand-New, Centuries-Old Shangri-La
The Atlantic Home By Matt Schiavenza A fire engulfed the Chinese town of Shangri-La, destroying over 65 percent of the homes and businesses there. (Reuters) Early Saturday morning, a fire erupted in the Chinese town of Dukezong and, despite the effort of firefighters, destroyed more than 65 percent of the read more →
Will ‘strongman’ Xi Jinping lead China into armed conflicts with rival neighbours?
South China Morning Post Monday, 13 January, 2014, 9:23am Minnie Chan President’s assertive tone and focus on military power of growing concern in region, experts say. China has become more willing to show off its military might since President Xi Jinping came to power as he wants to send a read more →
CHINA: 20 POLITICAL CASES IN TIBET LAST YEAR
BEIJING (AP) — China prosecuted 20 cases involving national security in Tibet last year, a state newspaper reported Monday, in an indication of continuing low-level unrest in the Himalayan region. The cases dealt a “heavy blow” to those seeking the region’s independence, the official China Daily quoted a judge, Sodar, read more →
The Doors of Chairman Mao
Wang Kang, Human Rights in China, Dec. 30, 2014 Like layers of haze and smog, Mao Zedong’s ghost continues to linger over China today. Agnes Smedley (1892-1950),[1] Mao’s Western confidante, using her feminine intuition, noticed that there was a door of Mao’s that was never open to anyone. As a read more →
Is China Losing Hong Kong?
Bloomberg.com By Adam Minter Jan 6, 2014 10:27 AM ET Are China’s leaders destined to ask each other, “Who lost Hong Kong?” It’s a question worth pondering after a holiday week that offered a stark reminder of just how restless — if not unhappy — a sizable percentage of the read more →
Will China be able to unite two Maoist parties?
PURNA BASNET, (myrepublica.net) Published on 2014-01-06 01:57:24 HONG KONG, Jan 6:Despite the yawning gap between the UCPN (Maoist) and its break away faction CPN -Maoist, the leaders from both the parties are, nevertheless, pining their hope on China to bring them together. Both parties are optimistic about the possible unification read more →
China’s Runaway Train Is Running Out of Track
(Bloomberg.com) By Patrick Chovanec January 02, 2014 6:00 PM EST A financial drama is unfolding in China as the new year begins. Last week, for the second time in six months, interest rates in the critical interbank lending market spiked above 10 percent, prompting fears of aliquidity crisis that would trigger read more →
Tibetan PM: China Must Implement Its Laws
[The Wall Street Journal] By Vishal Arora NEW DELHI: Lobsang Sangay, the Tibetan prime minister in exile, gives off the impression that there is more that unites his people and the Chinese authorities who have ruled them for over half a century, than divides them. China might call him a separatist, read more →
China formally abolishes labour camps
[AFP] BEIJING: China’s top legislative committee on Saturday formally abolished the country’s “re-education through labour” camps and approved a loosening of its one-child policy, state media reported. The decisions were taken by the standing committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s Parliament, at the conclusion of a six-day meeting, according to read more →
China formally abolishes labour camps
[AFP] BEIJING: China’s top legislative committee on Saturday formally abolished the country’s “re-education through labour” camps and approved a loosening of its one-child policy, state media reported. The decisions were taken by the standing committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s Parliament, at the conclusion of a six-day meeting, according to read more →
China detains popular Tibetan monk and supporters: Tibetan writer
This March, 2011 photo, provided by Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser, shows Karma Tsewang, a highly regarded Tibetan monk, from Japa Monastery at an annual world peace praying meeting in Nangqian county, Qinghai province, China. (AP / Tsering Woeser) [The Associated Press] BEIJING — Chinese authorities have detained a highly regarded read more →
China detains popular Tibetan monk and supporters: Tibetan writer
This March, 2011 photo, provided by Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser, shows Karma Tsewang, a highly regarded Tibetan monk, from Japa Monastery at an annual world peace praying meeting in Nangqian county, Qinghai province, China. (AP / Tsering Woeser) [The Associated Press] BEIJING — Chinese authorities have detained a highly regarded read more →
The Disneyfication of Tibet
Strike a pose: Han Chinese tourists have overrun Tibet, taking pictures inside temples, gawking at sacred rituals, and making a mockery of a culture. [Washington Monthly] By Pearl Sydenstricker How tourism has become a tool of occupation. High on a mountain in eastern Tibet is a platform where corpses are read more →
The Disneyfication of Tibet
Strike a pose: Han Chinese tourists have overrun Tibet, taking pictures inside temples, gawking at sacred rituals, and making a mockery of a culture. [Washington Monthly] By Pearl Sydenstricker How tourism has become a tool of occupation. High on a mountain in eastern Tibet is a platform where corpses are read more →
Film maker to debut Tibet freedom film
[Bakewell Today] A Baslow-born filmmaker who documented the journey of two children escaping Tibet is to hold Derbyshire’s first screening of the film. Nick Gray’s film Escape from Tibet follows 11-year-old Tenzin and his brother Pasang, 19, as they negotiate the Himalayas in a bid to escape Chinese oppression read more →