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‘We are so divided now’: how China controls thought and speech beyond its borders
The arrest of a Tibetan New York city cop on spying charges plays into the community’s long-held suspicions that the People’s Republic is watching them by Lauren Hilgers, The Guardian, 26 October 2021 Tt was a pleasant, breezy day in late September 2020 when the FBI showed up outside the read more →
China has no role in choosing next Dalai Lama, says head of Arunachal monastery
The Week China has no authority at all to get involved in choosing the next Dalai Lama as it does not believe in religion and the succession plan is entirely a spiritual matter and not a political issue for the Tibetan people, the head of the Tawang monastery in Arunachal read more →
China Steps Up Assimilation of Ethnic Minorities by Banning Languages in Schools
By Peh Hong Lim, Voice of America – 24 October 2021 TAIPEI — After experiments aimed at assimilating ethnic minorities in Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, the Chinese government now is moving to apply its cultural assimilation policy for managing all minority populations by eliminating classroom instruction in native languages. read more →
Tibet’s Government-in-exile President Says ‘China Should Re-evaluate Foreign Policy’
By Riya Baibhawi, Republic News-24th October, 2021 Penpa Tsering, President of the Tibetan government in exile in India, on Saturday, said that China should work towards becoming a better global partner. The President of the Tibetan government in exile in India, Penpa Tsering, on Saturday, said that China should re-evaluate its foreign policy read more →
The Tibetan Plateau: A Solution to the Global Climate Crisis
By Tempa Gyaltsen Zamlha*, Global Order live – 25 October 2021 As world leaders prepare to gather in Glasgow for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), arguably the biggest annual summit on climate change, Tibetans are once again warning the the United Nations, that there can never be read more →
Celtics games are pulled in China after Kanter’s pro-Tibet posts
Written By: Raymond Zhong Boston Celtics games were abruptly pulled from the Chinese internet Thursday after a center on the team, Enes Kanter, said on social media that the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, was a “brutal dictator,” citing his government’s repressive policies in Tibet. The incident could spell fresh trouble for read more →
Chinese media removes Boston Celtics games after center Enes Kanter’s ‘Free Tibet’ statements
ESPN – 21 October 2021 Boston Celtics games have been pulled off Chinese media after center Enes Kanter tweeted a two-minute video of himself expressing support for Tibet and wore shoes with the phrase “Free Tibet” on them during Wednesday night’s game against the New York Knicks. “I’m here to read more →
Not China, Next Dalai Lama Will Be Chosen By Present Dalai & Tibet: Tawang Monastery Abbot
By Kamal Joshi, Republic News – 21 October 2021 Gyangbung Tulku Rinpoche, Abbot of Tawang Monastery, on Thursday said that Xi Jinping administration had no right to decide the next Dalai Lama as the current Dalai could make the decision and called India’s support essential for it. He claimed that read more →
U.S. China ambassador nominee Burns takes tough line on dealings with Beijing
By Patricia Zengerle and Micheal Martina – Reuters, 21 October 2021 WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, took a tough line on dealings with China at his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, saying “genocide in Xinjiang,” abuses in Tibet, read more →
PM Modi Inaugurates Kushinagar Airport in Boost for Buddhist Circuit, Hails ‘New Energy’ in Aviation Sector
News18 – 20 October 2021 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated a new international airport at Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh and said his government has taken a number of steps to instil new energy in the aviation sector. Kushinagar is the final resting place of Gautam Buddha where he read more →
Shrinking Glaciers and Growing Lakes As Temperatures Rise on the Tibetan Plateau
SciTechDaily -By Adam Voiland NASA Earth Observatory As temperatures rise on the Tibetan Plateau, lakes are growing larger and deeper. Glaciologists often call the Tibetan Plateau and its many mountain ranges the “Third Pole” because the rugged, high-elevation landscapes contain the largest reserve of freshwater outside the polar regions. Much of that water is read more →
IPAC invites minister to Rome meeting
Taipei Times-Wed, Oct 20, 2021 COUNTER-MEETING: The conference is to focus on leaders targeted by Beijing, with Tibet, Hong Kong and Uighur activists also invited, the inter-parliamentary alliance said Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) has been invited by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, an international cross-party group of legislators, read more →
China revokes grazing permits for Tibetan nomads in Qinghai province
Radio Free Asia-19 October 2021 (Reported by Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Eugene Whong.) Nomads have been living traditional lifestyles for centuries but must now sign over their land to the state. Chinese authorities are revoking permits for Tibetan nomads in read more →
Free Tibet Staffer Arrested Protesting Beijing Olympics
-Sourced by Free Tibet Jason Leith is one of a group of activists arrested today after bringing “No Beijing 2022” message to the torch-lighting ceremony Jason Leith, a London-based member of Free Tibet’s staff was arrested on the morning of Monday 18 October, along with other pro-Tibetan activists, while protesting read more →
China: CPC leader sanctioned for violations in Xinjiang takes charge of Tibet
-Sourced by Hindustan Times Wang Junzheng, 58, was the deputy secretary of the CPC committee of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region and political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. He will now oversee the Tibet region A rising Chinese politician sanctioned by western countries for alleged human rights violations read more →