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Three Tibetans Arrested in Qinghai For Sharing Photos Outside the Region
Reported by Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. Chinese authorities in a Tibetan populated region of Qinghai province arrested three men on Sunday for sharing photos on social media amid tightened security measures put in place for the 70th anniversary of read more →
Xi Jinping’s visit to Tibet
Shyam Saran, Former Foreign Secretary and Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research Published in The Tribune, 11 August 2021 To understand the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Tibet, one needs to go back to the decisions taken at the Seventh National Forum on Work in Tibet read more →
Tibet won’t remain a side issue for long between India, China. Xi’s policies indicate
Shyam Saran, The Print. 11 August, 2021. China’s Tibet policy is now dominated by the security dimension and this inevitably reflects in its internal policy towards the region. To understand the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Tibet, one needs to go back to the decisions read more →
China opens new expanded terminal at Lhasa airport in Tibet: Report
Business Standard. August 9, 2021. China has opened a newly constructed terminal – stated to be the biggest in Tibet – at the provincial capital Lhasa, further expanding the transport infrastructure in the strategic Himalayan region China has opened a newly constructed terminal – stated to be the biggest in Tibet – at read more →
Taming the wolf warrior — China’s rising aggression
James Kynge – Financial Times, 10 August 2021 Signs of China’s growing assertiveness predated the pandemic. But it was in early 2020, as Covid-19 spread rapidly around the world, that Beijing went full “wolf warrior”. Zhao Lijian, spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, alleged on Twitter in March that the virus read more →
Xi Jinping’s Visit To Tibet: Integration Or Intimidation?
CE Malley, Organisation for Peace President Xi Jinping, along with several other high-level government and military officials from China, made a visit to the Tibetan Autonomous Region on July 23rd. This visit, the first Xi has made to Tibet since assuming office, coincides with the 70th anniversary of the coerced peace read more →
Why China’s climate policy matters to us all
By David Brown, BBC – 9 August 2021 China’s carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China’s emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. China’s President Xi Jinping has said his country will aim for its read more →
China cancels major Tibetan cultural festival
By International Campaign for Tibet|August 6, 2021. Chinese authorities in the Tibetan capital have announced the cancellation of all activities connected to the annual “Shoton” festival, citing the risk posed by the surge in COVID-19 cases in China. Shoton, or the “Yogurt festival,” which was to begin on Aug. 8, 2021, read more →
Amid standoff with India, China conducts genetic study of altitude adaptation in Tibetans
India Today, published 7 August 2021 China has reportedly opened the world’s largest “plateau human genetic resources biological sample bank” in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for medical researchers to study “plateau diseases” and improve the country’s health support capabilities in the region. According to a report in the state-owned Global Times, read more →
Xi Jinping’s Tibet visit militarily significant
By Jayadeva Ranade, The Tribune, Published 5 August 2021 Chinese President Xi Jinping’s July 21-23 visit to Tibet — his third to the region — was important. It was the first visit to Tibet in 30 years by a leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) holding all three top read more →
China’s LAC Aggression: It is as much about Tibet and internal restructuring as it is about sending India a message
Rudroneel Ghosh, The Times of India. August 5, 2021. The 12th round of corps commander-level talks between the militaries of India and China recently concluded with a joint statement carrying the usual homilies about enhancing mutual understanding and resolving the remaining disputes along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern read more →
Tibetan Students Forced to Take Military Training During Summer Break
Reported by Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. Schoolchildren in Tibet are being forced by Chinese authorities into programs of military training during summer vacation in a move aimed at weakening their ties to their own culture and further indoctrinating read more →
China’s high-speed train in Tibet carries out maiden military mission: Report
Hindustan Times, Published 4 August 2021 The newly opened Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway carried new recruits of a combined arms brigade affiliated with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command to an exercise field at an elevation of 4,500 meters. China’s recently launched high-speed train connecting Tibet’s provincial capital Lhasa with read more →
New Military Education Camps For Tibet’s Youth Constructed in Nyingtri
Free Tibet 3rd August 2021 Targeted programmes are aimed at students aged from eight to 16 New targeted military camps for the younger generation of Tibetans have been established in Nyingtri (Ch:Linzhi), the southeastern Tibetan region across the border from Arunachal Pradesh in India. They appear to have been constructed read more →
Local Government in Gansu Shuts Down Tibetan Temple, Evicts Monks, Nuns
By Qiao Long, Xiaoshan Huang, and Chingman for Radio Free Asia. The monks and nuns have protested being forced to return to secular life, according to video clips posted to social media sites. Authorities in the northwestern Chinese province of Gansu have forcibly shut down a Tibetan monastery in the read more →