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India’s superficial understanding of China will no longer do
Vijay Gokhale for The Indian Express On July 1, the Communist Party of China (CPC) celebrates its centenary. Jude Blanchette and Evan S Medeiros write in their recent essay in The Washington Quarterly, that this is happening at a time when the Party commands more wealth, power and global influence read more →
Tibetan Writer Under Surveillance Over Contacts Outside of Tibet
Reported by Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Eugene Whong. Chinese authorities are closely watching a Tibetan writer after they discovered she had contact with people outside Tibet, a source in Tibet told RFA. Pema Tso, author of numerous articles and poems read more →
Beijing is bent on deciding succession of Tibet’s next Dalai Lama
Beijing is bent on deciding the succession of Tibet’s next Dalai Lama as the present spiritual leader of Tibet Tenzin Gyatso is turning 86 on July 6 and with his advancing age, the question of who will succeed him has become more pressing. Brooke Schedneck, writing in Asia Times said read more →
TIBETANS IN DRIRU COUNTY ARRESTED FOR SPEAKING TO TIBETANS IN EXILE
Freetibet.org 25 June 2021 Crackdown in Driru County continues seven years on In April 2021, Chinese authorities carried out several arrests in Driru County in Nagchu, which is governed as part of the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region. One Tibetan, Gyajin, has been identified while the names of other Tibetans arrested read more →
India’s Tibet policy: Time to return to status quo ante on the CTA
By Krishan Varma ANI 27 June 2021 New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): A few weeks ago, in a sober and low-key ceremony on account of the pervasive and raging Wuhan Virus, Penpa Tsering was sworn in as the democratically elected Sikyong or the President of the Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), read more →
Hong Kong Readers Scramble to Preserve Apple Daily’s Legacy
By Austin Ramzy and Tiffany May NY Times 24 June 2021 HONG KONG — Readers lined up in the rain to buy copies of Apple Daily’s final edition. They rushed to archive its articles online before its website went blank. Other local news outlets plastered their home pages with reports of the publication’s read more →
OPINION: Understanding the Chinese Communist Party at 100
By Avinash Godbole The Week 24 June 2021 The Communist Party of China (CPC) which turns 100 on July 1 is set to celebrate its centenary with a series of showcase events. The CPC has made a significant contribution in shaping China and on that basis, China hopes to guide read more →
Canada calls for UN to have ‘immediate, meaningful, and unfettered access’ to Xinjiang
By Martin Greene Taiwan News 23 June 2021 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Canada led a charge at the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday (June 22), speaking for over 40 countries when it demanded China open up Xinjiang Province to human rights inspectors from the international body, while issues related to read more →
Surprise! The EU knows how to handle China
BY BRUNO MAÇÃES The Politico June 22, 2021 “Do we need a new adversary?” With those words, Armin Laschet summed up the European response to Joe Biden’s efforts to convince Europeans to get tougher on China. As the politician best placed to become the next German chancellor, Laschet’s open rebuke of the read more →
Opinion: It’s time to sound the alarm over Chinese intrigues in the Himalayas
Opinion by Robert Barnett June 21, 2021 Washington Post China’s increasingly assertive approach to international diplomacy has been widely discussed with regard to strategic stress points such as the South China Sea or the Taiwan Strait. But tensions have also been increasing between India and China along their 2,100-mile border in the read more →
History tells us Himalayas hold key to controlling Asia; India must continue to be wary of China
Tsewang Dorji Firstpost 21 June 2021 For the past few years, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has upgraded its high-tech weapons and conducted a series of live-fire military exercises along the Himalayan borders and in Tibet. For Instance, Global Times reported on 5 January, 2020 that “China’s latest weapons including the Type 15 read more →
Tibetan Scholar Arrested for His Writings Has Been Held Without Trial for Two Years
Reported by Sangay Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney 18 June 2021 A Tibetan writer arrested on unspecified charges two years ago has still not been brought to trial, and family members are being kept in the dark about his fate, read more →
AP PHOTOS: Tourism boom pressures Tibet’s historic sites
By MARK SCHIEFELBEIN and SAM McNEIL 21 June 2021 LHASA, China (AP) — Tourism is booming in Tibet as more Chinese travel in-country because of the coronavirus pandemic, posing risks to the region’s fragile environment and historic sites. The number of visitors is limited to 5,000 per day at the read more →
Claude Arpi | India must back Dalai’s choice on his successor
Claude Arpi Deccan Chronicle 16 June 2021 The issue of the Dalai Lama’s succession has been in the news for quite some time, especially after the Tibetan diaspora elected Penpa Tsering as the new “Sikyong”, or president; incidentally, this election must have irritated no end Communist China that always proclaims read more →
AP Interview: Tibet exile leader hopes to resume China talks
17 JUNE 2021 Last Updated at 10:08 PM | SOURCE: PTI Dharmsala, Jun 17 (AP) The new president of the Tibetan exile government said on Thursday he will do his best to resume a dialogue with China after more than a decade, and that a visit by the Dalai Lama to read more →