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New Tibetan president-in-exile says he’s willing to reach out to China
By ASHWINI BHATIA ASSOCIATED PRESS MAY 27, 2021 DHARMSALA, India — The new president of the Tibetan government-in-exile said Thursday that he was willing to reach out to the Chinese government to resolve their conflict, though the sides haven’t had dialogue in more than a decade. Penpa Tsering, the former speaker read more →
Tibetan rights group highlights oppression, destruction by China in Tibet
WION News 26 May 2021 Researchers from the Central Tibetan Administration highlighted China`s systematic violations of human rights and destruction of culture and natural environment in Tibet since 1950. During the second day of the three-day virtual event on ’17-point Agreement and 70 Years of Oppression in Tibet’ organised by read more →
Biden Is Continuing the Trump Administration’s Revised Stance on Tibet
By Kelsang Dolma Foreign Policy History is proverbially written by the victors. When it comes to the United States’ position on Tibet, that is often true. Washington was willing to accept Beijing’s language about a conquered country to keep relations smoothed over. Yet the Biden administration has unexpectedly continued firm read more →
Indian foreign minister says border tension cannot continue with cooperation in other areas: Need to review Tibet policy
SD Pradhan for Times of India India’s exasperation with continued standoff along-side lack of progress on dis-engagement on friction points other than Pangong Tso is distinctly palpable. There has been no visible forward movement in disengagement of troops in the remaining friction points as ‘the Chinese side did not show read more →
Tibet can’t be used as leverage by India with China, needs resolution: President-elect Tsering
NAYANIMA BASU for The Print India is now realising that the Tibet issue cannot be just used as diplomatic or political leverage against China, but needs resolution. This will be beneficial for the entire region, according to Penpa Tsering, President-elect of the Tibetan government-in-exile. The position of ‘Sikyong’ of the read more →
China says to uphold leadership of Communist Party in Tibet
Source: https://www.reuters.com/world May 22, 2021 12:54 PM IST China will uphold the leadership of the Communist Party in Tibet to further its economic development, and guide Tibetan society in accordance to socialism, the region’s top official said on Saturday. Chinese troops entered Tibet in 1950, and a year later, the read more →
‘Running out of time’: Tibetan president-elect warns of cultural genocide
Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific May 24, 2021 9:04 AM IST The top political leader of Tibet’s government in exile said on Friday that there is an urgent threat of “cultural genocide” in Tibet, and the international community must stand up to China ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Penpa Tsering, who read more →
Will Start ‘Tibet Advocacy Group’ with Tibetans Living Across Globe to Feed our Cause: New Prez of CTA
CNN-News 18, 20 May 2021 The former Speaker of TPiE, Penpa Tsering is all set to become the next Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) after the official results of the Presidential and Parliamentary (Chithue) elections were declared by the Election Commission (EC). Here’s a brief conversation with read more →
India-China ties at crossroads, depend on neighbour following rules: Jaishankar
PTI 21 May 2021 The relationship between India and China is at a crossroads and its direction depends on whether the neighbouring country adheres to various agreements on maintaining peace and tranquillity along the border, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday, referring to the eastern Ladakh standoff. Jaishankar read more →
Tibet’s government-in-exile has a new political leader. Here’s what to expect
By Kunal Purohit SCMP 20 May 2021 After a four-month voting process that saw 83,000 Tibetan refugees around the world cast their ballots, 54-year-old Penpa Tsering, a former speaker of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile, was declared the community’s new political leader. Tsering’s election as the new head of the Central Tibetan read more →
Budapest rejects Chinese university building site plans
By Vlagyiszlav Makszimov Euroactiv 18 May 2021 Budapest’s green mayor Gergely Karácsony, who recently announced his run for the prime ministerial post in the opposition primaries, has rejected the construction of the Fudan university on its planned site after talks with Innovation and Technology Minister László Palkovics on Monday. “We particularly read more →
China Cuts Hours for Tibetan Buddhists at Lhasa’s Jokhang Temple to Half That of Tourists
Radio Free Asia 18 May 2021 Chinese authorities in Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa have sharply cut visiting hours to just three and a half hours for Buddhist devotees at the city’s Jokhang temple, while leaving the temple complex and major pilgrimage site open twice as long for tourists, according to read more →
Groups urge Beijing to offer details on Panchen Lama
By Chen Yu-fu and William Hetherington Taipei Times 19 May 2021 The Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan on Monday called on Beijing to provide details on the 11th Panchen Lama, who was kidnapped by the Chinese government 26 years ago. The 11th Panchen Lama, born Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, read more →
Human rights activists urge athletes to boycott Beijing Games
Reuters 19 May 2021 Human rights activists on Tuesday called for athletes to boycott next year’s Winter Olympics in China and put pressure on the International Olympic Committee over the staging of the Games. Beijing is set to host the Olympics in February 2022, but the IOC has faced criticism read more →
Starting as a child, this Tibetan woman was forced to face 22 years of Chinese oppression
Thérèse Obrecht Hodler Scroll.in 18 May 2021 One day the Chinese occupying forces announced: “Children are allowed to work!” It was no longer a matter of collecting firewood or cow dung, but of proper work organised by the Chinese authorities. Tendöl was assigned to the Jokhang, the most sacred temple read more →