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Why China has pinned its South Asia hopes on this train from Tibet to Nepal
Amish Raj Mulmi for The Print In ‘All Roads Lead North’, Amish Raj Mulmi writes that the Gyirong–Kathmandu train has been in China-Nepal talks for over a decade. But who will it really help? The Tatopani crossing in the east, similarly, opened up in October 2020 after several months of read more →
A bill in solidarity with six million Tibetans
Lobsang Sangay Daiji World 25 March 2021 Mar 25 (IANS): The Tibetan Support and Policy Act of 2020 was passed by the US Congress, which is a landmark victory for the people of Tibet and their struggle. This bill acknowledges the struggle of people of Tibet against the brutal and oppressive read more →
US Going To Hold China Accountable To Follow Rules, Says Biden
NDTV 26 March 2021 Washington: The United States working with its partners and allies is going to hold China accountable to follow the rules, US President Joe Biden has said, as he referred to his recent meeting with leaders from Quad countries involving Australia, India and Japan. “Earlier this month, and read more →
US backs Philippines in standoff over South China Sea reef
Jim Gomez AP March 23, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The United States said Tuesday it’s backing the Philippines in a new standoff with Beijing in the disputed South China Sea, where Manila has asked a Chinese fishing flotilla to leave a reef. China ignored the call, insisting it owns the offshore read more →
Facebook disrupts China-based hackers it says spied on Uyghur Muslim dissidents and journalists
Ellen Nakashima Washington Post March 24, 2021 Facebook has disrupted what it says is a China-based espionage campaign against Uyghur Muslim journalists, dissidents and activists living overseas, including in the United States, the social media giant announced Wednesday. The firm said it disrupted the hackers’ operations, which were carried out in read more →
Tibetan seeks Bharat Ratna for Dalai Lama
The Tribune. March 23, 2021. Read original news here. Dharmashala, Himachal Pradesh: Tsering Yeshi, 47, a resident of Dehradun and former Special Frontier Force (SFF) member, started a bike journey from McLeodganj today demanding Bharat Ratna for the Dalai Lama. Yeshi would be travelling across India to garner support over read more →
Should the Middle-Way policy be put to vote again?
Source: https://www.tibetsun.com/ By Norbu Tsering TORONTO, Canada, 23 March 2021 This question is becoming more and more relevant as we observe the proceedings of the Parliament. Those MPs who favour Rangzen dismiss the Middle-Way policy as a failed policy of unnecessarily appeasing China. No matter the subject of discussion at read more →
China retaliates after coordinated sanctions by western countries over Xinjiang abuses
The Wion 23 March 2021 After the US, the EU, Britain, and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials for excesses against Muslims in Xinjiang region, China hit back at the countries with sanctions of their own. Soon after the coordinated western sanctions, China responded with sanctions of their own, mostly read more →
Australian parliament debates motion on rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang
Reuters. March 22, 2021. Parliaments in Canada and the Netherlands drew rebukes from Beijing after they passed non-binding motions in February that said the treatment of China’s Uighur Muslim minority constituted genocide. “The most egregious, systematic abuse of human rights in the world is occurring in Xinjiang,” said Kevin Andrews, read more →
The flowers of a camp in Xinjiang
By Palden Sonam Taipei Times 20 March 2021 Once I watched a Chinese movie called The Flowers of War, which depicts the horrors of war atrocities in Nanjing when Imperial Japan occupied the Chinese city in 1937. In one of the most heart-rending scenes from the movie, a Chinese woman with read more →
What Lies Behind China’s Belt and Road Initiative?
Prem Shankar Jha for The Wire. China’s prompt withdrawal of its troops and armour from the eastern part of the grey zone around Pangong lake between the Indian and Chinese defined Lines of Actual Control has confirmed the hypothesis advanced in several previous columns on this platform, that its purpose, from the start, was read more →
China opens its borders to foreigners who take Chinese shots, as geopolitical vaccine silos emerge
Julia Hollingsworth CNN 20 March 2021 Hong Kong (CNN) — China is making it easier for foreigners to enter the country. But there’s one condition: they need to have received a China-made Covid-19 vaccine. At least 23 Chinese embassies around the world issued new visa policies over the past week with this read more →
US is ‘fundamentally at odds’ with China, says top American diplomat
Yashwant Raj, Hindustan Times. March 20, 2021. Blinken warned the Chinese against betting against the US and Sullivan chided them for their lack of confidence in dealing with criticism. The United States and China are “fundamentally at odds”, American Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday after the conclusion of read more →
In First Talks, Dueling Accusations Set Testy Tone for U.S.-China Diplomacy
By Lara Jakes New York Times March 19 2021 ANCHORAGE — Even before the Biden administration’s first face-to-face meeting with senior Chinese diplomats on Thursday, American officials predicted the discussions would not go well. They were right: The traditional few minutes of opening greetings and remarks dissolved into more than an read more →
France rebuffs China after warnings to lawmakers over Taiwan visit
Reuters 17 March 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – French Senators are free to meet whomever they wish when they travel, the country’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday after the Chinese embassy in Paris warned against lawmakers meeting officials during an upcoming visit to self-ruled Taiwan. China’s ambassador in February sent a read more →