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Mineral exploitation, forced labour: How China continues to strangle Tibet
Col Vinayak Bhat Col Vinayak Bhat for India Today. Read the original article here. To reduce the raw material production cost, the Chinese have started using the local Tibetan population in Driru and other parts of Tibet extensively as labour. … Continued The post Mineral exploitation, forced labour: How China read more →
China Has a New Plan to Tame Tibet
It failed to coax cultural assimilation with economic incentives. Now it’s going for coerced labor and micromanaging people’s very lifestyles. By Adrian Zenz | Sept. 24, 2020 | New York Times | Read the original news here Mr. Zenz is an expert … Continued The post China Has a New Plan to read more →
UN, Britain say global climate summit set for December 12
AFP. SEPTEMBER 24, 2020. Read original news here. “The answer to our existential crisis is swift, decisive, scaled up action and solidarity among nations,” said Antonio Guterres. The United Nations and Britain will co-host a global climate summit on December 12, the fifth … Continued The post UN, Britain say global climate summit read more →
China ‘coercing’ thousands of Tibetans into mass labour camps – report
-Filed by BBC. Read the original article here. China is coercing hundreds of thousands of people in Tibet into military-style training centres that experts say are akin to labour camps, a study has said. The report by the Jamestown Foundation … Continued The post China ‘coercing’ thousands of Tibetans into read more →
China carried out multiple attacks against Indian satellites: US report
Wion | 23 September 2020 | Read the news here According to the US-based China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI), China carried out several cyber-attacks between 2007 to 2018, including computer attacks against Indian satellite communication in 2017. However, ISRO has … Continued The post China carried out multiple attacks against read more →
Why Tibet, the ‘western treasure house’ is important to China
Wion news | 22 September 2020 | Read the news here Since 1950, when Beijing claimed sovereignty over Tibet, China has tried to maintain a strong grip over this region. Hu Jintao, the sixth President of China has an interesting … Continued The post Why Tibet, the ‘western treasure house’ read more →
Trump Demands U.N. Hold China to Account for Coronavirus Pandemic
By Rick Gladstone | New York Times | Sept. 22, 2020 | Read the news here In speeches broadcast at this year’s Covid-compromised General Assembly, the presidents of China and the United States punctuated an intensifying schism between the two superpowers. President … Continued The post Trump Demands U.N. Hold China to read more →
Exclusive: China sharply expands mass labor program in Tibet
By Cate Cadell | Reuters | 22 September 2020 | Read the original news here BEIJING (Reuters) – China is pushing growing numbers of Tibetan rural laborers off the land and into recently built military-style training centers where they are turned … Continued The post Exclusive: China sharply expands mass labor read more →
New York City police officer spied on fellow Tibetans for China, prosecutors charge
Dan Mangan | CNBC | 21 September 2020 | Read the original news here A New York City police officer who also serves in the U.S. Army Reserve was arrested Monday on federal charges that accuse him of spying on … Continued The post New York City police officer spied read more →
In 3 Years, China Doubled Its Air Bases, Air Defences And Heliports Along India Frontier: Report
According to the report, China has ”started constructing at least 13 entirely new military positions near its borders with India”. Vishnu Som for NDTV. September 22, 2020. Read original news here. New Delhi: The 2017 Doklam crisis which played out between China … Continued The post In 3 Years, China Doubled Its read more →
The Tibet factor in India-China relations
Claude Arpi for Sunday Guardian Live. Read the original article here. India’s policies or actions should not be dictated by what others will think or say, particularly how China will react to a particular decision. This tendency has lasted too long … Continued The post The Tibet factor in India-China relations read more →
China erects nine buildings on Nepal’s land, restricts entry of Nepalese locals
While the Nepalese government has denied claims that China occupied part of its land along the border, PLA troops have constructed nine buildings between Limi and Lapcha in Nepal’s Humla district. Sujeet Jha for India Today. September 20, 2020. Read original … Continued The post China erects nine buildings on Nepal’s read more →
India, China, Tibet
Nehru saw China as a partner to create a new post-colonial world, and his aspirations for a global role linked to a big power neglected India’s national and security priorities at great cost. This should be an enduring lesson for … Continued The post India, China, Tibet appeared first on read more →
China’s Confucius Institute: A Trojan Horse in the Academia
NAWANG PHUNTSOG | The Quint | 14 Sep 2020 | Read the original article on Quint here The Hanban Website indicates that there are currently 541 Confucius Institutes (CI) operating in several countries. The most rapid expansion, however, took place within the … Continued The post China’s Confucius Institute: A Trojan Horse read more →
Chinese Authorities Seize Land in Eastern Tibet
Free Tibet | 16 September 2020 | Read the news here Authorities have taken land in eastern Tibet and detained 80 people. Chinese authorities have taken land from Tibetans in Lithang County, eastern Tibet, near the beginning of this year, … Continued The post Chinese Authorities Seize Land in Eastern read more →