Contact is taking a holiday!

Contact is taking a break after 25 years of bringing you news of Tibet and Tibetan issues. We are celebrating our 25 years by bringing you the story of Contact and the people who have made it happen, and our archive is still there for you to access at any time, and below you can read the story of Contact, how it came into being and the wonderful reflections of the people who have made it happen over the years.

When and how Contact will re-emerge and evolve will be determined by those who become involved.

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India restricts Chinese companies from participating in public procurement bids

Asit Ranjan Mishra | Live Mint |24 July 2020 | Read the original news here While private sector has been exempted from any such restriction, the order takes into its ambit all public sector banks and financial institutions India has … Continued The post India restricts Chinese companies from participating read more →

China Uses W.H.O. Inquiry to Tout Coronavirus Response

The global health agency sent two experts to China, but it is unclear how much access they are getting. They must first complete a two-week quarantine. Coronavirus testing in Wuhan, China, in May. The country is trying to shore up … Continued The post China Uses W.H.O. Inquiry to Tout read more →

How India ‘Let’ China Annex Tibet & ‘Created’ Present-Day Conflict

India must proactively start changing the status quo, and let China respond, instead of the other way around. Shashank Shukla for The Quint. Read original news here. The philosopher George Santayana famously said: “Those who do not learn history are … Continued The post How India ‘Let’ China Annex Tibet read more →

U.S. Orders China to Close Its Houston Consulate in 24 hours

By Edward Wong, Lara Jakes and Steven Lee Myers | New York Times | July 22, 2020 | Read the original news here The Trump administration accused Chinese citizens of stealing scientific research and told the country’s diplomats in Texas to leave. Beijing warned it … Continued The post U.S. Orders China to Close Its read more →

China’s Five-Finger Punch

BRAHMA CHELLANEY | Project Syndicate | Jul 21, 2020 | Read the original article here Tibet is the key to China’s territorial claims in the Himalayan region – and not only because of geography. As long as the Communist Party of … Continued The post China’s Five-Finger Punch appeared first on read more →

China: Keir Starmer urges Boris Johnson to impose human rights sanctions

‘What we have argued for is sanctions in this country against Chinese officials who have been involved in human rights abuses’ says Labour leader Ashley Cowburn for The Independent. Read original news here.  Boris Johnson is facing escalating pressure to impose … Continued The post China: Keir Starmer urges Boris Johnson read more →

China Blasts Dam to Release Floodwaters as Death Toll Rises

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | 19 July 2020 | Read the original article here Beijing (AP) — Authorities in central China blasted a dam Sunday to release surging waters behind it amid widespread flooding across the country that has claimed scores … Continued The post China Blasts Dam to Release Floodwaters read more →

Battle in the Himalayas

New York Times | By Jin Wu and Steven Lee Myers | July 18, 2020 | Read the original article here China and India have stumbled once again into a bloody clash over some of the most inhospitable terrain on Earth. A deadly brawl last month killed … Continued The post Battle in the Himalayas appeared first read more →

China has crossed its 1960 claims along the LAC

Ananth Krishnan for The Hindu. Read the original article here. Records of 1960 boundary talks show PLA troops at Pangong Tso and Galwan Valley went beyond Beijing’s own territorial claims. Chinese troops are currently present on the north bank of Pangong … Continued The post China has crossed its 1960 claims read more →

US Ambassador to India meets representatives of Dalai Lama

ANI. Read original news here. New Delhi: US Ambassador to India, Ken Juster, on Saturday said he met Ngodup-la, Representative of Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Delhi and Secretary Gyalpo. “Our close cooperation with the Office of HH the Dalai Lama continues … Continued The post US Ambassador to India meets representatives read more →

Review: The Buddha and the Borders by Nirmalaya Banerjee

A rich travelogue that covers the eastern Himalayas shows that the Buddhist Himalayan Belt stands resolutely with India in the new Great Game played out between Asia’s two dominant powers Thubten Samphel, Hindustan Times. Read original news here. Prayer flags and … Continued The post Review: The Buddha and the Borders read more →

India needs stronger policy on Tibet, Taiwan in dealing with China: Experts

Mandira Nayar for The Week. Read the original article here. India must recognise China border as Tibet border, says Tibetan president-in-exile With the India-China relationship under severe strain, competition is likely to replace cooperation between the two countries as India … Continued The post India needs stronger policy on Tibet, read more →

Taiwan official leaves Hong Kong after refusing to sign ‘One China’ statement – report

KELLY HO | 17 JULY 2020 | Read original news here Taiwan’s top acting representative in Hong Kong Kao Ming-tsun reportedly left the city on Thursday after he refused to sign a statement supporting the “One China” policy in exchange for … Continued The post Taiwan official leaves Hong Kong after read more →

‘Eat the Buddha’ Reports From the ‘World Capital of Self-Immolations’

By Parul Sehgal | New York Times | July 15, 2020 | Read the original article here In “The Unwomanly Face of War,” an oral history of World War II, the Nobel Prize-winning writer Svetlana Alexievich recounts a strange little story. A … Continued The post ‘Eat the Buddha’ Reports From the read more →

China’s Activists Mourn the Loss of Hong Kong’s Glimmer of Hope

Chinese grassroots activists looked to Hong Kong for inspiration. Now Hong Kongers must now learn from mainlanders how to confront a paranoid regime. By Diana Fu and Sida Liu for The Diplomat. Read original news here. For more than three decades, … Continued The post China’s Activists Mourn the Loss of read more →