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How Dictatorships Make Pandemics Worse
For one, they aren’t big fans of the public disclosures that can minimize risk early on. Danielle Pletka| The Dispatch| March 2020| Read original article here Dictatorships make you sick. Not spiritually, not morally (though both may apply), but actually … Continued The post How Dictatorships Make Pandemics Worse appeared read more →
Nobel Prize winner blames Coronavirus pandemic on China’s dictatorship
Daily Mail| 16 March 2020| Read original news here China has lashed out at a Nobel Prize winner after he blamed the coronavirus pandemic on Beijing’s political system. Mario Vargas Llosa, who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature, claimed that the coronavirus … Continued The post Nobel Prize winner blames Coronavirus pandemic read more →
Coronavirus Could End China’s Decades-Long Economic Growth Streak
By Keith Bradsher| New York Time| March 16, 2020| Read original news here SHANGHAI — China’s growth streak has lasted for decades, surviving the crackdown at Tiananmen Square, the global financial crisis and the trade war with the United States. But it … Continued The post Coronavirus Could End China’s Decades-Long Economic read more →
As China Cracks Down on Coronavirus Coverage, Journalists Fight Back
By Javier C. Hernández| New York Times| March 14, 2020| Read original news here When Jacob Wang saw reports circulating online recently suggesting that life was getting better in Wuhan, the center of the coronavirus outbreak, he was irate. Mr. Wang, a … Continued The post As China Cracks Down on Coronavirus read more →
What Taiwan can teach the world on fighting the coronavirus
By Cindy Sui| NBC| March 10, 2020| Read Original News Here TAIPEI, Taiwan — As countries around the world grapple with the coronavirus, Taiwan may offer valuable lessons on how to curb its spread. The island is just 81 miles and a short flight … Continued The post What Taiwan can teach the world read more →
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 11 March 2020
World Health Organisation| 11 March 2020| Read the statement here Good afternoon. In the past two weeks, the number of cases of COVID-19 outside China has increased 13-fold, and the number of affected countries has tripled. There are now more … Continued The post WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the read more →
Tibetan President-In-Exile Urges UN Official to Visit Tibet
The Associated Press. March 10, 2020. Read the original news here. DHARAMSALA, India — Tibetan President-in-exile Lobsang Sangay urged the United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday to visit Tibet to examine rights violations and press for unrestricted access to the … Continued The post Tibetan President-In-Exile Urges UN Official to read more →
Tibetan Uprising Day brings Congressional statements, protests
International Campaign for Tibet| 10 MarCH 2020| Read Original Article Here US and Tibetan leaders called for further action to support Tibetans as Tibetan Americans and Tibet supporters paid a visit to the Chinese Embassy to honor the brave Tibetans … Continued The post Tibetan Uprising Day brings Congressional statements, read more →
China, US emerging as adversaries over Tibet
www.tribuneindia.com | 10 March 2020 | Read Original News Here Threatening to upset China’s plans is the Tibet Policy and Support Act passed by the US House of Representatives on January 28, amending the Act of 2002. The Act is … Continued The post China, US emerging as adversaries over read more →
China Calls Tibet’s Stability Into Question With ‘Show of Force’ in Lhasa
rfa.org | 9 March 2020 | Read Original News Here A military drill held on March 6 in Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa to demonstrate China’s control of the formerly independent country has instead revealed Beijing’s anxieties over the stability of … Continued The post China Calls Tibet’s Stability Into Question read more →
Tibetans in Nepal Urged Not to Observe March 10 Uprising Anniversary
Reported by Lobsang Chopel for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Richard Finney. Read the original article here. The Tibetan Welfare Office in Nepal is urging Tibetan residents of the Himalayan country not to observe … Continued The post Tibetans in Nepal Urged Not to read more →
China: Tibetan Children Denied Mother-Tongue Classes
Human Rights Watch. Read the original article here. ‘Bilingual’ Policy Threatens Tibetan-Medium Education (London) – China’s “bilingual education” policy has accelerated the demise of Tibetan-medium instruction in primary schools in Tibetan areas, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The … Continued The post China: Tibetan Children Denied Mother-Tongue Classes read more →
State Dept. should implement Tibet reciprocity after capping Chinese state media journalists in US: ICT
By International Campaign for Tibet. March 5, 2020. Read the original news here. The decision by the State Department to cap the number of Chinese citizens allowed to work in the United States for media controlled by the Chinese government … Continued The post State Dept. should implement Tibet reciprocity read more →
Tibetan Schools Delay Opening for New Term Amid Virus Fears
www.rfa.org| 3 March 2020 | Read Original News Here Schools in the Tibet Autonomous Region have postponed their opening for the spring semester due to fears of the spreading Wuhan coronavirus, with some students now stuck at home beginning … Continued The post Tibetan Schools Delay Opening for New read more →
Buddhist Deity Statue Replaced with a Giant Teapot
bitterwinter.org| 3 March 2020 | Read Original News Here Under the CCP’s rampant campaign to eradicate large outdoor Buddhist icons, the statue of Nanhai Guanyin (or Guanyin of the Southern Seas), the Goddess of Mercy in Chinese Buddhism, was supplanted with a large teapot … Continued The post Buddhist Deity Statue Replaced with a read more →