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TIME TO BREAK THE SILENCE ON TIBET
Michael van Walt van Praag & Miek Boltjes for The Sunday Guardian Live. China’s aggressive behaviour towards India and Bhutan, its expansionism in the South China Sea, and its bullying and interference in Nepal, Mongolia, and Southeast Asia, all accompanied by a sense of entitlement are directly related to how read more →
China ramping up military infra in Tibet, Xinjiang for LAC operations
Rezaul H Laskar for Hindustan Times. There is mounting evidence that China has sped up work to build and expand military and civilian facilities in Tibet and surrounding areas that will enhance its military posture along the Line of Actual … Continued The post China ramping up military infra in read more →
China to build the world biggest dam on sacred Tibetan river
By Oliver Lees for Aljazeera. In the foothills of the Himalayas, where the ancient Yarlung civilisation established the first Tibetan Empire, China has plans to build the world’s biggest hydroelectric dam. In November of last year, China’s state-owned media shared plans … Continued The post China to build the world biggest read more →
Chinese state broadcaster loses UK licence after Ofcom ruling
Alex Hern | The Guardian | 4 February 2021 The Chinese state broadcaster CGTN has lost its broadcast licence in the UK after Ofcom concluded that the news network, formerly known as CCTV, was ultimately controlled by the Chinese Communist party. The decision … Continued The post Chinese state broadcaster loses UK licence read more →
‘India has done the most for Tibetans’, Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay tells WION
WION | 4 February 2021 Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister in Exile of Tibet recently spoke to WION about China’s abuses against Tibetans, and the larger role played by India in highlighting these abuses. Sangay shed light on how India has … Continued The post ‘India has done the most for read more →
‘Greatest threat’: China’s subtle warfare campaign exposed
Nick Whigham and AP for Yahoo News| Fri, 5 February 2021| A pro-China network of fake and impostor accounts has found a global audience on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter as the country continues its subtle information war with the West. The bots mock the US … Continued The post ‘Greatest threat’: China’s subtle warfare campaign read more →
How Chinese Police Torture Tibetan Women and Nuns Inside Tibet – Pt.I
Tsewang Paljor for Taiwan Times. Tibetan women have been at the forefront of the Tibetan people’s non-violent struggle for independence. Women originally planned and led the major uprising against the Chinese occupation in 1959, and according to the Tibetan Government … Continued The post How Chinese Police Torture Tibetan Women read more →
Time to stop Tibet from being a taboo word
Claude Arpe | Daily Guardian | 4 February 2021 In 1998, when George Fernandes, then Defence Minister, affirmed that “China is India’s enemy number one”, he was politely asked by his own government to keep his thoughts to himself; the … Continued The post Time to stop Tibet from being read more →
‘Their goal is to destroy everyone’: Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape
Matthew Hill, David Campanale and Joel Gunter | BBC | 3 February 2021 Women in China’s “re-education” camps for Uighurs have been systematically raped, sexually abused, and tortured, according to detailed new accounts obtained by the BBC. You may find some of … Continued The post ‘Their goal is to destroy everyone’: read more →
China: Olympic Committee Fails to Honor Rights Pledge
Human Rights Watch | February 4, 2021 IOC Squanders Opportunity to Leverage 2022 Beijing Games Click to expand Image (New York) – The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) failure to carry out its due diligence commitments for the 2022 Beijing Games … Continued The post China: Olympic Committee Fails to Honor read more →
China bid to ‘intimidate neighbours’: Biden admin
Written by Shubhajit Roy | New Delhi | February 3, 2021. SIGNALLING CONTINUITY with the Trump administration, the Biden administration has expressed “concern” over Beijing’s “ongoing attempts to intimidate its neighbours” – the first direct comments on the tension along the India-China … Continued The post China bid to ‘intimidate neighbours’: Biden read more →
Teaching Tibetan Language in Tibetan Schools Declared “Unconstitutional”
FreeTibet.org 1 February 2021 Chinese authorities have declared that local laws requiring the use of spoken and written languages among “ethnic minorities” are “unconstitutional”. The pronouncement, reported by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), was made by … Continued The post Teaching Tibetan Language in Tibetan Schools read more →
Curfew Imposed in Tibetan Areas of Qinghai Ahead of Lunar New Year
RFA’s Tibetan Service February 1, 2021 Authorities in northwest China’s Qinghai province are restricting travel in Tibetan-populated areas ahead of the start of Lunar New Year, called Losar by Tibetans, later this month, Tibetan sources say. The move includes a … Continued The post Curfew Imposed in Tibetan Areas of read more →
China’s Top Diplomat Warns Biden Not to Touch Internal Affairs
BLOOMBERG NEWS 2 February 2021 China’s top diplomat called for a restoration of ties with the U.S., while warning that interfering in the country’s internal affairs was a “red line that must not be crossed.” Yang Jiechi, who sits on the … Continued The post China’s Top Diplomat Warns Biden Not read more →
Tibetan Who Spoke Out for Language Rights Is Freed From Chinese Prison
By Chris Buckley | New York Times | Jan. 29, 2021 | Read the original news here A Tibetan businessman has been released from prison in China after completing a five-year sentence for “inciting separatism” by campaigning for Tibetan language education, including … Continued The post Tibetan Who Spoke Out for Language read more →