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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Chinese media post on Mount Everest sparks twitter fight with Nepal

NDTV News. May 11, 2020. Read original news here. Kathmandu: The tweet of Beijing’s state-run media agency – China Global Television Network (CGTN) – on May 2 claiming that the Mount Everest is on its side has drawn wide criticism in … Continued The post Chinese media post on Mount Everest read more →

Senate leader expects vote soon on seeking China sanctions over Uighurs

Reuters| 8 May 2020| Read original news here WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he expects the chamber to move soon to pass a bill that would call on the Trump administration to toughen … Continued The post Senate leader expects vote soon on read more →

The world faces a moment of truth on China

BY BRAHMA CHELLANEY| Japan Times| 10May 2020 NEW DELHI – The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the global geopolitical landscape, including triggering a growing backlash against China. The world wants to know why and how a local outbreak in Wuhan turned into a … Continued The post The world faces a moment of read more →

‘Textbook’ discrimination: Human Rights report accuses China of mistreating Africans

Austin Horn, National Public Radio. May 7, 2020. Read original news here. Human Rights Watch is accusing China of discrimination against African communities during the coronavirus pandemic. Authorities in China’s Guangdong province, home to China’s largest African population, have singled out people … Continued The post ‘Textbook’ discrimination: Human Rights report accuses read more →

Authorities investigate over 4,000 households in Tibet with ties outside the country

Free Tibet. May 7,2020. Read the original news here. Officials investigate Tibetan citizens with family members in exile. Authorities have investigated between 4,000 and 5,000 households in Tibet that have family ties to exiles in Nepal, India and other places … Continued The post Authorities investigate over 4,000 households in read more →

Global Backlash Builds Against China Over Coronavirus

As calls for inquiries and reparations spread, Beijing has responded aggressively, mixing threats with aid and adding to a growing mistrust of China. By Steven Erlanger| New York Times| May 3, 2020| Read the original article here BRUSSELS — Australia has called … Continued The post Global Backlash Builds Against China Over read more →

Coronavirus Survivors Want Answers, and China Is Silencing Them

In Wuhan, where the pandemic started, the police have threatened and interrogated grieving relatives. Lawyers have been warned not to help them sue. By Vivian Wang, Amy Qin and Sui-Lee Wee| New York Times| Published May 4, 2020| Read original article here The text messages to the … Continued The post Coronavirus Survivors Want Answers, and China read more →

China’s COVID-19 Propaganda Overdrive Targets Tibetans in India

By Tenzing Wangdak| The Quint| 4 May 2020| Read original article here On 27 April 2020, Global Times published an article titled “Exiled Tibetans eye return to China for fear of virus” which claimed that Tibetans living in India and … Continued The post China’s COVID-19 Propaganda Overdrive Targets Tibetans read more →

Degrees of Fiction: Gauging the Accuracy of China’s COVID-19 Statistics

By Scott N. Romaniuk| GeoPolitical Monitor| 24 April 2020| Read original article here Questions are mounting on the reliability of China’s COVID-19 figures, with data continuing to emerge that suggests the epidemic has been brought under control. The emergence of new … Continued The post Degrees of Fiction: Gauging the Accuracy read more →

The painful search for Tibet’s “Chosen One”

By Sonam Tsering Frasi| The Kootneeti| 1 May 2020| Read original article here A young boy who was selected as a future leader by the Dalai Lama was kidnapped twenty-five years ago. Since then, Chinese control of Tibet has tightened, … Continued The post The painful search for Tibet’s “Chosen read more →

United Front groups in Canada helped Beijing stockpile coronavirus safety supplies

By Sam Cooper| Global News| April 30th, 2020| Read original news here In mid-January, Chinese consulates in Canada and worldwide issued an urgent call. China was concerned that the new coronavirus raging in Wuhan was so deadly and infectious that its nurses and doctors … Continued The post United Front groups in Canada helped read more →

Seeking Real Voices in China, Despite Censorship and Fear

Subjects get nervous. Interviews can end quickly. Still, one Times reporter found people who were eager to talk, at least before he was expelled. By Raymond Zhong| New York Times| April 29, 2020| Read original news here Raymond Zhong was one of … Continued The post Seeking Real Voices in China, Despite read more →

To Hold China Accountable for Delayed COVID-19 Action, Target the ‘Great Firewall’

Michael Sobolik for The Diplomat. Read the original article here. Shocking details have emerged in recent days about the central role of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the coronavirus pandemic. In April, senior Communist Party leadership dithered for a critical … Continued The post To Hold China Accountable for Delayed read more →

Virus exposes the real China and its lack of transparency and openness

Karl du Fresne for Stuff.co.nz. Read the original article here. OPINION: When – or should that be if? – the world gets on top of the Covid-19 pandemic, attention must turn to the issue of Chinese culpability. In an ideal world, … Continued The post Virus exposes the real China and read more →

China is installing surveillance cameras outside people’s front doors … and sometimes inside their homes

Nectar Gan for CNN Business. Read the original article here. The morning after Ian Lahiffe returned to Beijing, he found a surveillance camera being mounted on the wall outside his apartment door. Its lens was pointing right at him. After … Continued The post China is installing surveillance cameras outside read more →