Dutch parliament: China’s treatment of Uighurs is genocide
February 27, 2021Reuters Staff | Reuters | 25 February 2021 AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch parliament on Thursday passed a non-binding motion saying the treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority in China amounts to genocide, the first such move by a European country. Activists and U.N. rights experts say at least one read more →
I helped build ByteDance’s vast censorship machine
February 27, 2021Shen Lu | Protocol | February 18, 2021 This is the story of Li An, a pseudonymous former employee at ByteDance, as told to Protocol’s Shen Lu. It was the night Dr. Li Wenliang struggled for his last breath in the emergency room of Wuhan Central Hospital. I, like many read more →
The United States and China Are Fighting Over the Dalai Lama’s Reincarnation Plans
February 26, 2021By Kelsang Dolma for Foreign Policy. February 23, 2021. The Chinese Communist Party claims ultimate control over Tibetan souls. For Westerners, the Dalai Lama is a Nobel Peace Prize winner. For Tibetans, he’s a spiritual leader. But for the Chinese government, he’s a “wolf in monk’s robes” and a “splittist.” read more →
Report: Chinese Development in Tibet Meets State Needs, Fails Tibetans
February 26, 2021Reported by Ugyen Tenzin for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. February 23, 2021. China’s development drives in Tibet have pulled the region closer to economic and cultural integration with Beijing but have failed Tibetans themselves, creating a “dual economy” that has seen read more →
Can China Change the Definition of Human Rights?
February 25, 2021By Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat. February 23, 2021. On February 22, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi gave a speech at the 46th session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. It was the first time a Chinese government official had addressed the U.N.’s top human rights body – and the speech read more →
The cost of celebrating Mother Language Day in Tibet
February 23, 2021By Karma Tenzin, Asia Times. February 22, 2021. On February 21, 1952, in what was then East Bengal (renamed East Pakistan in 1956 and Bangladesh in 1971), many students were martyred for voicing their concerns and the protection of their mother language, Bengali, under the government of the Dominion of Pakistan. Bengali students sacrificed their read more →
Britain to challenge China at U.N. over access to Xinjiang
February 23, 2021Reuters. February 22, 20214:06 AM Updated 6 hours ago LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will on Monday call for the United Nations to be given “urgent and unfettered” access to Xinjiang to investigate reports of abuses in the Chinese region. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will also mark Britain’s return to read more →
Tibetan landscape continues to feel effects of glacier collapse
February 18, 2021Reported by Free Tibet. 17th February 2021 Experts say climate change was behind the collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet in 2016 The collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet four years ago continues to have dramatic after effects, posing potential risks to nearby communities. The twin avalanches took read more →
China continues to tighten its grip in Tibet, tries to eradicate Dalai Lama from Tibetans’ religious lives
February 17, 2021Times Now. Updated Feb 16, 2021 | 07:55 IST Washington: In the latest attempt to tighten its grip in Tibet, China is forcing the Tibetans to pay less attention to their religion and show more enthusiasm for president Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to a report by The read more →
TIME TO BREAK THE SILENCE ON TIBET
February 16, 2021Michael 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 →