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.

Germany refuses to turn a ‘blind eye’ to China, teams up with Australia

November 8, 2020

By Eryk Bagshaw and Latika Bourke | Sydney Morning Herald | November 2 2020 | Read the originally published news here German officers are expected to be deployed with the Australian Navy and a German frigate will patrol the Indian Ocean under Berlin’s plan to … Continued The post Germany refuses to turn a ‘blind read more →

Authorities highlight need for Tibetan Buddhists to study Seventh Central Tibet Work Forum

November 7, 2020

FreeTibet.org | 5 November 2020 | Read the originally published news here Further meetings held across Tibet require Buddhists to be educated in CCP ideology. Authorities held a meeting in Kardze on 13 October, which called for Buddhist representatives from … Continued The post Authorities highlight need for Tibetan Buddhists read more →

How China’s 13th Five Year Plan impacted its Tibet policy

November 7, 2020

By International Campaign for Tibet|November 3, 2020. Read original news here. The fifth plenary of the 19th Chinese Communist Party Central Committee meeting, which took place Oct. 26 to 29, 2020, started the process of formulating the 14th Five Year Plan … Continued The post How China’s 13th Five Year Plan read more →

Sebastian Strangio on China in the Mekong region

November 7, 2020

Tyler Roney | China Dialogue | November 4, 2020 | Read the originally published news here With far-reaching implications for the upcoming elections in Myanmar and with the US tentatively wading into river governance, the Mekong region has become a contentious staging … Continued The post Sebastian Strangio on China in the read more →

Air pollution connected to higher COVID-19 death rates

November 6, 2020

Bryan Walsh, Axios. November 5, 2020. Read original news here. A new study of more than 3,000 counties in the U.S. finds a correlation between higher levels of particulate air pollution and higher death rates from COVID-19. Why it matters: COVID-19 … Continued The post Air pollution connected to higher COVID-19 read more →

Understand Tibet to Understand China, Tibetan President-in-Exile Says

November 6, 2020

BY VENUS UPADHAYAYA | Epoch Times | Read the originally published news here NEW DELHI—The world must understand the issue of Tibet to be able to understand what’s happening in contemporary China, the president of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also … Continued The post Understand Tibet to Understand China, Tibetan read more →

Chinese Diplomats Try Using UN as Shield for Xinjiang Crimes

November 6, 2020

World Body Should Reject Beijing’s False Narrative Akshaya Kumar, Human Rights Watch. November 1, 2020. Read original news here. Click to expand Image The Chinese government is facing a barrage of bad press for its systemic abuses against Uyghur and … Continued The post Chinese Diplomats Try Using UN as read more →

Xi Jinping’s dystopian world is a danger to democracy

November 6, 2020

John Dobson | Guardian | October 31 2020 | Read the originally published news here Xi is using the power of technology not only to repress the Chinese people, but to push his Marxist-Leninist mode of government to other countries. … Continued The post Xi Jinping’s dystopian world is a read more →

Tibet is an Independent & sovereign state (not an autonomus region of China): Why US and UN need to change their perceptipon based on cold historical facts

November 5, 2020

Dr Anil Kumar Lal for The Times of India. Read the article here. Tibet history: 19th century 10. The government in Beijing then appointed the Governor of Xining, “Army Commander of Tibet” to reintegrate and assimilate Tibet into China. He … Continued The post Tibet is an Independent & sovereign read more →

China changes school curriculum to reflect Beijing’s positive Covid narrative

November 5, 2020

Content added to classes will say the state ‘always put the life and safety of its people first’ Helen Davidson and Lily Kuo in Taipei. 3 Nov 2020. Read original news here. Chinese government-endorsed content about the pandemic and the “fighting spirit” of the … Continued The post China changes school curriculum to reflect read more →