China’s quest to control Tibet’s spiritual space | Opinion
November 5, 2020Hindustan Times | 3 November 2020 | Read the originally published news here The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) first acknowledged the importance of the religious authority of Tibetan lamas in 1992 when it approved the elevation of Ogyen Trinley Dorje, a … Continued The post China’s quest to control Tibet’s spiritual read more →
China Wants To Build A Tibet With More Wealth And Less Buddhism
November 4, 2020NDTV | (c) Bloomberg News | November 02, 2020 | Read the news here Sitting in a home built by Chinese authorities near Tibet’s capital of Lhasa, one of the highest cities in the world, Sunnamdanba tells foreign journalists on a government-sponsored … Continued The post China Wants To Build A Tibet read more →
In Hunt for Coronavirus source, W.H.O let China take charge
November 4, 2020By Selam Gebrekidan, Matt Apuzzo, Amy Qin and Javier C. Hernández for The New York Times. Read the article here. As it praised Beijing, the World Health Organization concealed concessions to China and may have sacrificed the best chance to … Continued The post In Hunt for Coronavirus source, W.H.O read more →
China Removes Domes and Minarets of Mosque, UK Diplomat Shares ‘Depressing’ Before-after Photos
November 4, 2020China allegedly removed the Arabic-style domes and minarets of Nanguan Mosque in Ningxia province and repainted the building to make it fall in line with the Communist Party of China’s strict stance against the expression of religion. NEWS18.COM. NOVEMBER 2, 2020. … Continued The post China Removes Domes and Minarets of read more →
China’s Clampdown on Hong Kong
November 3, 2020Barbara Demick for The New York Review. Read the article here. Despite mass protests and China’s promises when it took back Hong Kong from Britain in 1997, Beijing’s new security law is crushing the former colony’s autonomy. As the 1997 … Continued The post China’s Clampdown on Hong Kong appeared read more →
China to begin construction of Ya’an-Linzhi section of Sichuan-Tibet Railway close to India’s border
November 3, 2020The Indian Express | November 1, 2020. Read original news here. China Railway announced on Saturday the bidding results for the construction of two tunnels and one bridge, as well as the power supply project for the Ya’an-Linzhi section of the Sichuan-Tibet … Continued The post China to begin construction of Ya’an-Linzhi read more →
Xinjiang Covid Outbreak Is China’s Biggest Since Summer
November 3, 2020Bloomberg News. Read the article here. Bloomberg) — A testing blitz in China’s far west region of Xinjiang uncovered the country’s worst Covid-19 outbreak since the summer, even as authorities said all infections have been found. Authorities in the region … Continued The post Xinjiang Covid Outbreak Is China’s Biggest read more →
Time For Change, China Can’t Rely On Old Model Of Development: Xi Jinping
November 3, 2020NDTV | PTI | 31 October 2020 | Read the originally published news here Beijing: President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that China can no longer rely on its previous economic development model of depending on global exports and must build … Continued The post Time For Change, China Can’t Rely read more →
Cancer of forced labour spread from Xinjiang to Tibet, US keeping watch: Top US official tells India Today
November 1, 2020Geeta Mohan | India Today | 30 October 2020 | Read the originally published news here The United States is closely monitoring incidents of human rights violations in Tibet by the Chinese government. In an exclusive conversation with India Today … Continued The post Cancer of forced labour spread from read more →
Loss of Nature Means Deadlier Pandemics in the Future, Warns UN
October 31, 2020The assessment also suggested better regulation of international wildlife trade and empowering indigenous communities to better preserve wild habitats. AFP. October 30, 2020. Read original news here. Future pandemics will happen more often, kill more people and wreak even … Continued The post Loss of Nature Means Deadlier Pandemics read more →