Battle in the Himalayas
July 22, 2020New York Times | By Jin Wu and Steven Lee Myers | July 18, 2020 | Read the original article here China and India have stumbled once again into a bloody clash over some of the most inhospitable terrain on Earth. A deadly brawl last month killed … Continued The post Battle in the Himalayas appeared first read more →
China has crossed its 1960 claims along the LAC
July 21, 2020Ananth Krishnan for The Hindu. Read the original article here. Records of 1960 boundary talks show PLA troops at Pangong Tso and Galwan Valley went beyond Beijing’s own territorial claims. Chinese troops are currently present on the north bank of Pangong … Continued The post China has crossed its 1960 claims read more →
US Ambassador to India meets representatives of Dalai Lama
July 21, 2020ANI. Read original news here. New Delhi: US Ambassador to India, Ken Juster, on Saturday said he met Ngodup-la, Representative of Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Delhi and Secretary Gyalpo. “Our close cooperation with the Office of HH the Dalai Lama continues … Continued The post US Ambassador to India meets representatives read more →
Review: The Buddha and the Borders by Nirmalaya Banerjee
July 20, 2020A rich travelogue that covers the eastern Himalayas shows that the Buddhist Himalayan Belt stands resolutely with India in the new Great Game played out between Asia’s two dominant powers Thubten Samphel, Hindustan Times. Read original news here. Prayer flags and … Continued The post Review: The Buddha and the Borders read more →
India needs stronger policy on Tibet, Taiwan in dealing with China: Experts
July 19, 2020Mandira Nayar for The Week. Read the original article here. India must recognise China border as Tibet border, says Tibetan president-in-exile With the India-China relationship under severe strain, competition is likely to replace cooperation between the two countries as India … Continued The post India needs stronger policy on Tibet, read more →
Taiwan official leaves Hong Kong after refusing to sign ‘One China’ statement – report
July 19, 2020KELLY HO | 17 JULY 2020 | Read original news here Taiwan’s top acting representative in Hong Kong Kao Ming-tsun reportedly left the city on Thursday after he refused to sign a statement supporting the “One China” policy in exchange for … Continued The post Taiwan official leaves Hong Kong after read more →
‘Eat the Buddha’ Reports From the ‘World Capital of Self-Immolations’
July 18, 2020By Parul Sehgal | New York Times | July 15, 2020 | Read the original article here In “The Unwomanly Face of War,” an oral history of World War II, the Nobel Prize-winning writer Svetlana Alexievich recounts a strange little story. A … Continued The post ‘Eat the Buddha’ Reports From the read more →
China’s Activists Mourn the Loss of Hong Kong’s Glimmer of Hope
July 18, 2020Chinese grassroots activists looked to Hong Kong for inspiration. Now Hong Kongers must now learn from mainlanders how to confront a paranoid regime. By Diana Fu and Sida Liu for The Diplomat. Read original news here. For more than three decades, … Continued The post China’s Activists Mourn the Loss of read more →
Glavin: Taking action on China shouldn’t be that difficult, Mr. Trudeau
July 17, 2020Terry Glavin, Ottawa Citizen. Read original news here. As the federal government’s persistently obsequious approach to Beijing threatens to isolate Canada from efforts by the world’s liberal democracies to confront and contain the increasingly belligerent and oppressive regime of Chinese … Continued The post Glavin: Taking action on China shouldn’t read more →
Religious Liberty in Tibet: From Bad to Worse
July 17, 2020Massimo Introvigne for Bitter Winter. Read the original article here. Bitter Winter interviews Dr. Dominic Nardi, China policy analyst at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. On July 6, 2020, Dr. Dominic Nardi coordinated a Webinar on religious liberty in … Continued The post Religious Liberty in Tibet: From Bad read more →