Tibet activists protest Chinese consulate exhibit at Queens Public Library’s Elmhurst branch
February 22, 2020By Bill Parry| QNS.com| 19 February 2020| Read original news here. More than 150 Students for a Free Tibet and their allies rallied outside the Elmhurst Library Saturday one day after they met with representatives of Queens Public Library and … Continued The post Tibet activists protest Chinese consulate exhibit read more →
Climate change could trigger more landslides in High Mountain Asia
February 21, 2020Jessica Merzdorfjessica Merzdorf| NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center| Read original news here. More frequent and intense rainfall events due to climate change could cause more landslides in the High Mountain Asia region of China, Tibet and Nepal, according to the first … Continued The post Climate change could trigger more landslides read more →
State Department designates 5 Chinese media outlets ‘foreign missions’
February 21, 2020Lucas Tomlinson for the Fox News. Read the original article here. The State Department is designating five Chinese media outlets “foreign missions,” calling them, in essence, state-sponsored propaganda and agents of the Communist Party of China, officials announced Tuesday. State Department officials said the … Continued The post State Department designates 5 Chinese media read more →
State Department hosts reception to celebrate Tibetan New Year
February 21, 2020International Campaign for Tibet| February 19, 2020| Read the original report here. In a sign of the US government’s continuing embrace of the Tibetan people and promotion of Tibetan culture and identity, the State Department hosted a reception this week … Continued The post State Department hosts reception to celebrate read more →
The Dalai Lama’s succession rests with Tibet, not China
February 20, 2020JIANLI YANG AND LIANCHAO HAN for The Hill. Read the original article here. There are many things most 85-year-olds cannot do — run, climb mountains, stay awake the whole day long — and no one begrudges them for that. There … Continued The post The Dalai Lama’s succession rests with read more →
Preventing the Death of the World’s Rivers
February 19, 2020BRAHMA CHELLANEY| Project Syndicate| Read original article here. The world’s rivers are under unprecedented pressure from contamination, damming, and diversion, which are straining water resources, destroying ecosystems, jeopardizing livelihoods, and damaging human health. International cooperation can save riparian systems, but … Continued The post Preventing the Death of the World’s read more →
Coronavirus outbreak: senior US official accuses China of lack of transparency
February 18, 2020Lily Kuo and agencies, Additional reporting by Pei Wu Lin, The Guardian. 17 Feb 2020. Read the original article here. Top White House official Larry Kudlow questions approach of Politburo as China brings in ‘wartime’ measures in more cities A senior … Continued The post Coronavirus outbreak: senior US official accuses read more →
China’s Leader, Under Fire, Says He Led Coronavirus Fight Early On
February 18, 2020By Amy Qin| New York Times| Feb. 15, 2020| Read original news here. Under fire for its response to the coronavirus epidemic, China’s authoritarian government appears to be pushing a new account of events that presents President Xi Jinping as taking early … Continued The post China’s Leader, Under Fire, Says He read more →
Coronavirus response in Tibet: arrests, crackdown, religious repression
February 15, 2020International Campaign for Tibet. February 14, 2020. Read the original article here. China has responded to the spread of coronavirus to Tibet by cracking down on people who post information online about the deadly illness, including one man who was detained … Continued The post Coronavirus response in Tibet: arrests, crackdown, read more →
China’s new Hong Kong chief a hardliner known for crusade against Christian churches
February 15, 2020Verna Yu| The Guardian| 13 Feb 2020| Read original news here. Xia Baolong is a long-time ally of Xi Jinping who represents a sign Beijing wants to exert more control over the city A hardliner notorious for the demolition of … Continued The post China’s new Hong Kong chief a read more →