China has no say in Dalai Lama successor: Tibetan exile leader
October 4, 2019The Mainichi Japan, 4 October 2019, Read the original article here. DHARAMSALA, India (Kyodo) –The president of the Tibetan government-in-exile said Thursday that it is not up to China to decide on a successor to the Dalai Lama after his … Continued The post China has no say in Dalai read more →
National Day Arrests, Forced Singing of China’s Praises Rankle Tibetans
October 4, 2019Radio Free Asia, 3 October 2019, Read the original article here. China arrested Tibetans for sending money and forced elderly Tibetans to sing patriotic “red” songs praising the country in the run up to Oct. 1 National Day celebrations of … Continued The post National Day Arrests, Forced Singing of read more →
China marks 70 years of communism and human rights abuses
October 4, 2019Catholic News Agency, 1 October 2019, Read the original article here. Beijing, China, Oct 1, 2019 / 04:32 pm (CNA).- On Tuesday, the People’s Republic of China marked the 70th anniversary of the founding of the country’s communist regime. While … Continued The post China marks 70 years of communism read more →
China’s Global Message: We Are Tough but Not Threatening
October 3, 2019Edward Wong, New York Times, 2 October 2019 Read original article here. Leaders in Beijing have declared their aims are peaceful, but developments in Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet and elsewhere — as well as a military parade — may indicate … Continued The post China’s Global Message: We Are Tough read more →
Richmond street to be renamed Dalai Lama Avenue
October 3, 2019The Richmond Standard, 2 October 2019, Read the original article here. Richmond City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to rename a part of Huntington Avenue to “Dalai Lama Avenue.” The roughly one-block stretch of Huntington between Columbia Avenue and San … Continued The post Richmond street to be renamed Dalai read more →
Our world is in need of the Mahatma’s teachings: Dalai Lama
October 2, 2019By Elizabeth Roche, Shalini Umachandran, 1 October 2019, Read the original article here. To mark Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, the Dalai Lama spoke to Mint about the continuing relevance of Mahatma Gandhi and the ideas of non-violence and kindness. For decades, the … Continued The post Our world is in need of read more →
Yachen Gar Demolition Has Displaced As Many as 6,000 Monks and Nuns
October 2, 2019Radio Free Asia, 1 October 2019, Read the original article here. China’s ongoing demolition at the Yachen Gar Tibetan Buddhist center in Sichuan province has removed “five to six thousand homes” and led to the eviction of a similar number … Continued The post Yachen Gar Demolition Has Displaced As read more →
China’s Communist Party is as Shadowy and Repressive as When it Took Power 70 Years Ago
October 1, 2019By Yaqiu Wang, Human Rights Watch, 30 September 2019, Read the original article here. On Sept. 23, the wife of 38-year-old Chinese activist Wang Meiyu learned that her husband had died in a detention center in Hunan province, less than … Continued The post China’s Communist Party is as Shadowy read more →
How China ‘is home to the worst human rights crises of our time’
October 1, 2019By Shea Garrison, The Washington Times, 30 September 2019, Read the original article here. It’s why the U.S. Commission on Unalienable rights is so necessary The Trump administration led the fight for human rights at the U.N. General Assembly last … Continued The post How China ‘is home to the read more →
Official Events Marking China’s National Day Severely Restrict Daily Lives of Tibetans in Lhasa
October 1, 2019Radio Free Asia, 30 September 2019, Read the original article here. Official celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa kicked off over the weekend under heavy security, … Continued The post Official Events Marking China’s National Day read more →