China must pick the least bad option to resolve Hong Kong crisis. A PLA crackdown is not it
August 19, 2019By Minxin Pei, Read the original article here. Hongkongers would almost certainly treat Chinese government forces as invaders, and resistance would be fierce and casualties unavoidable An exodus of expats and elites would follow, and the Hong Kong economy – … Continued The post China must pick the least bad read more →
Will China’s Next Crisis Be in Tibet?
August 19, 2019By James Flynn, Read the original article here. In April of this year, the Dalai Lama was admitted to a hospital in New Delhi for a chest infection. He was discharged three days later, reassuring the world that he felt … Continued The post Will China’s Next Crisis Be in read more →
Review: Tibet: When the Gods Spoke by Claude Arpi
August 17, 2019Claude Arpi’s third volume on relations between India and Tibet covers the deepening Chinese penetration of the plateau and Beijing’s administrative and military consolidation there. The free hand given to China in its consolidation in Tibet was made possible when … Continued The post Review: Tibet: When the Gods Spoke by read more →
Tibetans fume at Chinese move to interfere in Dalai Lama reincarnation process
August 17, 2019As the fourteenth Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, turned 84 last month, China has started pushing its agenda by claiming rights in the selection process of the next Dalai Lama. The recent controversy involving Tibet and China … Continued The post Tibetans fume at Chinese move to read more →
In ‘clear warning’, Chinese paramilitary forces exercise near Hong Kong
August 16, 2019By Brenda Goh, Greg Torode, Read the original article here. SHENZHEN, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hundreds of China’s People’s Armed Police conducted exercises at a sports stadium in Shenzhen on Thursday, as the U.S. State Department expressed concern that they … Continued The post In ‘clear warning’, Chinese paramilitary forces read more →
Threat from China recalls that of Nazi Germany, Australian lawmaker says
August 16, 2019By David Crawshaw, Read the original article here. The West’s approach to containing China is akin to its failure to prevent Nazi Germany’s aggression, an influential Australian lawmaker warned, earning a rebuke from Beijing while highlighting the difficulty the U.S. … Continued The post Threat from China recalls that of read more →
Uighur man held after leaking letters from Xinjiang camp inmates, says family
August 14, 2019by Lily Kuo / The Guardian Wed 14 Aug 2019 01.55 BSTLast modified on Wed 14 Aug 2019 09.32 BST Abdurahman Memet believed notes from his parents and brother were proof they had been imprisoned in Chinese ‘re-education’ centres A Uighur man who leaked letters from inmates at China’s secretive internment camps in Xinjiang read more →
Australia has too few home-grown experts on the Chinese Communist Party. That’s a problem
August 13, 2019By Euan Graham, Read the original article here. Concerns are growing about Chinese influence on Australian universities. Some universities are reviewing research partnerships with Chinese state-owned companies after the ABC’s Four Corners revealed links to technology being used by the Chinese Government … Continued The post Australia has too few home-grown experts read more →
Taiwan, Tibet and Uygur expats join Hongkongers in New York to show support for protests
August 13, 2019By Jodi Xu Klein, Read the original article here. Demonstration across street from Chinese consulate backs calls for greater democracy in city Taiwanese, Tibetan and Uygur expatriates joined Hongkongers in New York on Saturday to show their support for the … Continued The post Taiwan, Tibet and Uygur expats join read more →
‘China Trying To Destroy Tibetan Buddhism By Deciding The Next Dalai Lama’
August 13, 2019By Parul Chandra, Read the original article here. To China’s propagandists pushing the line that atheist Beijing is the true arbiter of Tibetan Buddhism, here’s a counter from none other than Lobsang Sangay, the Sikyong or head of the Central … Continued The post ‘China Trying To Destroy Tibetan Buddhism read more →