South Korea’s US-China dilemma deepens with support for America’s Indo-Pacific strategy
July 8, 2019SCMP, 7 July 2019 Read article here South Korea’s plan to take part in the United States’ Indo-Pacific strategy has deepened its dilemma as it tries to maintain a balance between its security ally, the US, and top trading partner, … Continued The post South Korea’s US-China dilemma deepens with read more →
Ready to talk to China
July 8, 2019By Namrata Biji Ahuja, The Week, 6 July 2019 Read article here Interview/ Lobsang Sangay, president, Central Tibetan Administration President Lobsang Sangay runs the Central Tibetan Administration from Gangchen Kyishong, a 10-minute drive from the Dalai Lama’s office on the winding … Continued The post Ready to talk to China appeared read more →
Which way will the Tibet-Nepal railway go?
July 5, 2019Till not too long ago, a trans-Himalayan railway sounded like science fiction. Now, with the proposed 100km long tunnel under Langtang National park, it sounds even more futuristic. The rapid strides China has taken in extending its national railway network makes … Continued The post Which way will the Tibet-Nepal railway read more →
Tibetan issue no longer struggle for political independence: Dalai Lama
July 5, 2019Dalai Lama told in an interview that the top leaders in China and their policies have not been able to solve the Tibet issue in the last 70 years. The Tibetan issue is no longer a struggle for political independence, … Continued The post Tibetan issue no longer struggle for read more →
China Is Forcing Tourists To Install A Smartphone App That Steals Personal Data
July 3, 2019In May, Human Rights Watch (HRW) exposed details of a smartphone app used by the police in Xinjiang to tightly monitor its oppressed citizens. App usage—including prohibited technologies such as WhatsApp and Viber—were flagged, and the technology was designed to draw automated inferences … Continued The post China Is Forcing Tourists To Install read more →
BBC Report Shows Disturbing Nature of China’s ‘Thought Transformation’ Camps
July 2, 2019Adorned with bright smiles and clothed in colorful garb, Uighur Muslims held in political reeducation camps flash across the screen as they sing and dance triumphantly to the words that President Xi Jinping wrote just for them. These sights, captured … Continued The post BBC Report Shows Disturbing Nature of read more →
Kiwi teen’s visa battle with China – over a game of football
July 2, 2019A 14-year-old Kiwi-born footballer selected to play in the prestigious Gothia Cup in China has missed out because his father is Tibetan. Talented Northland teen Nyima Tsering-Young was picked to play in the upcoming tournament – widely referred to as … Continued The post Kiwi teen’s visa battle with China read more →
Thousands of Monks, Nuns ‘Politically Re-Educated’ After Eviction From Sichuan’s Yachen Gar
July 2, 2019Thousands of monks and nuns forced out of the Yachen Gar Tibetan Buddhist Center in western China’s Sichuan province and back to their hometowns have been “rounded up” by authorities and sent for “political re-education,” according to Tibetan sources. In … Continued The post Thousands of Monks, Nuns ‘Politically Re-Educated’ read more →
Rising demand for Bharat Ratna to Dalai Lama
July 1, 2019It’s been 60 years now since Tibetans inside and outside continue their struggle against the Communist regime of China for their legitimate rights over language, tradition, and culture. On March 10, 1959, thousands of Tibetans came to the streets protesting against the … Continued The post Rising demand for Bharat Ratna to read more →
Nepal Government Pushes Journalists to Avoid Critical Reporting on China, Tibet.
July 1, 2019Government officials in Nepal are pushing journalists to avoid critical reporting on China, one of the nation’s largest investors as part of Beijing’s One Belt, One Road project, a Nepalese journalist told VOA. Anil Giri, foreign affairs correspondent for the Kathmandu … Continued The post Nepal Government Pushes Journalists to Avoid read more →