Contact is taking a holiday!

Contact is taking a break after 25 years of bringing you news of Tibet and Tibetan issues. We are celebrating our 25 years by bringing you the story of Contact and the people who have made it happen, and our archive is still there for you to access at any time, and below you can read the story of Contact, how it came into being and the wonderful reflections of the people who have made it happen over the years.

When and how Contact will re-emerge and evolve will be determined by those who become involved.

Xi Jinping: Digital ‘little red book’ tops App Store in China

February 16, 2019

By Beijing bureau BBC News, 15 February 2019 Read original news here China’s most popular app over the last few days has been one that’s red in face and at heart. With a scarlet logo reading “study” in Chinese, or “study Xi” … Continued

What Valentine’s Day Can Teach Us About Peace

February 16, 2019

By Marina Yoshimura  FEBRUARY 15, 2019 •THE WORLD AT YALE, UNCATEGORIZED “Peace should be the mainstream,” Dr. Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the Central Tibetan Administration said to the student crowd at Pierson College. “It’s Valentine’s Day, and I’m sure you have … Continued

Chinese students in Canada report Uygur activist’s talk to consulate

February 15, 2019

Friday, 15 February, 2019, South China Morning Post, Read original news here The news of a talk by a Uygur activist spread quickly on campus, ricocheting across WeChat, the Chinese messaging aE-mail * By registering you agree to our T&Cs & Privacy Policy A … Continued

Tibetan-Canadian student defiant amid nationalist protests

February 15, 2019

by Viola Zhou and Grace Tsoi, Inkstone, 14 February 2019 Read original news here An incoming Tibetan-Canadian student union president at the University of Toronto has pledged to continue advocating for a “free Tibet” after her support for Tibetan self-determination prompted protests from … Continued

Sweden Investigates Its Ambassador to China After Report of Secret Talks to Free Publisher

February 14, 2019

By Chris Buckley and Christina Anderson, Feb. 14, 2019 Read original news here BEIJING — Sweden said it was investigating its ambassador to China after she was accused of arranging unauthorized, secret talks between the daughter of a Swedish bookseller detained in China and … Continued

Map of aggression

February 14, 2019

Claude Arpi, 14 February 2019 | Read original news here Before making any outrageous claims on border issues, Chinese officials are better advised to do their homework well about history and geography Hua Chunying, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign … Continued

President of Tibetan People to share peace lessons for the world at URI

February 13, 2019

The University of Rhode Island, 12 Feb 2019 Read original news here KINGSTON, R.I. – February 12, 2019 – The Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island will host Lobsang Sangay, president of the Central … Continued

China opposes PM’s Arunachal visit, India holds its stand, hits back strongly

February 12, 2019

 Saima Siddiqui February 9, 2019 Read original news here New Delhi: India’s ministry of external affairs reacted sharply after Chinese government “firmly opposed” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the sensitive boarder state, Arunachal Pradesh. Taking its stand strongly India reverted back to … Continued

Blizzards in Tibet kill thousands of livestock

February 12, 2019

Aljazeera, 10 Feb 2019 Read original news here Blizzards in Tibet have left thousands of head of livestock dead and roads covered in up to 45cm of snow, state media reported. One house collapsed and hundreds of people were left without water … Continued

‘Shame for humanity’: Turkey urges China to close Uighur camps

February 11, 2019

Aljazeera, 10 February 2019 Read original news here Turkey has condemned China’s treatment of its Muslim ethnic Uighur people as “a great cause of shame for humanity” and asked it to close the “concentration camps”. In a statement on Saturday, Turkish foreign ministry … Continued