US To Deny Entry To Chinese Officials If Americans Not Allowed In Tibet
September 27, 2018The US has expressed concern in the past about the lack of access to Tibet for American journalists, diplomats, academics and others to report on alleged religious persecution and human rights violations in the former home of the exiled Tibetan … Continued
An Open Letter by a Tibetan Cadre : High Peaks Pure Earth
September 26, 2018High Peaks Pure Earth Read original article here High Peaks Pure Earth has translated an open letter to the Chinese leadership written by Luo Feng, a Tibetan cadre, about the Communist Party Secretary of Ngaba (Ch: Aba), Shi Jun. The … Continued
House of Representatives Passes the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act Introduced by Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA)
September 26, 2018The Medium, 25 September 2018 Read original news here Congressman McGovern’s remarks upon passage, as delivered: “Mr. Speaker, today is a great day for human rights. The House is about to approve our bipartisan bill –The Reciprocal Access to Tibet … Continued
How China Is Losing the World
September 26, 2018Kerry Brown, September 25, 2018 Read original news here We are in treacherous times. Everyone seems to agree: From Henry Kissinger to Barack Obama to former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, all have recently said that the current time is an … Continued
From Illiteracy to PhD: How Exiled Tibetan Buddhist Nuns Are Ensuring Gender Parity
September 26, 2018The Dolma Ling Nunnery and Institute hosted 46 nuns taking their ‘Geshema’ exams from August 15-26. The four-year ‘geshe’ degree is considered the highest academic degree in Tibetan Buddhism, the equivalent of a PhD. “Some feminists from the West could … Continued
China has silenced American academics for years. Now they’re pushing back.
September 25, 2018By Fred Hiatt, Editorial page editor, September 23 at 7:50 PM Read original news here When it comes to China, Americans are victims of an insidious kind of censorship that stunts the debate they hear and read in nearly invisible ways. The … Continued
Maldives voters throw out China-backed strongman president
September 25, 2018Michael Safi, The Guardian, 24 September 2018 Read original news here Voters in the Maldives have thrown out the incumbent president, Abdulla Yameen, in an extraordinary rebuke to a leader who jailed political opponents and judges and drew his country closer to … Continued
Making a Deal with the Devil
September 25, 2018Thubten Samphel, Tibet Policy Institute, Read the original news here This month the Vatican and China signed a provisional agreement that allows the Holy See to approve bishops appointed by the Chinese Communist Party. Some commentators say the Vatican just … Continued
Vatican signs historic deal with China on bishop appointments
September 24, 2018China and the Vatican have reached a historic agreement on the appointment of Chinese bishops, with Pope Francis recognising seven clerics ordained by Beijing without the approval of the Holy See in a move that could help ease tensions in … Continued
Rare Tibet Trip Shows China Only Wants a Dalai Lama It Can Control
September 24, 2018Bloomberg News September 22, 2018, 2:30 AM GMT+5:30 For three centuries, a succession of Tibetan spiritual and political leaders known as Dalai Lama ruled from a crimson-and-white castle overlooking the city of Lhasa. The Potala Palace — as it’s known — was the start of a rare tour of Tibet read more →