How a China-Nepal railway could fast-track change in the Himalayan nation and redraw relations with India
July 9, 2018Lekhanath Pandey, South China Morning Post, 8 July 2018 Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli visited Beijing last month on a mission to secure Chinese cash and commitment for his key development priorities. He met President Xi Jinping and Premier … Continued
Review: Blessings from Beijing: Inside China’s Soft-power War on Tibet by Greg Bruno
July 7, 2018Thubten Samphel Hindustan Times, 6 July 2018 These days, some books on Tibet are hopeful. Others speak of doom and gloom for Tibetans against the background of China’s rise and its willingness to throw its economic muscle around the world. … Continued
Prayers Mark Dalai Lama’s 83rd Birthday Celebrations
July 6, 2018All India | Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: July 06, 2018 15:03 IST Leh: Special prayers were held in this mountainous district of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir for the long life of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who … Continued
Speaking Tree: Compassion as the source of happiness
July 4, 2018The XIV Dalai Lama, Times of India, 4 July 2018 The purpose of life is to strive for happiness. We are here; we exist and we have the right to exist. Even non-sentient beings like flowers have the right to … Continued
Dalai Lama to celebrate 83rd birthday in Ladakh
July 4, 2018The Statesman News Service, 3 July 2018 Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama would celebrate his 83rd birthday in Ladakh in Jammu Kashmir, a spokesperson of Tibetan government-in-exile said on Tuesday. The spokesperson said on 6 July, a grand celebration in … Continued
Dalai Lama, Arvind Kejriwal Launch Happiness Program For Delhi Schools
July 3, 2018Press Trust of India, NDTV, July 2 2018 New Delhi: The Delhi government today launched ‘Happiness Curriculum’ for school students, with the Dalai Lama gracing the occasion and saying that India can help the world overcome “negative emotions” of the … Continued
Manish Sisodia thanks Dalai Lama for accepting to launch ‘Happiness Curriculum’
July 2, 2018Daily News & Analysis, 1 July 2018 Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia met His Holiness The Dalai Lama on Saturday to express his gratitude for accepting the invite to launch the ‘Happiness Curriculum’ in the Delhi government schools on July … Continued
One in 10 Uyghur Residents of Xinjiang Township Jailed or Detained in ‘Re-Education Camp’
July 1, 2018Radio Free Asia More than ten percent of the inhabitants of a mostly Uyghur-populated township in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have been jailed or are detained in “political re-education camps,” according to local officials. Beginning in April … Continued
The great firewall of China: Xi Jinping’s internet shutdown
June 30, 2018by Elizabeth C Economy, The Guardian, 29 June 2018 Before Xi Jinping, the internet was becoming a more vibrant political space for Chinese citizens. But today the country has the largest and most sophisticated online censorship operation in the world. … Continued
Won’t surrender an inch of territory: Xi to Mattis
June 29, 2018Times of India, 28 June 2018 BEIJING: President Xi Jinping told US defence secretary James Mattis he wouldn’t give up any territory that China considered its own, an unusually blunt warning as security disputes simmer below a fight over trade. … Continued