How Mao and Khrushchev fought over China-India border dispute
August 6, 2017Chinese leader Mao Zedong with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in August 1958. Photo 1958 South China Morning Post – 5 August 2017 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visited China at the end of September 1959 to hold a summit with the Chinese leadership. A little over a month earlier, several Indian read more →
China Tears Down the Tibetan City in the Sky
August 4, 2017Steve Shaw, The Diplomat, 3 August 2017 Read the original story here. At the eastern end of the vast Tibetan Plateau lies a sprawling monastery named Larung Gar, which is the largest Tibetan Buddhist institute in the world and a monumental landmark to Tibetan culture, religion, and history. It is read more →
What will be the Dalai Lama effect on Botswana?
August 3, 2017Mmegi Online, 28 July 2017 It has been reported that Chinese Embassy officials in Botswana have been “scrambling to stop Botswana from opening its doors to the Dalai Lama.” Beijing has indicated that allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Botswana would set back relations between the two countries. This has read more →
Tibetan Government in Exile says Chinese action a reflection of its expansionist policy
August 3, 2017Economic Times – 02 August 2017 The comments on Dokalam by the highest political authority of Tibetan government are significant and are likely to cause discomfort in Beijing. NEW DELHI: India-based Tibetan Government In Exile (TGIE), for the first time since the Dokalam standoff, has come out with a public read more →
Theme for the Chinese dream
August 3, 2017ROCKY ROAD TO PEACE: The highway in north Sikkim needs upkeep. Photo by the writer By Pravin Sawhney – Tribune THE crucial meeting between the National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and the Chinese leadership has not resolved the Doklam crisis. The two sides discussed “bilateral and major problems”, suggesting that read more →
Mining in Tibet poses threat to black-necked cranes
August 3, 2017IANS – Vishal Gulati – 2 August 2017 Mineral exploitation, infrastructure development and changes in agricultural practices are severely threatening the survival of the black-necked crane that is endemic to the Tibetan Plateau in the Himalayas, says a new international study. It calls for effective and powerful conservation measures by read more →
The Tibetan Roots of the China-India Border Dispute
July 30, 2017ELLEN BORK – The American Interest The border standoff between China and India is in its second month. In June, Peoples Liberation Army troops were found building a road in disputed territory at the junction of Chinese-occupied Tibet, Bhutan, and India. India’s national security advisor is visiting Beijing in an read more →
India Raised Tibet, Stapled Visa Issues With China: Sushma Swaraj
July 28, 2017Press Trust of India, NDTV, 28 July 2017 New Delhi: There is no quid pro quo with China on the issue of “sufferings” of the Tibetan people and stapled visas being given to Arunachal Pradesh residents by Beijing, government said on Thursday. There is no quid pro quo with China read more →
India Today ruffles China’s feathers by excluding Taiwan and Tibet from map
July 28, 2017Taiwan News, 27 July 2017 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — In a bizarre reversal of fortune, instead of the usual erroneous inclusion of Taiwan in a map of China, the cover of the latest issue of the magazine India Today, not only excludes Taiwan from Chinese territory, but it also carved read more →
Tibet: Liverpool FC Announces Exploitative Water Company as Partner in China
July 28, 2017UNPO, July 27 2017 On 25 July 2017, Liverpool Football Club announced Tibet Water Resources Limited (TWRL) as their new Official Regional Water Partner in China. TWRL is commercially exploiting Tibet’s water resources, thereby further undermining Tibet’s right to self-determination. While the Chinese company profits from Tibet’s resources, water bottling read more →