Pink Hearts Can’t Conceal Repression in Tibet Propaganda
June 14, 2017By Sophie Richardson, Human Rights Watch, New Campaign Aimed at Increasing Loyalty to Party, China To many people’s ears the phrase “Four Loves” probably invokes images of a pop music act or a self-help philosophy – not an authoritarian regime’s latest campaign for political loyalty. But the Chinese Communist Party read more →
Slums to schools: How a Tibetan monk turned himself from a refugee to a guardian angel of 100 poor kids
June 13, 2017The monk then set up the Tong-Len Charitable Trust, a residential establishment in Sarah village 15 km from Dharamshala. Now, 107 children, most of the ragpickers from neighbouring Kangra Valley stay at the trust. Tibetan monk Lobsang Jamyang was 24 when he escaped from Tibet in 1997. Jamyang had only read more →
China’s dangerous ethnic policies in Xinjiang
June 13, 2017By Ben Hillman, Asia Times, Short-term security solutions in ethnic minority regions may ripple through to Muslim neighbors, which could fan the flames of extremism targeting Belt and Road projects In the latest tightening of the screws on China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region, authorities have banned the use of several read more →
Modi’s China Policy Changes Quickly Between 2 Major Summits
June 13, 2017By Sudheendra Kulkarni, NDTV, The distance between Beijing and Shanghai is 1318 kms, about the same as that between Delhi and Mumbai. Take the bullet train, and you will go from China’s political capital to its commercial capital in five hours flat. The difference between the two cities is palpable. read more →
Panama to Establish Ties With China in Latest Blow to Taiwan
June 13, 2017by Michael D McDonald and Keith Zhai, Bloomberg news, Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela together in Panama City in June 2016. Photographer: Rodrigo Arangua/AFP via Getty Images Panama is opening diplomatic relations with China, the latest blow to Taiwan as Beijing’s leaders seek to isolate read more →
Josephites’ short film on Tibetans goes big
June 13, 2017New Indian Express – 11 June 2017 BENGALURU: How would you feel if you had a home but could never go back to it because it was occupied by a foreign power? Sandeep Chandrashekhar, one of the makers of Rangzen, a student documentary film on Tibetan exiles living in Bylakuppe read more →
Opinion: UCSD Chinese Should Welcome Dalai Lama—Not Parrot Party Line
June 13, 2017By Yang Jianli, Times of San Diego What do Richard Spencer, Ann Coulter, and the Dalai Lama have in common? Each of them has been the target of college student protests opposing their speeches on campus. But unlike Mr. Spencer and Ms. Coulter, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was read more →
How a monk brought children out of slums to schools
June 12, 2017By Varinder Bhatia, Indian Express, Dharamshala, Lobsang Jamyang with students. (Source: Express photo by Kamleshwar Singh) In 1997, when Lobsang Jamyang escaped from Tibet and arrived in Dharamsala, the 24-year-old had two “goals in life”: to meet the Dalai Lama, which he did soon after arriving; and study religion, which read more →
TSGAP appeals Centre to confer Bharat Ratna on 14th Dalai Lama
June 12, 2017By Newsonair, FILE PHOTO: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama watches a dance performance on the last day of his teachings in Tawang in the northeastern Indian state of Arunchal Pradesh November 11, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo The Tibet Support Group of Arunachal Pradesh has appealed to the Centre read more →
Hong Kong and south China brace for Typhoon Merbok
June 12, 2017By Reuters, DNA, Typhoon Merbok edged towards Hong Kong and the China’s south coast on Monday, bringing strong winds and rough seas, with the Hong Kong observatory raising its third-highest typhoon warning signal. Financial markets, schools, businesses and non-essential government services close when the signal, No. 8, or above is read more →