President Trump, Don’t Forget About Tibet
June 12, 2017UNSPECIFIED, CHINA – APRIL 23: Tibetan Buddhist monks use iphone in the courtyard of the Kumbum Monastery on April 23, 2017 in Xining, Qinghai Province. Kumbum was founded in 1583 in a narrow valley close to the village of Lusar in the Tibetan cultural region of Amdo. (Photo by Wang read more →
China-India border tension remains despite growing economic ties: US
June 7, 2017By PTI, DNA, The Pentagon has said that tension continues to exist along the disputed portions of India-China border even though the economic relationship between the two countries have increased in recent years. According to Pentagon, China’s use of force in territorial disputes has varied widely throughout its history. “Tensions read more →
China labour activists suspected of sending “industrial secrets” abroad
June 7, 2017By Reuters, DNA, Three labour activists in China who scrutinized a company making Ivanka Trump-branded shoes are being investigated on suspicion of providing industrial secrets to a foreign organisation for money, state media reported on Wednesday. China on Tuesday rejected a call from the U.S. State Department for the release read more →
Chinese choppers ‘breach’ Indian airspace in Chamoli district
June 6, 2017source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com DEHRADUN: In its fourth incursion into the Indian airspace since March this year, two helicopters of the People’s Liberation Army of China hovered over Badahoti area of Chamoli district on Saturday morning, triggering concerns in the Indian security establishment. Official sources suspected that the choppers — which returned read more →
Australian sovereignty under threat from influence of China’s Communist Party
June 6, 2017source: http://mobile.abc.net.au The defence and intelligence community believes that attempts by the Chinese Communist Party to exert its influence in Australia pose a direct threat to our nation’s liberties and its sovereignty. Key points: A joint Four Corners-Fairfax investigation reveals Beijing is active in Australia across an array of fronts read more →
China Is Abusing Human Rights in Tibet. Here’s What the US Can Do to Help
June 5, 2017By Paul Sung / Olivia Enos – 2 June 2017 – The Daily Signal Tibet, located in far western China, has long been a distinct ethnic and cultural enclave. It has also often found itself in tensions with its eastern counterpart, Beijing—even coming under persecution. That persecution has only escalated read more →
India has active territorial dispute with China: Report
June 3, 2017By PTI, DNA, India has an active territorial dispute with China and is unhappy about the Communist nation’s apparent efforts to stifle its ambitions in multilateral fora such as the UN and NSG, according to a report released at a defence forum here today. The report, titled ‘Asia Pacific Regional read more →
Imprisoned Tibetan Writer Shokjang Serves Term in Men Yuan County Prison
June 3, 2017Imprisoned Tibetan Writer Shokjang VOA: Shokjang, a prominent Tibetan writer and blogger who was sentenced to a three year prison term by the People’s Intermediate Court in Rebgong, Malho (Huangnan) Prefecture, Qinghai Province on February 15 of last year is currently serving his sentence at the Men-Yuan county prison read more →
June 4 vigil brings back fears as Hong Kong marks 20 years of Chinese rule
June 3, 2017By James Griffiths, CNN, Thousands commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre at a vigil in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on June 4, 2016. Hong Kong (CNN)As hundreds of thousands of Chinese students took to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, Lee Cheuk-yan felt exhilarated. It was May 1989, and he was read more →
Review: Soul on a String
June 3, 2017By Ken Korman, Bestofneworleans, There are unique pleasures to be found in genre films. Westerns, film noir, science fiction — any film that embraces a set of familiar, easily defined parameters may fit the bill. The genres are naturally limiting (just about any Western has to accommodate horses, outlaws and read more →