China Is Abusing Human Rights in Tibet. Here’s What the US Can Do to Help.
June 3, 2017The Daily Signal, 2 Jun 2017 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 in recent years. In 2016, the Chinese government read more →
Narendra Modi in Russia: PM presents sacred Tibetan Buddhist text to head priest
June 3, 2017The First Post, 3 June 2017 St Petersburg (Russia): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday presented over 100 volumes of ‘Urga Kanjur’ to the head priest of the Datsan Gunzechoinei Buddhist Temple in St Petersburg. ‘Urga Kanjur’ is a sacred Tibetan Buddhist text. Modi, who is on an official visit in read more →
The Latest: China calls climate change ‘global consensus’
June 2, 2017By Nzherald, WASHINGTON (AP) ” The Latest on Donald Trump and climate change (all times local): 5:13 a.m. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang says fighting climate change is a “global consensus” and an “international responsibility.” Speaking in Berlin about the Paris climate change accord, he said that “China in recent years read more →
Blog: The great firewall of China
June 2, 20171st June 2017, FreeTibet.org, Post by Andrew As the Digital Officer at Free Tibet, I spend much of my time in the online world. A large part of my job is taking the news and information we receive about Tibet and getting it out to the world via our website read more →
Indian exports to China rises sharply in first four months
June 1, 2017By PTI, DNA, After years of decline, Indian exports to China rose sharply in the first four months of this year registering a 20 per cent increase to USD 5.57 billion, though the trade deficit continued to persist. Indian exports received a major boost mainly due to China increasing the read more →
CHINESE STUDENT GROUP OBJECTS TO THE DALAI LAMA ON LIBRARY WALK
June 1, 2017The Chinese Student and Scholar Association (CSSA) held an event on Library Walk yesterday afternoon in opposition to the Dalai Lama as the 2017 senior commencement speaker for UC San Diego. “We want people to hear the other side of the story about the Dalai Lama,” said CSSA Chair Mark read more →
India, Pak to become full SCO members at Astana summit: China
June 1, 2017By PTI, DNA, India and Pakistan’s admission to the Beijing-backed Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be formalised at the grouping’s summit in Kazakhstan next week, China said today. “The members states of the SCO are accelerating the MoU procedures with the two countries and everything is going very well,” foreign read more →
Paris climate deal: EU and China rebuff Trump
June 1, 2017By Matt McGrath, Environment correspondent, Chinese and EU leaders are to agree a joint statement on the Paris climate agreement saying it is “an imperative more important than ever”. A draft of the document, seen by the BBC, stresses the “highest political commitment” to implement the deal. It will be read more →
The EU urgently needs to review its Human Rights Dialogue with China
June 1, 2017By European Parliament, 29 May 2017 The EU’s well-meaning declarations on human rights in China must be followed up by a regular, high-level dialogue with Beijing. The degradation of human rights in Tibet must be systematically raised at each EU-China Summit, including the one planned in Brussels for 2 June, write a read more →
China Treats Foreign Firms Unfairly, Says European Group
May 31, 2017By Agence France Presse, NDTV, In recent months, Chinese leaders have taken the mantle to defend free trade Beijing: Doing business in China remains difficult for many European companies and most are still being treated unfairly, a lobby group said Wednesday, undermining Beijing’s claims that it welcomes foreign investment. China read more →