Contact is taking a holiday!

Contact is taking a break after 25 years of bringing you news of Tibet and Tibetan issues. We are celebrating our 25 years by bringing you the story of Contact and the people who have made it happen, and our archive is still there for you to access at any time, and below you can read the story of Contact, how it came into being and the wonderful reflections of the people who have made it happen over the years.

When and how Contact will re-emerge and evolve will be determined by those who become involved.

China says detained Taiwan activist in good health

April 26, 2017

By Reuters, DNA The Chinese government said on Wednesday that a Taiwan rights activist detained on suspicion of endangering national security was in good health, and had reassured his family in a letter. The detention has put a strain on ties between Taiwan and China, which have cooled since Taiwan read more →

China launches first domestically-built aircraft carrier

April 26, 2017

By Reuters, 8:21 am, DNA China on Wednesday launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier, which will join an existing one bought second-hand from the Ukraine, amid rising tensions over North Korea and worries about Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea. State media said the carrier, designed in China read more →

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, The Panchen Lama Recognised By Dalai Lama, Turns 28

April 26, 2017

NDTV, 25 April 2017 Dharamsala:  Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, recognised by the Dalai Lama as the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibetan Buddhism and missing for over 22 years, today turned 28. On the occasion, the Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) in Dharamshala has released read more →

China is selling flights to North Korea again

April 25, 2017

By Jethro Mullen Well, that didn’t last long. Air China is offering flights between Beijing and North Korea again after a brief halt. The state-owned carrier said April 14 that it was suspending flights to North Korea’s capital Pyongyang because of poor sales. Less than two weeks later, Air China’s read more →

Chinese media warn N. Korea against nuke test

April 25, 2017

By Yahoo News, PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The Latest on tensions on the Korean Peninsula (all times local): 1:05 p.m. A ruling Chinese Communist Party newspaper is warning North Korea against conducting another nuclear test, saying that would likely propel events past the “point of no return.” In an read more →

China’s Leader Urges Restraint on North Korea in Call With Trump

April 25, 2017

By Chris Buckley, NY Times President Trump with President Xi Jinping of China at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., this month. The latest call between the leaders came during warnings that North Korea may be preparing a nuclear test. BEIJING — China’s president, Xi Jinping, has urged President read more →

In Arunachal Pradesh, Students Lead Protests Against China For Renaming 6 Places

April 25, 2017

Guwahati: The sheets of rain in Arunachal Pradesh this morning didn’t dissuade hundreds of young protestors, many of them students, from marching in protest against China’s recent move to rename six places in the state as an assertion of its claim to the border state. The protest was led by read more →

In Arunachal Pradesh, Students Lead Protests Against China For Renaming 6 Places

April 24, 2017

Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Shuchi Shukla, NDTV| Updated: April 24, 2017 14:43 IST   Guwahati: The sheets of rain in Arunachal Pradesh this morning didn’t dissuade hundreds of young protestors, many of them students, from marching in protest against China’s recent move to rename six places in the read more →

Most places renamed by China have Dalai Lama, Tibet links: Expert

April 24, 2017

Times of India – 24 April 2017 NEW DELHI: Most of the six places in Arunachal Pradesh that China renamed recently have some significance related to the Dalai Lama or Tibet, a China expert said today. “This is only an attempt to show its severe displeasure to India for allowing read more →

We need an ‘innernet’ along with the internet, says Tibetan spiritual leader Karmapa

April 24, 2017

IANS, 24 April 2017 New Delhi: The internet has brought people closer to each other but also needed is an “innernet” to make us feel our inter-connectedness inwardly too, Tibetan spiritual leader, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, said on Sunday. “The information age makes us highly aware of our interconnectedness and read more →