Nervous China ramps up religious persecution
April 19, 2017by Doug Bandow, Japan Times President Xi Jinping’s China is becoming a more fearful place. The government has cracked down both on dissent and contact with the West. Religious persecution also is rising: the communist god that failed fears competition. A new Freedom House report details how “the authorities have read more →
On the trail of the mighty mountain momo
April 19, 2017By Tsering Namgyal, April 15, 2017 – Asia Times Momos, or Himalayan steamed dumplings, must have a long history, but tracing their origin is akin to solving a culinary mystery of Da Vinci Code complexity. In a very short span, momos have become one of the most sought-after types of read more →
Tibet bill introduced in U.S. House and Senate
April 16, 2017The Sunday Guardian – 16 April 2017 A bill has been introduced in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the United States of America (USA) seeking unhindered access to Tibetan areas to US officials, journalists and common citizens, something which is routinely denied by the Chinese government. read more →
Cross signals across the Himalayas
April 15, 2017By M K Narayanan, The Hindu – 15 April 2017 India must realise that China is no longer willing to remain a status quo power The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was in Arunachal Pradesh recently, which has greatly ruffled China’s feathers. Any reference to Arunachal Pradesh (‘Southern Tibet’ as read more →
Both India and China nominate Tibetan medicine system for Unesco honour
April 13, 2017Written by Divya A | New Delhi | Published:April 12, 2017 4:43 am INDIA HAS nominated the Tibetan medicine system of Sowa-Rigpa for inclusion on Unesco’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list at a time Beijing too has staked claim to this form of cure by sending a similar entry to the read more →
New India, different China
April 13, 2017Ram Madhav – 13 April 2017 – The Indian Express Global Times, one of the most influential media organs in China, carried a provocative editorial on India last week in which it asked the rhetorical question: Is India capable of withstanding a “geopolitical” onslaught from an economically and militarily stronger read more →
What China doesn’t get about Dalai Lama’s popularity in Tibet and India
April 13, 2017Claude Arpi, DailyO, 12 April 2017 The Dalai Lama’s ongoing visit to Arunachal Pradesh, particularly to Tawang, the Land of Mon, has generated a great flow of ink. As usual, the Chinese were the first to shoot; their propaganda machine is far better organised than their Indian counterparts, who have read more →
“Government propaganda makes Chinese people think that Uyghurs deserve to be suppressed and killed”
April 12, 2017Rebiya Kadeer is probably the best-known activist —at least in the Western world— of the Uyghur national movement. A former entrepreneur and philanthropist, Kadeer held several official positions in China during the 1990s. Everything changed in 1999, when she was arrested and sentenced to prison, officially for having passed on read more →
Dalai Lama says Tibetan people should decide on his succession
April 11, 2017By Sunil Kataria | REUTERS Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Saturday the Tibetan people should decide if they wanted to continue with his institution, adding that he wanted to convene a meeting of senior monks this year to start discussing his succession. China, which brands the Nobel Peace read more →
The Dalai Lama Factor in Sino-Indian Relations
April 11, 2017Shashi Tharoor, Project Syndicate, 10 April 2017 NEW DELHI – Relations between India and China haven’t been particularly warm in recent months. But they have lately taken on an icy chill, with Chinese leaders furious over the Dalai Lama’s visit to the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China read more →