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.

Defying China, India to host Dalai Lama in Arunachal Pradesh

March 3, 2017

REUTERS, 3 March 2017 NEW DELHI: The Union government representatives will meet the Dalai Lama when he visits Arunachal Pradesh in April, officials said, despite a warning from China that it would damage bilateral ties. India said the Tibetan spiritual leader will make a religious trip to Arunachal Pradesh+ next read more →

China warns India against Dalai Lama’s Arunachal visit, says would cause ‘serious damage’ to relations

March 3, 2017

The First Post, 3 March 2017 Beijing: China on Friday warned India against allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh, saying it would cause “serious damage” to the bilateral ties and peace in the disputed border region. “China is gravely concerned over information that India has granted permission to the Dalai to visit read more →

Chinese Consulate Behind University Protest Against Dalai Lama

March 3, 2017

Joshua Phillip, Epoch Times, 1 March 2017 The University of California, San Diego, has invited the Dalai Lama as its commencement speaker in June, and a group of Chinese students at the university is rallying to stop his speech. There may be more to the events than meets the eye, read more →

U.N. Human Rights Experts Unite to Condemn China Over Expulsions of Tibetans

March 1, 2017

The New York Times, 27 February 2017 A half-dozen United Nations experts who investigate human rights abuses have taken the rare step of banding together to condemn China for expulsions of monks and nuns from major religious enclaves in a Tibetan region. In a sharply worded statement, the experts expressed read more →

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Lessons from meditating with the Dalai Lama

February 23, 2017

CNN, Sanjay Gupta (CNN) For the past two months, I have been a changed man. It is hard to fully describe, except to say my mood is mostly sunny and more patient than usual. In the past, my family and friends would’ve typically described me as pleasant but hurried. My read more →

Tibet Was Inhabited More Than 50,000 Years Ago: Scientific Report

February 22, 2017

Source: http://www.tibetanjournal.com A new scientific analysis of the Tibetan Plateau has challenged the notion of Tibet being inhabited by humans 15,000 years ago. A deeper archaeological survey of the ‘Roof of the World’ has led scientists to believe that human migration in one of the most environmentally hostile places in read more →

Time to forthrightly face China’s human rights abuses Tweet email

February 22, 2017

BY NYIMA LHAMO NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 10:20 AM A week before the UN Human Rights Council opens its 2017 session, with China starting a new three-year term, I will be there to provide a dissenting voice: a rare moment of truth about the tribulations of read more →

Switzerland’s denial of ‘Tibet’ nationality a blow to separatists

February 20, 2017

By Cui Hongjian, Global Times The “Tibetan-in-exile” community in Switzerland has found it more difficult to obtain an official identification of Tibetan refugee since Berne revised its immigration policy and asked those Tibetans to change their nationality to China in July 2016. Swiss media said recently that the approval rate read more →

Switzerland revised Tibet policy to boost ties:Chinese media

February 20, 2017

by K J M Varma, PTI Beijing, Feb 19 (PTI) In a bid to improve ties with China, Switzerland has “revised” its immigration policy for Tibetan refugees, asking them to change their nationality to Chinese, state media here reported today. The “Tibetans-in-exile” community in Switzerland has found it more difficult read more →

Opinion: China’s economy is dangerously close to unraveling

February 19, 2017

The People’s Bank of China in Beijing. By Ivan Martchev, MarketWatch The country’s debt is rising dramatically, while growth in gross domestic product is slowing. It came not with a bang but a whimper. The January data from China finally confirmed that the country’s foreign-exchange reserves fell by $12.3 billion to $2.998 read more →