China pushes plans to bottle and ship Tibet’s clean water
December 29, 201626 December 2016, The Globe and The Mail – Nathan Vanderklippe Every spring, devout families in eastern Tibet gather at Benri Mountain for a meditative ritual walk. It takes a day and a night to complete the 35-kilometre circuit of the 4,500-metre peak, which Tibetans consider one of their most read more →
China wages cyber war via dharamsala
December 29, 201624 December 2016 – The Indian Express NEW DELHI: With a view to malign the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), China is remotely accessing the computer servers in Dharamsala, planting spywares and malwares and disguising the IP address to target computer systems across the globe, said Prime Minister of Central Tibetan Administration read more →
Tibetans in anguish as Chinese mines pollute their sacred grasslands
December 27, 2016Washington Post, 26 December, 2016 by Simon Denyer JIAJIKA, CHINA — High in western China’s Sichuan province, in the shadow of holy mountains, the Liqi River flows through a lush, grassy valley dotted with grazing yaks, small Tibetan villages and a Buddhist temple. But there’s poison here. A large lithium read more →
Dalai Lama, Beijing and The Tibet Cause
December 23, 2016The Daily Pioneer, 23 December 2016 Over the years, Beijing has tried to shrink the space available to the Dalai Lama in world capitals, to lobby the Tibet cause. Notwithstanding these efforts, the Dalai Lama retains immense popular goodwill and support The Dalai Lama’s unrivalled religious authority and influence over read more →
Taiwan’s president to visit US despite objections from China
December 23, 2016The Guardian – 22 December 2016 Planned trip causes speculation in Washington and Taiwan that Tsai Ing-wen may meet Donald Trump in person Taiwan’s president is planning to meet members of Congress next month during a stopover visit to the US that will go ahead despite strong Chinese government objections, read more →
After Mongolian incident, Chinese daily warns India on Dalai Lama
December 22, 2016By Atul Aneja, The Hindu – 22 December 2016 The Global Times, a newspaper affiliated with the Communist Party of China (CPC), has counseled India not to leverage the Dalai Lama issue to undermine Beijing’s core interests. This in tune with an assurance that China has apparently received from Mongolia read more →
Raja Mandala: The odd triangle
December 20, 2016The highest Buddhist spiritual, Dalai Lama. (Source: Reuters) The argument over the Dalai Lama is not new. But its gathering intensity could add to the turbulence in Sino-Indian relations. Written by C. Raja Mohan | Published:December 20, 2016 It was no surprise that China strongly objected to the presence of read more →
India should make Tibet a core issue with China: Sangay
December 20, 2016Times of India, 20 December 2016 NEW DELHI: India must raise Tibet with China as this is vital not only to its security but also environment and economic interests as China is furiously building dams in a region that feeds major Indian rivers, Lobsanga Sangay, PM of Tibet’s government in read more →
Is China Scared of the Dalai Lama?
December 19, 2016Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets an audience before his religious speech in Tokyo, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. The Dalai Lama is in Japan for a 12-day visit to deliver speeches.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) by N.S.Venkataraman – Sri Lanka Guardian, 19 December 2016 ( December 19, 2016, Chennai, Sri Lanka read more →
Tibetan from across border, chaiwala bag gold at MSU
December 19, 2016Tsering Norbu and Vijay Nariyani Times of India, 18 December 2016 VADODARA: Stories of grit and struggle surfaced during the 65th annual convocation ceremony of MS University on Saturday as a Tibetan student who had crossed Indo-Nepal border in disguise and a Sindhi youth who had worked at a tea read more →