India snubs China, says Dalai Lama can go to Arunachal Pradesh
October 28, 2016The Times of India, 28 October 2016 NEW DELHI/DHARAMSHALA: The Dalai Lama‘s scheduled visit to Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang in March next year remains on course with the religious leader accepting an invitation from chief minister Pema Khandu. The visit was announced earlier this month but remained subject of discussion in read more →
‘Dalai Lama free to visit any part of India’
October 28, 2016Deccan Herald, 28 October 2016 The government on Thursday said that Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is free to visit any place in India, including Arunachal Pradesh. “The Dalai Lama is a revered spiritual figure and an honoured guest of India. He is absolutely free to travel to any read more →
China treating Czech government like vassal, opposition says
October 27, 2016The Prague Daily, 27 October 2016 Prague, Oct 26 (CTK) – The reaction of Chinese diplomacy to the recent statement by Czech supreme elected officials that they have not strayed from the one-China policy after a visit by the Tibetan Dalai Lama is a message to subordinate vassals, Czech opposition read more →
Govt clears Dalai Lama’s proposed Arunachal visit
October 27, 2016Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, The Times of India, 27 October 2016 NEW DELHI: The Modi government has cleared Dalai Lama’s proposed visit to Arunachal Pradesh early next year in a move that might further rile China after Beijing had protested against the recent tour to the northeastern state by US envoy read more →
UN Member States: Vote “No” and End China’s Membership on UN Human Rights Council
October 26, 2016Chinese Human Rights Defenders CHRD, 25 October 2016 Register Disapproval of Human Rights Violations & Show Solidarity with Victims (Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—October 25, 2016) The rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in China throughout China’s current term (2014-16) on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and under the read more →
A Second Massive Ice Avalanche in Tibet
October 26, 2016NASA Earth Observatory, 21 October 2016 In July 2016, a massive and mysterious avalanche sent glacial ice and rock spilling down a valley in the Aru Range of Tibet. Leading glaciologists were baffled by what might have caused the avalanche, which killed nine people. In the months before, temperatures had been read more →
‘Tibet will outlive China with its principles … India gave us political space but doesn’t have comprehensive Tibet policy’
October 26, 2016October 21, 2016, 2:00 AM IST Times Of India Q&A in The Interviews Blog | Edit Page, India, Q&A | TOI Tibetan activist, writer and poet Tenzin Tsundue was recently arrested during the Brics summit in Goa for protesting against Chinese President Xi Jinping. He jumped in front of Russian read more →
Say no to China’s membership on the U.N. Human Rights Council
October 25, 2016Yang Jianl, The Washington Post, 24 October 2016 Yang Jianli is founder and president of Initiatives for China. A former Tiananmen Square activist, he was imprisoned in China from 2002 to 2007 for attempting to observe labor unrest. On March 14, 2014, Cao Shunli, a Chinese human rights activist, died read more →
India slams China for objecting to US envoy’s Arunachal visit
October 25, 2016PTI, The Indian Express Rebuffing China for objecting to US Ambassador Richard Verma’s recent visit to Arunachal Pradesh, India on Monday said there was “nothing unusual” about his trip to a state which is an integral part of the country. “The US Ambassador visited Arunachal Pradesh, a state which is an read more →
What is the Chinese Communist Party’s ‘sixth plenum’ and why does it matter?
October 24, 2016South China Morning Post, China’s Leadership Reshuffle 2017, 24 October 2016 Top Communist Party leaders are gathering at a heavily guarded hotel in Beijing for four days, starting on Monday. The meeting is the “sixth plenum”, the sixth time the roughly 370 full and alternate members of the party’s present read more →