Chinese Leaders Are Living in a Dangerous Illusion
October 19, 2016Arthur Waldron, China Change This is a speech delivered on October 2, the first day of the three-day conference on the prospect of a democratic Chinain New York City, organized and attended by overseas Chinese scholars and dissidents. With Professor Waldron’s permission, we are pleased to post the text of read more →
Czech politicians meet Dalai Lama in contrast to pro-China policy
October 19, 2016PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech ministers and senior parliamentarians held a private meeting with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday, risking upsetting China just as Prague is trying to boost ties with Beijing. By contrast, the country’s four highest-ranking officials kept their distance from the meeting and issued read more →
Has Xi Jinping changed China?
October 18, 2016China Policy Institute, 18 October 2016 Almost as soon as Xi Jinping assumed office as president in March 2013, a few months after becoming leader of the Communist Party, it became apparent that he planned major changes for China. In particular, Xi called for carrying out further market economic reforms, read more →
Czechs welcome Dalai Lama in Prague
October 18, 2016Prague Daily Prague, Oct 17 (CTK) – About 1000 people, some of them carrying Tibetan flags or posters reading Free Tibet, came to Prague’s Hradcany Square to welcome the Tibetan Dalai Lama, who arrived in Prague to attend the 20th Forum 2000, which was founded by former president Vaclav Havel. read more →
Tibet’s Thangkas find new fans across China
October 17, 2016Her eyes riveted to the canvas, Wulan meticulously applies colour to an image of the Buddha, using pigments made of crushed pearls, turquoise and agate.PHOTO: SPH 17 October 2016 – The Business Times [BEIJING] Her eyes riveted to the canvas, Wulan meticulously applies colour to an image of the Buddha, read more →
Xi Jinping: Where Does the Power Come From?
October 16, 2016Kerry Brown, China Policy Institute: Analysis The consensus on the history of the People’s Republic of China after its establishment in 1949 is that the last seven decades divides into two phases. The first until 1978, broadly covering the Maoist era, saw mass campaigns, Utopian visions guiding social development, and read more →
China set to free last Tiananmen prisoner – but he’ll be frail and ill
October 14, 2016South China Morning Post, 14 October 2016 A rights group and fellow former inmate say China’s last-known prisoner held in relation to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests will be released on Saturday, but that he’ll face freedom a frail and mentally ill man. Miao Deshun’s release follows an 11-month sentence read more →
Tibet infrastructure gives Beijing edge over India in Nepal: Chinese media
October 14, 2016Sutirtho Patronobis, Hindustan Times, Beijing Updated: Oct 13, 2016 09:37 IST India and China are competing for influence over Nepal but superior infrastructure in Tibet that borders the land-locked country can give Beijing the edge, the nationalist Global Times said on Thursday. A top expert wrote in the state-controlled newspaper read more →
ALERT! The Chinese are wiping out Tibet
October 14, 2016rediff.com / October 13, 2016 10:15 IST The world must hang its head in shame for being a mute spectator to the ‘cultural holocaust’ in Tibet, says Major General Mrinal Suman (retd), who visited Tibet recently. Tibet continues to be an enigma to all visitors. My two visits have been read more →
China’s Tibet tourism statistics just don’t add up
October 14, 2016By Simon Denyer and Congcong Zhang, 6 October 2016 – The Washington Post Depending on your perspective, the official statistics for the number of tourists flooding into Tibet are either impressive, or downright scary. The Chinese government says 23 million visitors will enter the Tibetan Autonomous Region this year, an read more →