China’s new invasion of Tibet
September 24, 2016Angus Grigg, AFRWEEKEND, 24 September 2016 On the station platform a group of retirees are posing for photos, pumping their fists and shouting “Lhasa” with every snap of the shutter. “Lhasa, Lhasa, Lhasa,” they chant. Their backdrop is an olive-green train carriage that will take them from the western Chinese read more →
China’s damming of the river: A policy in disguise
September 23, 2016By Dechen Palmo, Tibetpolicy.net An upper Mekong dam underway. Photo: Michael Buckley China’s control over “blue gold” wealth on Tibetan plateau has armed China with tremendous leverage and made them a potential water power in a way Saudi Arabia is an oil power.[1] Moreover, the country which has the largest read more →
China should be proud of Wang Quanzhang – instead it persecutes him
September 23, 2016The Guardian, 23 September 2016 Last July, the Chinese government launched its most widespread crackdown on rule of law advocates in decades, detaining some 300 rights defenders. Some have been held incommunicado since, with lawyers and family members trying to visit them in detention being told to look elsewhere. Meanwhile, read more →
In Tibet, religious freedom comes with Chinese characteristics
September 22, 2016Agence France-Presse, 22 September 2016 The sun has yet to rise over Lhasa, but dozens of colourfully dressed pilgrims are already gathered and reciting prayers at the entrance to Jokhang, the most sacred temple in Tibetan Buddhism. Many of those gathered – Tibetans and Han Chinese visitors – say religion read more →
On China, when shall we learn the lessons?
September 22, 2016The Pioneer, 22 September 2016 In dealing with Beijing, New Delhi has since the 1950s been persuaded by the myth of Chinese warmth for India and Indian interests. The much-heralded Panchsheel was a disaster that few are willing to accept Several years ago, during a conference in an Indian university, read more →
With Beijing, does Delhi have a Tibet card?
September 22, 2016Prashant Jha, Hindustan Times, 21 September 2016 When Narendra Modi took oath on May 26, 2014, there was a surprise guest at Rashtrapati Bhawan – Lobsang Sangay, the Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile. Four months later, when China’s President Xi Jinping visited Ahmedabad, the security administration was instructed to read more →
Glacial lake floods threaten Tibet
September 21, 2016SciDev.Net Several of Tibet’s glacial lakes are expanding rapidly, calling for urgent attention. Recent studies show that there are at least six potential glacial lake outbursts. Managing transboundary natural hazards calls for cooperation between China and Nepal. [LHASA] Tibet’s expanding glacial lakes threaten downstream communities in Nepal, reports Jane Qiu. read more →
Inside China’s secret brainwashing centres: ‘People only see what the government wants them to see’
September 19, 2016news.com.au, 18 September 2016 FROM the outside it looks like any other holiday village in China. But hidden inside one of the region’s picturesque mountains is a dark and forbidding ‘brainwashing centre’ where government officials routinely carry out horrific acts of abuse and torture on Falun Gong practitioners. Falun Gong read more →
China pushes Tibetan tourism while critics fear impact
September 18, 2016Mail Online, 18 September 2016 China has unveiled a sparkling new hotel as part of its drive to get tens of millions more tourists to visit Tibet, even as critics say the push is slowly eroding the local culture. With a presidential suite that costs $1,000 a night and views read more →
Tibet is harder to visit than North Korea. But I got in and streamed live on Facebook.
September 17, 2016Source: Washington Post / By Simon Denyer September 16 at 7:00 AM A month ago, I never would have imagined I would be standing in front of the Potala Palace in Tibet, streaming a live video on Facebook and talking openly about economic and cultural discrimination and environmental pollution under read more →