GENDER AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH – TIBETANS IN TIBET AND IN INDIA
August 24, 2016From http://www.tibetanfeministcollective.org/ GENDER AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH – TIBETANS IN TIBET AND IN INDIA AUGUST 20, 2016 By Tenzin Tseyang Reprinted with permission from author’s blog “I know I will die. Many of my friends like me died” wept my newly arrived Tibetan cousin from Tibet as the doctor in Dharamsala, India read more →
The three factors that are threatening yaks in the Himalayas
August 22, 2016By Omair Ahmad, Aug 20, 2016 – Scroll.in Interbreeding with cows of Gilgit-Baltistan, or yaks of China, could help revive the animal’s population. The yak is one of the most enduring symbols of the high Himalayas. Whether you visit Tibet, Bhutan, India or Nepal, you will inevitably find tourist shops read more →
How China Keeps Tibet and Xinjiang Silent
August 20, 2016By Nithin Coca, The Daily Dot, 20 August 2016 The slow creep and chilling effect of China’s censorship In late March, a mother of five, Sonam Tso, died after self-immolating in protest against Chinese rule outside a monastery in broad daylight. The horrific event took place in Dzoege County, within read more →
Support Dalai Lama for return to Tibet: Lawmakers to Barack Obama
August 19, 2016Indian Express, 19 August 2016 The letter asks Barack Obama to publicly and regularly call for the immediate and unconditional release of all Tibetan political prisoners held by the People’s Republic of China A group of 72 American lawmakers have asked US President Barack Obama to publicly support the right read more →
Tibet’s exiles in India confront an uncertain future
August 19, 2016Nikkei Asian Review, 18 August 2016 DHARAMSALA, India — There was only one student in the classroom. “There were 12 or 13 students several years ago,” said the lonely-looking man in his 20s studying computer graphics in the corner. The classroom is at a boarding school in Dharamsala, in northern read more →
The Tibetan nomad traditions defying the modern world
August 19, 2016BBC News / 18 August 2016 / From the section China Despite decades of change and development, nomads still migrate to the Tibetan Plateau every summer, from where China Correspondent Stephen McDonell reports. There was a time here when tribal Tibetans roamed across a vast dramatic landscape with no specific read more →
The Tibetan nomad traditions defying the modern world
August 18, 2016BBC, 18 August 2016 Despite decades of change and development, nomads still migrate to the Tibetan Plateau every summer, from where China Correspondent Stephen McDonell reports. There was a time here when tribal Tibetans roamed across a vast dramatic landscape with no specific place to call home. For generation after read more →
Where Do China-India Relations Stand After the Chinese Foreign Minister’s Visit?
August 18, 2016Sushma Swaraj and Wang Yi. Credit: PTI By R.S. Kalha on 18 August 2016 – The Wire China’s idea of bilateral relations seems to be to aggressively push their national interests while dismissing India’s concerns as unimportant. Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi was in Delhi on August 13, 2016 for read more →
China’s Empty Oceans
August 18, 2016By Adam Minter, Aug 17, 2016 Bloomberg On Wednesday, Indonesia celebrated its Independence Day with a bang — blowing up several Chinese boats that had been caught fishing illegally in its waters and impounded. China doesn’t dispute Indonesia’s territorial claims, but Chinese fishermen have more pressing concerns. According to reports read more →
A Writer’s Quest to Unearth the Roots of Tibet’s Unrest
August 17, 2016A Writer’s Quest to Unearth the Roots of Tibet’s Unrest The New York Times / By LUO SILING AUG. 14, 2016 Generations of Chinese have been taught that the Tibetan people are grateful to China for having liberated them from “feudalism and serfdom,” and yet Tibetan protests, including self-immolations, continue read more →