Natural Disasters in Tibet: Is it the New Normal?
August 8, 2016By Zamlha Tempa Gyaltsen, tibetpolicy.net World’s highest plateau witness three different natural disasters in a month A 600 million cubic meters of glacial slide onto the Aru summer pasture of Ruthok County on 17 July 2016, killing nine people, burying more than 110 yaks and 350 sheep. Ruthok is one read more →
Hong Kong Makes History with First Pro-Independence Rally
August 6, 2016Liam Fitzpatrick / Hong KongTIME magazine Updated: Aug. 5, 2016 10:55 PM The gathering comes just 12 days after a poll found that 1 in 6 Hong Kongers support independence from China The first pro-independence rally in Hong Kong history took place Friday in the shadow of the city’s main government read more →
( The Great Indian Prime Minister ) Nehru and the China-Tibet blunder!
August 6, 2016Kameng Shambala The truth about the China-India War of 1962 hidden from us by Secularists, Liberals, Nehruvians, Socialists, Leftists and Congress Apologists! The people of India ( esp. the people of Arunachal Pradesh in North East ) will never forget & perhaps never forgive those responsible for the China – read more →
India is Losing an Opportunity With China
August 5, 2016By Prem Shankar Jha, The Wire, 1 August 2016 When Delhi ignored Beijing’s quiet demarches to let sleeping dogs lie in Arunachal Pradesh, not only did the Vice foreign minister Liu Zhenmin summon Ambassador Ashok Kantha to express his “strong dissatisfaction and staunch opposition” to Narendra Modi’s visit in February read more →
Himalayan railway connecting Tibet with India feasible: China
August 5, 2016Deccan Herald, Beijing, Aug 5 (PTI) Aug 5, 2016 Chinese officials say trans-Himalayan railway connecting Tibet with India and Nepal is economically and technically feasible as Beijing looks to make Tibet an economic and cultural hub connecting China with South Asia. “The construction of a railway crossing the Himalayan mountains read more →
Dam bursts in Tibet
August 5, 2016Press Trust of India, 03 August 2016 Heavy rains in China caused a dam to burst in Tibet, inundating three nearby villages. The dam in Lhaze County, Xigaze Prefecture, was breached yesterday as water in the Yarlung Tsangpo River rose. Water from the dam flooded three villages, with more than read more →
China blames ‘dark shadow’ of the U.S. for Hong Kong independence push
August 4, 2016By James Griffiths and Vivian Kam, CNN Updated 0848 GMT (1648 HKT) August 3, 2016 Hong Kong (CNN)Beijing has accused the U.S. of working with so-called separatists in Hong Kong and Taiwan to undermine China and plunge it into chaos. In a video posted online by the Chinese Supreme People’s read more →
China’s elevated bus: Futuristic ‘straddling bus’ hits the road
August 4, 2016Your eyes are not playing tricks on you, this 2m-high ‘straddling bus’ is exactly what it looks like BBC, 3 August 2016 It may look like something from the future, but China’s long-awaited “straddling bus” ran its inaugural test in Hebei province this week. The 2m-high Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) read more →
In China, a stirring and a new question
August 3, 2016By Ashutosh Varshney, Indian Express, 3 August 2016 Peoples’ desire for freedom is greater. Can the government continue to control the flow of information? For the five years that this column has been in existence, it has primarily taken an analytical form. Narratives have been few and far between. This read more →
Japan Slams China Over Sea Strategy
August 3, 2016A group of disputed islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea. Photo: REUTERS/Kyodo/File Photo By Chieko Tsuneoka, Wall Street Journal, 2 August 2016 Defense Ministry white paper says Beijing’s actions in South China Sea are ‘highhanded TOKYO—Japan criticized China’s maritime ambitions in read more →