The West kowtows to China through self-censorship
August 2, 2016The Washington Post / By Teng Biao July 28 Teng Biao is a human rights lawyer and a visiting fellow at New York University’s U.S.-Asia Law Institute. Two years ago, I was invited by the American Bar Association to prepare a manuscript for a book to be titled “Darkness Before read more →
Hinkley Point: Theresa May’s China
August 2, 2016By Carrie Gracie, BBC, 31 July 2016 In explaining its shock decision to delay the deal on Hinkley Point, the government said it needed time to consider all components of the deal, but speculation is growing that China questions may be at the heart of the reassessment. Under the existing read more →
Long Circuit: China-Pak Plotting to Hijack Buddha Legacy
August 1, 2016By Ritu Sharma, Indian Express, 31 July 2016 NEW DELHI: With China collaborating with Pakistan and Sri Lanka to create a Buddhist trail and claim the legacy keeping in view its geo-strategic interests, India has moved to form a transnational circuit for Buddhist pilgrims and tourists in cooperation with South East read more →
Xinhua journalists directed to leave India for allegedly meeting anti-Dalai Lama faction
July 29, 2016Economic Times, 27 July 2016 NEW DELHI: It was not just meetings between the three Chinese journalists and the Tibetan community that had irked authorities here leading to refusal of visa extensions. The genesis is in sectarian divide in the Tibetan movement and the three scribes from state-run Xinhua who read more →
Neuroscientist Richie Davidson Says Dalai Lama Gave Him ‘a Total Wake-Up Call’ that Changed His Research Forever
July 29, 2016ABC News, 27 July 2016 Dr. Richie Davidson, a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been meditating for more than 40 years, but it was the Dalai Lama himself who convinced him to dedicate his life to researching the effects of meditation on the brain. “He challenged me, saying, read more →
Tibet, Xinjiang, and China’s Strong State Complex
July 28, 2016The Diplomat, 28 July 2016 China’s refusal to change its ethnic policy reflects a historical mindset. A former judge in the western region of Xinjiang was sacked from his position and expelled from the Communist Party in early June for “being lenient on terrorists suspected of endangering local security and read more →
China Clamps Down on Online News Reporting
July 26, 2016The New York Times, 25 July 2016 HONG KONG — China has ordered several of the country’s most popular internet portals to halt much of their original news reporting, in a move that could confine an even larger share of the journalism in the country to Communist-controlled mouthpieces ahead of read more →
Beijing calls for calm as India deploys 100 tanks to the Indo-China border
July 26, 2016International Business Times China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has expressed hopes for the situation to remain peaceful. The Beijing government has urged peace after India deployed 100 tanks to its border with China in Ladakh. Citing the India-China border as being having always been “stable”, China said that India should continue read more →
Livers, kidneys and even corneas removed from 11,000 live political prisoners
July 25, 2016By JULIAN ROBINSON FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 08:54 GMT, 8 April 2015 | UPDATED: 10:40 GMT, 8 April 2015 Livers, kidneys and even corneas removed from 11,000 live political prisoners WITHOUT anaesthetic every year in China, claims documentary • Eight year investigation claims thousands had organs removed in China • Banned read more →
Larung Gar: China ‘destroys buildings’ at Tibetan Buddhist academy
July 25, 2016BBC News, July 22,2016 From the sectionChina Campaign groups say China has started demolishing buildings at Larung Gar, one of the largest centres of Buddhist learning in Tibet. The London-based Free Tibet group says demolitions at the site began on Wednesday and a number of people living there have been read more →