Czech opposition party leader flags up Tibet during Chinese leader’s visit
April 1, 2016Hong Kong Free Press, 1 April 2016 A former Czech opposition party leader hung two Tibetan flags on the window of the Chamber of Deputies in Prague, later called the Chinese president Xi Jinping “a dictator who allows mass executions” during Xi’s visit on Tuesday, the Czech News Agency (CTK) read more →
‘Not fit to lead’: letter attacking Xi Jinping sparks witch-hunt in Beijing
March 31, 2016Anonymous online call for president to quit sparks furious manhunt for its author, betraying paranoia at top of Communist party It wasn’t a very long letter – the equivalent of about 920 words in English and it appeared only briefly on a Chinese website. But its content was potentially incendiary. read more →
Loyal Party Members Urge Xi’s Resignation
March 31, 2016China Digital Times Xi Jinping’s efforts to maintain ideological conformity in the Party and the nation have recently met with opposition. After the president emphasized government control of the media with a visit to top state media outlets where he stressed that news must “speak for the Party,” famously outspoken read more →
Tickets To Go On Sale For Rescheduled Dalai Lama Visit
March 31, 2016The Utah Daily Chronicle, 30 March 2016 The Dalai Lama will speak on campus this summer, and tickets for the event go on sale this Friday. The Tibetan Buddhist leader’s talk was rescheduled for June 21 eight months after his original speech was set to take place in October 2015, read more →
PLA seeks more Nepal Army support against ‘Free Tibet’ activities
March 31, 2016My Republica (Nepal) 30 March 2016 CHHENGDU, March 31: General Xu Qiliang, vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC), has proposed with Nepal Army Chief to increase cooperation in defence strategy between the two countries. Vice-chairman Xu floated the proposal with Nepalese Army Chief Rajendra Chhettri, who is on read more →
China Charges Tibetan Education Advocate With Inciting Separatism
March 30, 2016Tashi Wangchuk, a Tibetan entrepreneur and education advocate, at his home in Yushu, China, in July. Mr. Tashi was detained in January and held in secret until his family was notified this month. Credit Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times The New York Times By Edward Wong, 30 MARCH read more →
China Seeks More Legal Muscle to Block Foreign Websites
March 30, 2016The Wall Street Journal, 29 March 2016 By Josh Chin and Eva Dou BEIJING—China is considering new Internet rules that would pressure service providers to cut off access to foreign websites, adding to the government’s growing legal framework bolstering its control of cyberspace. The proposed rules would prohibit the country’s read more →
A College Student in China Was Sent to Mental Hospital After Praising Democracy and Denouncing Mao
March 30, 2016Frank Fang, Epoch Times, 29 March 2016 A college student in central China recently broached two topics deemed sensitive by the Chinese communist regime—he supports a democratic republic and is critical of Mao Zedong—and was soon hauled away for psychiatric treatment. “I wrote about my faith in the Republic of read more →
Chinese journalist denounces Xi Jinping in resignation letter
March 30, 2016The Guardian, 30 March 2016 BEIJING – The editor of a Chinese newspaper has published a resignation letter denouncing increased controls on the media under Xi Jinping, according to a cached version of his online post. Yu Shaolei, the culture editor of the Southern Metropolis Daily, posted a photo of read more →
The Backlash Against Xi Jinping
March 29, 2016The Wall Street Journal, 29 March 2016 Chinese authorities have detained more than a dozen people suspected of involvement in an anonymous letter that calls on China’s supreme leader, Xi Jinping, to step down. Published online earlier this month and signed by “loyal Communist Party members,” the letter criticizes Mr. read more →