China’s Thirst Threat
February 18, 2016HONG KONG – When identifying threats to Himalayan ecosystems, China stands out. For years, the People’s Republic has been engaged in frenzied damming of rivers and unbridled exploitation of mineral wealth on the resource-rich Tibetan Plateau. Now it is ramping up efforts to spur its bottled-water industry – the world’s largest and read more →
Tibet’s Epidemic of Suicides by Fire
February 17, 2016https://newrepublic.com Tibet’s Epidemic of Suicides by Fire How self-immolation threatens the Chinese government. BY TSERING WOESER February 6, 2016 February 27, 2009, was the third day of Losar, the Tibetan New Year. It was also the day that self-immolation came to Tibet. The authorities had just cancelled a Great Prayer read more →
Community excited for rescheduled visit of Dalai Lama
February 17, 2016FOX Salt Lake City, Posted 7:29 pm, February 15, 2016, by Jeff McAdam SALT LAKE CITY – Many had doubts or questions about when the Dalai Lama would reschedule his Utah trip, or if he ever would. His Holiness canceled part of his U.S. tour last fall after falling ill. read more →
Who will succeed President Xi Jinping?
February 17, 2016Hong Kong Economic Journal, 04 February 2016 There seems to be no end to President Xi Jinping’s lust for power. Just three years after he assumed office, Xi is now basically in complete control of the Communist Party, the government, the military, the judiciary, the law enforcement apparatus, the economy read more →
UN Human Rights Chief deeply concerned by China clampdown on lawyers and activists
February 16, 2016UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein GENEVA (16 February) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said on Tuesday he had raised concerns and sought clarifications from the Chinese authorities about the recent arrests of lawyers, and harassment and intimidation of Government read more →
Tibetan political leader expresses optimism during talk at Bush Center
February 16, 2016June Rule (left) and Lizette Ayala, seniors at Booker T. Washington High School, presented Lobsang Sangay with prayer flags made by the school’s Tibet Club during his talk Friday at the Bush Center. By DEBORAH FLECK, Dallas Morning News, 14 February 2016 Like his good friend the Dalai Lama, Lobsang read more →
Requiem for a river
February 15, 2016The Economist GUO, the driver, pulls his car to a merciful halt high above a crevasse: time for a cigarette, and after seven hours of shuddering along narrow, twisting roads, time for his passengers to check that their fillings remain in place. Lighting up, he steps out of the car read more →
Tibetan Leader Visits Birmingham
February 13, 2016Published on 12 February 2016 – AL.com After the visit of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in 2014, Birmingham will get a follow-up visit from the Tibetan prime minister. The Birmingham Committee on Foreign Relations will host Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the elected head of the Central Tibetan Administration and read more →
Highly prized ‘caterpillar fungus’ declared a danger to health by China’s food and drug administration
February 8, 2016South China Morning Post, 5 February 2016 Cordyceps, or caterpillar fungus, one of the most sought-after and expensive ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine, has been deemed a danger to human health by China’s main food and drug regulator, mainland media report. A recent examination by the State Food and Drug read more →
Dolma asks Government of India to clear policy on Tibet
February 8, 2016Daily Excelsior, 6 February 2016 JAMMU, Feb 6: Fully agreeing with the general public opinion in the country as well as among the people of Tibet that Tibet is not the part of China but has been forcibly annexed by it, Senior RSS leader and Member of its National Executive, read more →