Dalai Lama to remain on no-frisking list at airports
December 21, 2015By Mihir Misra, The Economic Times, 21 December 2015 NEW DELHI: The government has decided to continue granting Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama exemption from frisking at airports across the country, even as it has removed Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra from the list of people accorded this read more →
China landslide sparks gas explosion and leaves dozens missing
December 21, 2015Agence France-Presse in Beijing, 20 December 2015 A landslide which swept through an industrial park in southern China buried more than 30 buildings in a sea of mud, leaving 91 people missing and triggering a gas explosion, state media has reported. Witnesses described a mass of red earth and mud read more →
A Showcase of Tibetan Culture Serves Chinese Political Goals
December 21, 2015The New York Times, 19 December 2015 BATANG GRASSLANDS, China — Women came in finery, wearing bright silk dresses, silver belts and necklaces with turquoise and coral. Men sauntered across the field in boots and cowboy hats. Some nomads had ridden motorcycles for days from valleys in Sichuan Province. They read more →
Tibet Can’t Kick Its Subsidy Habit
December 18, 2015Photographer: Damir Sagolj/Reuters By Dexter Roberts, Bloomberg.com, 17 December 2015 It’s growing at double-digit rates with Beijing subsidies, but it’s still poor. As China’s economy settles into slower growth, President Xi Jinping has been touting the benefits of what he calls the “new normal,” including a more equitable distribution of read more →
Paris agreement only first step, says Tibetan official
December 16, 2015ZEE News, Last Updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 – 22:12 Dharamsala: The agreement in Paris on climate change is a step in the right direction, but it is only a first step, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said on Tuesday. It also emphasised that a comprehensive understanding of global climate read more →
China’s plan to ‘liberate’ a cradle of Tibetan culture
December 15, 2015By Emily Rauhala, 14 December 2015 TONGREN, China — Two photographs grace the walls of the Tibetan farmer’s home. In the courtyard, affixed with silver tacks: Xi Jinping, smiling. Inside, by the light of a yak butter candle: the Dalai Lama in monk’s robes. Here, in a region called Qinghai read more →
Empowering digital Tibet: An interview with activist Lhadon Tethong
December 15, 2015Rignam Wangkhang for IFEX 9 December 2015 Lhadon Tethong is one of the most prominent and recognizable leaders in the Tibetan freedom movement. She first became a spokeswoman on Tibetan issues after her speech at the 1998 Tibetan Freedom Concerts inspired a new generation of Tibetan supporters. Lhadon then went read more →
Britain criticised for praising China on UN Human Rights Day
December 14, 2015By Christy Yao, The Guardian-11 December 2015 Activists attack ‘unacceptable’ statement by UK embassy, which lauds Beijing over civil and political rights but overlooks crackdown on critics Britain has sparked consternation among activists after marking the United Nations’ Human Rights Day by quoting the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and praising read more →
Dalai Lama on compassion
December 14, 2015By Terry Reis Kennedy, Deccan Herald- 14 December 2015 My heart is stronger than my mind. I know I am supposed to be compassionate and loving towards all. I know that abusers of all kinds are acting in accordance with their own views of life. I can forgive and I read more →
By Buying Paper, Alibaba Seeks To Polish China’s Image
December 14, 2015Chris Buckley and Jane Perlez, The New York Times, 14 December 2015 BEIJING — The Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda boss, Liu Qibao, has extolled the success of Alibaba, the giant Internet company, as the kind of uplifting story that offsets the country’s reputation abroad as corrupt and authoritarian. “We have read more →