October 30, 2015
Wall Street Journal, 29 October 2015 BEIJING—China will abandon its one-child policy, perhaps the most notorious of the Communist Party’s intrusions into Chinese lives, amid a looming demographic crunch that threatens the long-term health of the world’s second-largest economy. All Chinese couples will be allowed to have two children, Chinese read more →
China Abandons One-Child Policy
October 30, 2015Wall Street Journal, 29 October 2015 BEIJING—China will abandon its one-child policy, perhaps the most notorious of the Communist Party’s intrusions into Chinese lives, amid a looming demographic crunch that threatens the long-term health of the world’s second-largest economy. All Chinese couples will be allowed to have two children, Chinese read more →
China to prosecute former top Tibet security official for graft
October 30, 2015Blen Blanchard, Reuters, 30 October 2015 BEIJING – A former top Chinese security official in Tibet will be prosecuted for suspected corruption, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-graft watchdog said on Friday, in a rare example of corruption-busters going into the restive and remote region. Le Dake, who was deputy head read more →
Buddhists call for strong Paris climate deal to limit warming
October 30, 2015The Dalai Lama is one of 15 leading Buddhists who are urging politicians towards a climate agreement (Getty Images) Matt McGrath, BBC, 29 October 2015 WASHINGTON – Senior Buddhists have called on world leaders to agree a new climate change agreement at a conference in Paris next month. The read more →
Buddhist Leaders Call For Climate Change Action At Paris Talks
October 29, 2015Lydia O’Connor, The Huffington Post, 29 October 2015 United States – A dozen Buddhist authorities, in what they’re calling an unprecedented effort, appeal to world leaders to take strong climate change action at next month’s Paris conference. In the letter released Thursday and titled “Buddhist Climate Change Statement to World read more →
China’s human rights record – in 60 seconds
October 29, 2015As the Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for his state visit to the UK, The Telegraph examines China’s human rights violations, including the imprisonment of Ai Weiwei and the fallout form the recent Hong Kong protests By Telegraph 19 Oct 2015 China’s President Xi Jinping arrives later for a four read more →
China’s Ethnic Policy Under Xi Jinping
October 29, 2015Publication: China Brief Volume: 15 Issue: 20 October 19, 2015 11:57 AM Age: 10 days By: James Leibold Since assuming power in November 2012, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretary General Xi Jinping has sought to put his imprimatur on the contentious realm of ethnic policy. As with other agenda items, read more →
Dalai Lama to present Abdul Kalam Seva Ratna awards
October 29, 2015S. Vijay Kumar, The Hindu, 29 October, 2015 CHENNAI – Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama will present the first edition of the Abdul Kalam Seva Ratna awards here on November 9. The awards were instituted by the Abdul Kalam Vision India Movement to recognise outstanding contribution of individuals/organisations to tree read more →
In a Region Disturbed by Ethnic Tensions, China Keeps Tight Lid on a Massacre
October 27, 2015The New York Times Armed with only knives, the assailants struck at the coal mine in the dead of night, first killing the security guards and then setting upon the miners as they slept in their dormitory beds. Before the Sept. 18 rampage was over, more than 50 people were read more →
Keeping away from dharma results in spate of crimes: Sri Sri Ravishankar
October 27, 2015The Free Press Journal, 27 October 2015 Indore : The founder of Art of Living Sri Sri Ravishankar has said that secularism is unfortunately taken in the wrong sense. It has taught us to keep away from dharma, which has ultimately given rise to crime and disappointment. All this has read more →