China’s Great Game: New frontier, old foes
October 15, 2015Tom Mitchell, Financial Times, 13 October 2015 FT series: Beijing’s attempts to tame energy-rich Xinjiang may be stoking unrest from its ethnic Uighurs As one of the world’s most remote and landlocked regions, Xinjiang is not high on the itinerary for foreign dignitaries visiting China. So when George Osborne, the read more →
Britain and China to hail ‘golden’ ties during Xi visit
October 14, 2015By Elizabeth Piper, Reuters, 13 October 2015 LONDON (Reuters) – When British finance minister George Osborne told Chinese students his daughter studied Mandarin during a visit to Beijing in 2013, it was a clear personal bid to heal strained ties. Fast forward two years and Osborne’s revelation and his dogged read more →
Tibetans displaced within region ‘amid rampant mining’
October 13, 2015By Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment reporter, BBC News 13 December 2013 From the section Science & Environment Image captionCampaigners and researchers say that mining operations have gathered apace in recent years A record number of Tibetans have been displaced in their own homeland amid rampant mining and river damming in vacated areas, read more →
China operationalises biggest dam on Brahmaputra in Tibet
October 13, 2015The Times of India, 13 October 2015 BEIJING: China on Tuesday operationalised the USD 1.5 billion Zam Hydropower Station, the largest in Tibet, built on the Brahmaputra river, which has raised concerns in India over the likelihood of disrupting water supplies. All six of the station’s units were incorporated into read more →
In China’s “other Tibet,” Xi Jinping is using human rights rhetoric to oppress an entire people
October 9, 2015Twenty years ago, Beijing hosted a landmark international summit on women’s rights. This weekend, China’s president Xi Jinping reiterated his country’s “commitment to gender equality and women’s development.” These are bold words, but they ring hollow. Because for 60 years, China has used the read more →
Richard Gere among those chosen to honor absent Dalai Lama at Liberty Medal ceremony
October 8, 2015By Christina Lobrutto, phillyvoice.com His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet was chosen to receive the 2015 Liberty Medal in a special ceremony on Oct. 26. However, last month, his office announced the cancellation of the entire U.S. trip due to health issues. The Dalai Lama was also supposed to appear at a teaching session read more →
Less snow in Tibet means more heatwaves in Europe
October 8, 2015Beth Walker, Chinadialogue.net Worsening heatwaves in Europe and north-east Asia are linked to thinner snowcover on the Tibetan Plateau, highlighting its key role in global weather systems, a study by Chinese scientists finds. Recent summer heatwaves in Europe and northeast Asia have caused massive water shortages and a large number read more →
The Tibetan Argument for Autonomy
October 1, 2015By Tenzin Norgay, The Diplomat, September 30, 2015 Fifty years after the creation of the Tibet Autonomous Region, it is time for Tibet to have true autonomy. Earlier this month, Beijing marked the fiftieth anniversary of establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region with a mass spectacle in Lhasa designed to showcase its read more →
China micromanages Tibet, floods it with money to woo locals
October 1, 2015By Aritz Parra, AP, 30 September 2015 LHASA, China (AP) — Ji Yunpeng misses hotpot dinners with his wife and daughter back in Beijing and fights insomnia caused by the high altitude in the Tibetan capital by playing computer games, and, occasionally, studying Tibetan Buddhism. “It’s just out of pure read more →
Police face enquiry over Tibet flag suppression
September 30, 2015Published: 29 Sep 2015 07:34 GMT+02:00 http://www.thelocal.dk/20150929/copenhagen-police-face-enquiry-over-tibet-flag-supression Copenhagen Police are under renewed scrutiny for suppressing demonstrations during a Chinese state visit in 2012 and will now face a formal enquiryThe Eastern High Court last week ruled in favour of a plaintiff who claimed he was unlawfully detained by Copenhagen Police during read more →