The Chair
February 27, 2015By Emily Strasser, 16 February 2015 Dharamsala is the end of the journey for many Tibetans fleeing their Chinese-occupied homeland, and where their stories are told. As he speaks, the monk stretches his arms before him, fingers interlocked. The interpreter, leaning forward, lets out a guttural sound from deep in read more →
Tibetans Openly Celebrate Dalai Lama’s Birthday During New Year
February 23, 2015Tibetans celebrate at Se monastery in Sichuan’s Ngaba prefecture, Feb. 19, 2015. (Courtesy of an RFA listener) [Radio Free Asia] Tibetans living in northwestern China’s Sichuan, Qinghai, and Gansu provinces openly celebrated the 80th birth year of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama this week, combining public and private observances with read more →
China to project power from artificial islands in South China Sea
February 22, 2015[Reuters] HONG KONG – China’s creation of artificial islands in the South China Sea is happening so fast that Beijing will be able to extend the range of its navy, air force, coast guard and fishing fleets before long, much to the alarm of rival claimants to the contested waters. Reclamation read more →
Five Predictions for Chinese Censorship in the Year of the Sheep
February 21, 2015By Sarah Cook, 19 February This blog was originally published by Foreign Policy. To read the original, Please Click here. Blocked websites, jailed journalists, and nationalist rhetoric have long been features of the Chinese Communist Party’s media control strategy. During the Year of the Horse, which just ended on China’s read more →
China’s Reckless Destruction: Dam projects harming river Brahmputra
February 17, 2015[India TV News] New Delhi: China is planning at least 20 large dams for the Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) and its tributaries within Tibet. If all go into operation, the river will never be the same again, warns Michael Buckley, a Canadian environmentalist who has done extensive research on the subject. “China claims read more →
China’s Xi to make first state visit to U.S. as both flag problems
February 11, 2015U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about his plan for free community college education and middle class economics during a visit Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis, Indiana, February 6, 2015.CREDIT: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to the United States in September, China said read more →
The New Asian Order
February 10, 2015Laborers work on the scaffoldings at a construction site in Kunming, Yunnan province, December 22, 2014. (Courtesy Reuters) How the United States Fits in By Evan A. Feigenbaum February 2, 2015 Laborers work on the scaffoldings at a construction site in Kunming, Yunnan province, December 22, 2014. (Courtesy Reuters) In read more →
Obama’s Prayer Breakfast Words to Dalai Lama Ruffle China and India
February 9, 2015ANDREW JACOBS, The New York Times | February 6, 2015 BEIJING — Prayer breakfast speeches in Washington are rarely, if ever, the source of bruised feelings overseas. Not so this year. President Obama’s comments at this week’s religious gathering not only caused domestic problems — offending some conservative American Christians, read more →
Self-Immolations. Threats From Beijing. Playing Politics With the Dalai Lama
February 7, 2015By Isaac Stone Fish, 4 February, (Foreign Policy.com) All in a day’s work for Lobsang Sangay, the Harvard-educated prime minister of the quixotic Tibetan movement in exile. DHARAMSALA, India — These days, the Dalai Lama seems to make news mostly when world leaders decide whether or not to meet with read more →
Obama hails Dalai Lama as ‘good friend’
February 6, 2015The Dalai Lama attends the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC, February 5, 2015 (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb) By Andrew Beatty Washington (AFP) – President Barack Obama on Thursday hailed the Dalai Lama as a “good friend” during a symbolic first public encounter between the two men that is sure to read more →