Daoism gains a foothold, again, in China
February 2, 2015[Public Radio International] By Matthew Bell A Taoist priest stands in sunlight to keep warm in the courtyard of the 700-year-old Dongyue Temple in central Beijing. Credit: David Gray/Reuters The officially atheistic People’s Republic of China has five official religions. Buddhism, Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism and Daoism. In one sense, Daoism — read more →
China Takes a Predictably Harsh Line on Obama’s Meeting With the Dalai Lama
February 2, 2015[TIME] By Hannah Beech To Beijing, a breakfast isn’t simply a breakfast. It’s tantamount to backing Tibetan independence Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama walks outside the White House after his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on Feb. 18, 2010/Yuri Gripas—Reuters It took three days for China’s read more →
Growing US-India ties no threat to China: Barack Obama
February 2, 2015[Zee News] Washington: US President Barack Obama has expressed surprise at the Chinese reaction over his India visit and said that there are undoubtedly aspects of India that make US closer to India, but China doesn’t need to be threatened because Washington has good relations with New Delhi. “I was surprised when I heard read more →
Online submission of application for Protected Area Permit
February 2, 2015[Press Trust of India] In order to streamline and facilitate the processing of Protected Area Permit (PAP), the Home Ministry has launched online facilities of seeking such applications from foreigners intending to visit Tibetan settlements. All foreigners intending to visit Tibetan settlements and camps in India may apply online for read more →
Modi to visit China in May
February 1, 2015[Press Trust of India] “This is a preparatory visit,” says Sushma Swaraj, who is on her maiden visit to China. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China in May this year. “Modiji is going to come in May. I will give them read more →
India committed to ‘early settlement’ of boundary issue with China: Sushma Swaraj
February 1, 2015[Press Trust of India] BEIJING: India is committed to finding an “early settlement” to the vexed boundary issue, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said on her maiden visit to China as she proposed a six-point template to build Sino- India ties to realise the common dream of ‘Asian Century’. Addressing an India-China read more →
As Muslim Uighurs Flee, China Sees Jihad Risk
February 1, 2015[The Wall Street Journal] By Jeremy Page and Emre Peker Uighur protestors burn a Chinese flag in Istanbul, where some members of the mostly Muslim ethnic group have settled after fleeing their homeland in China/Associated Press photo KAYSERI, Turkey—In hindsight, it was a soccer match that kindled Mehmet’s hatred of read more →
Yang Zili and the Paranoid Regime
February 1, 2015A Journalist’s plight demonstrates the depth of China’s present illness [The Wall Street Journal] By Xiao Shu BEIJING: Chinese journalist Yang Zili first appeared in international headlines in 2001 after being arrested in Beijing and charged with “subverting state authority.” His crime was starting the “New Youth Society,” a salon read more →
China hopes Sushma Swaraj’s visit will reset focus on Sino-India ties
January 30, 2015[Press Trust of India] By K J M Verma BEIJING: After the din created by the US President’s visit to India with apprehensions here that it was aimed at driving a wedge in Sino-Indian relations, China hopes External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s forthcoming visit will bring back the focus on bilateral ties read more →
China says no room for ‘western values’ in university education
January 30, 2015[THE GUARDIAN] Education minister says books which ‘smear socialism’ will be banned Students attend their college graduation ceremony in Shanghai’s Fudan University. China’s education minister has said there is no place for western values in university teaching. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters China’s education minister has vowed to ban university textbooks which read more →